Also, its not
comparing white grains, its looking at the nutritional profile of whole grains.
Not exact matches
The cereals you can quickly and easily make at home from brown rice (and other whole
grains) can not be
compared to the processed, refined
white rice commercial baby cereals.
In the author's opinion, «no matter how much stone - ground whole
grain bread a person eats, nothing
compares to a slice of gummy
white bread oozing peanut butter and dripping jelly.»
As a result, they have more nutritional benefits and positive impact on blood sugar
compared to refined
grains, such as
white flour.
Dominic Anfiteatro, owner and operator of the informative culturing - art website Dom's Kefir In - site (http://users.chariot.net.au/~dna/kefirpage), says that kefir
grains grow better with a non-refined, mineral - rich sweetener, such as Rapadura, muscovado or sucanat
compared to a refined
white product.
Refined
grains from
white bread,
white pasta, cakes and cookies, etc. can not be
compared with whole unrefined
grains.
One cup of prepared regular couscous has 176 calories,
compared to 227 calories in whole -
grain couscous and about 210 calories in brown and
white rice.
Beyond just
comparing antioxidant content, there's experimental evidence to suggest that pigmented
grains such as red or black quinoa, or red, purple, or black rice has benefits over
white or brown.
Conventional dietary wisdom says that potatoes, especially
white - fleshed varieties like new potatoes, are an inferior source of vitamins, minerals and carbohydrates when
compared to darker - colored vegetables and whole
grains.
Other experiments have shown that while whole
grains contain more minerals, in the end equal or lower amounts of minerals are absorbed
compared to polished rice and
white flour.
It's better than
white flour, but lets explore and
compare some of the other whole
grains we have available.
Skip the refined
grains and go for whole: a 17 % higher risk of diabetes is associated with eating five or more servings of
white rice per week,
compared to eating
white rice less than once a month.
It is more nutritious
compared to
white rice because the nutrient - rich outer covering of the
grain of brown rice is still intact.