Is brown rice healthier than white rice?
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Ashley Koff answered:A Great NYTimes article about a Harvard study -- Eating Brown Rice to Cut Diabetes Risk -- showed the benefits of eating brown rice versus white rice.
The key takeaways here are that the results were shown a) for actual brown
rice -- not brown rice flour pasta or puffed rice cereal or rice cakes which likely wouldn't achieve the same results; b) that it was for swapping out brown rice for white rice.
Why? The article points out that the brown rice contains more nutrients -- fiber, magnesium and we could add chromium too -- compared to white rice. This is an example of why true whole grains trump refined ones.A Great NYTimes article about a Harvard study -- Eating Brown Rice to Cut Diabetes Risk -- showed the benefits of eating brown rice versus white rice. The key takeaways here are that the results were shown a) for actual brown rice -- not... More -
Susan Liles answered:Asking this question is similar to asking "Is whole wheat bread healthier that white bread?"
The answer is a simple yes.
When we process rice (and flour) the husk, bran, and germ are removed. These items contain a lot of fiber and nutrients.
Although brown rice takes longer to cook it is well worth the wait for the added fiber and nutrients that it supplies us.
One trick to making the switch from white rice to brown rice is cooking 1/2 white with 1/2 brown. This gives you some added benefit from the brown rice, while still maintaining the consistency and flavor of white rice. For those who do not have the extra 20 minutes to cook brown rice use an instance, which is completely cooked in about 10 minutes.
Asking this question is similar to asking "Is whole wheat bread healthier that white bread?" The answer is a simple yes. When we process rice (and flour) the husk, bran, and germ are removed. These items contain a lot of fiber and... More
