And while white rice is more commonly
consumed than brown rice, the latter has the reputation of the healthier variant.
Not exact matches
If you're not familiar with quinoa — it's a little more expensive to buy
than rice, but the benefits of
consuming quinoa far outweigh those of eating
rice (
brown or white).
Brown rice, on the other hand, has significantly more arsenic
than white
rice and should be avoided or
consumed rarely.
Perhaps you should consider reducing your sodium intake to no more
than 1500 mg a day, avoid ALL oils, all white flours and processed foods, and
consume a diet primarily consisting of complex carbohydrates, such as beans, potatoes,
brown rice, oats etc with veggies.
While those in the NHS I and HPFS who
consumed 5 + servings of white
rice had higher incidence of diabetes
than those
consuming 5 + servings of
brown rice, in both those studies the white
rice eaters were
consuming 2 times as many servings of red meat per day.
The problem never has been white
rice causing diabetes, at least any more or less so
than brown, but rather what is
consumed with the
rice.
Whole Grains To
Consume: 2 - 6 servings a day (one serving is about 1/2 cup cooked grains) Healthy choices: Quinoa, amaranth, barley,
brown rice, basmati
rice, wild
rice, buckwheat, groats, and steel - cut oats Why: Whole grains digest more slowly
than their refined products, reducing any frequency of spiking in blood sugar that may promote inappropriate inflammation.
For example, high - whole grain consumers — those who eat whole wheat,
brown rice, and have oatmeal for breakfast — tend to be more physically active, smoke less, and
consume more fruit, vegetables, and dietary fiber
than those who instead reach for Fruit Loops.
White
rice contains less
than brown, the amount of contamination varies greatly by growing region, and cooking methods would also affect how much they are
consuming.
He explicitly advocates that it's fine to
consume a small handful of nuts (about 2 oz according to him) per day, which equates to 362 Cal, yet for some reason it's absolutely forbidden to
consume the phytic acid equivalent of 228 Cal of
brown rice, which would be a generous, slightly greater
than one cup serving.