Brown rice

Health Benefits of Brown Rice77 rate or flag this page By len7288 Brown rice is an unpolished rice, the brownish layer that is left clinging to the seed(rice) is called bran. Ads by Google Types of Brown Rice : a. Fully unpolished - is when the entire bran layer is not removed, the color of the rice is very brown. b. Partially unpolished - only part of the bran is removed, the color of the rice is light brown. When cooking brown rice you should first soaked it in water for 25 to 30 minutes before cooking. This process is necessary to soften the bran layer on the rice seed. The ratio of rice to water is 1:2(1 cup of rice to 2 cups of water). Brown rice when cooked is firmer than the white(polished rice) Nutritive Values : Per 100 gm. Vitamin B : Thiamine .32 mg.; Niacin : 4.6 mg. It also contain vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) and Vitamin K Calcium : 39 mg. Iron : 2 mg. Phosphorus : 303 mg. Potassium : 150 mg. Fat : 1.7 gm. Carbohydrates : 77.7 gm. Protein : 7.5 gm. Calories : 360 Health Benefits of Brown Rice : Provides all necessary carbohydrates requirements. Rich in fibers. Helps control blood sugar. Helps control cholesterol. It is a body building food. Beneficial for stomach and intestinal ulcers and for diarrhea. It is easily digested starch food. Because of the mineral content, it supplies important nutrient for the hair, teeth, nails, muscles and bones. 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Ads by Google No.1 Baby Store: FirstCry www.firstcry.com Upto 50% Discounts, Free Shipping & 24/7 Customer Support @ FirstCry Modern Rice Mill www.agro-indus.com Rice Milling & Processing Solution Producing Higher Quality White Rice Smart Photography Online www.GetNationalGeographic.com Get the National Geographic Mag at Your Home. Only 2875 Rs Annually VOTE UPVOTE DOWNSHAREPRINTFLAGWas this Hub ...?useful (2)funny awesome beautiful (1)interesting Health Benefits of Flaxseed Meal Benefits of High Fiber Diet follow (0) VINCENT 6 weeks ago Brown rice "is" what my mother used to feed me since my childhood. I shall live till DR JESUS comes because of my natural way of life. Those of you who think brown rice is for poor people,continue with your white rice and safe journey to your GRAVES.You better change. Tea-Bear 2 months ago I have to say brown rice does me really good. I say it because I felt and saw the result changing from white rice to organic brown rice. I decide to have brown rice too because it is what I've been giving my kidney-ill canine companion for carbo source other than her all-organic greens and free-range chicken meat. Dang! My daily toilet routine got even way better considering I had the same usual other foods I eat except for the organic brown rice. Am not at all pesticide-free just yet like my furkid but I my goal is to be pesticide-free in the nearest future. ;-) Jack 4 months ago Hi! Thank you for this very informative information about brown rice. I was sitting on the fence whether or not I should shift to eating brown rice and this article really helped. Thanks again! MJ 7 months ago I heard that you should not eat brown rice grains that are green - is this true? PAT 9 months ago Brown rice is very rich in fiber. Good for our digestion Video Rob 11 months ago I love brown rice. You really have to cook it right for it to taste nice, it can easily go stodgy. jonalyn mendoza 13 months ago hi! is brown rice same as organic rice?THANKS.. eatright 13 months ago As a rule of thumb, nutrionally, always choose brown over white food items. I.e Brown (whole wheat) over white bread, brown eggs over white eggs, brown sugar over white sugar, red wine over white wine etc... I'm not sure if this applies to meat however. Reyn 16 months ago Len, Being Japanese and growing up eating the local and traditional food with rice daily, switching to brown rice makes sense. Thank you for sharing and providing this good and helpful information. Reyn Rob 16 months ago Cat, wait reduction is caused calorie reduction, or burning more calories. One can eat crappy food and still lose wait, but at what cost? If your looking to lose fat then yes brown rice is ahealthy option. White rice is much more fastly converted in to sugar and then to fat then brown rice and brown rice of course has a plethora more of nutrients then white rice. cat 18 months ago does this help reduce weight?? Lady 21 months ago Thank you for explaining in detail here about the nutritional value of brown rice! Tom M 21 months ago I had the same problem of being bloated with white rice, but brown rice doesn't give me bloatedness. Xxx J diggz xxX 2 years ago I love rice its sooooo good I eat like 4 plates of it a night before my mom tucks me in Ghost32 Level 8 Commenter 2 years ago Debs, I've done a fair amount with brown rice (have a hub of my own promoting its use, in fact) and would guess the effect is the very opposite. However, allergies are funny critters--so the only way to know for sure it to try a bit of it and see. Len, I just had a comment on my hub asking for more detailed information on what brown rice does for the body and added a link to this excellent hub of yours. Nice piece of work; gave it a Thumbs Up rating as well. Debs200 4 years ago Most carbs make me bloated. does brown rice cause that annoying bloatedness? Submit a Comment Members and Guests Sign in or sign up and post using a hubpages account. Name: Comment: No HTML is allowed in comments, but URLs will be hyperlinked Comments are not for promoting your Hubs or other sites