It also turned out that rice has a positive effect on those in need of rehydration after a period of diarrhea, in fact, multiple studies covered the effects of rice on diarrhea, like the one published in the Journal of
pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition in February 2004 which tested the rehydration solution based on rice on almost 200 babies (ranging
from 3 months to 2 years of age) and it found that the rice solution is both effective and safe to use on infants.