The Brown Rice...
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2019 3:16 pm
So, I do not remember which page, or chapter it is in The No S Diet book, but Reinhard makes the quip, and I am paraphrasing: If you are 50 pounds overweight, you have no business worrying if you are eating brown rice, or white rice. (As well as taking mega-vitamins?) I hope I am close on that.
Well, Friday I was reading an article concerning veganism (You could say I was trolling...), and the author stated that just because you are vegan does not mean you are healthy, like if you eat chips, and drink soda, and eat white rice...
That irritated me, a bit. I am a believer that there is no such thing as a bad food, just way to much of certain foods, and when I am focused on No S, I certainly have lost weight, and have been healthier while having white rice as part of my diet. (That was a long sentence.) I do not get what the hysteria is over eating white rice instead of brown rice. Brown rice does have bit of a nutritional leg up on white rice (Looking at the chart below it is a very slim leg...), but white rice, apparently has fewer calories:
Nutrient proximates Brown rice White rice
energy 82 calories 68 calories
protein 1.83 g 1.42 g
total lipid (fat) 0.65 g 0.15 g
carbohydrates 17.05 g 14.84 g
fiber, total dietary 1.1 g 0.2 g
sugars, total 0.16 g 0.03 g
calcium 2 milligrams (mg) 5 mg
iron 0.37 mg 0.63 mg
sodium 3 mg 1 mg
fatty acids, total saturated 0.17 g 0.04 g
fatty acids, total trans 0 g 0 g
cholesterol 0 mg 0 mg
I can cover some of the nutrients missing from white rice with my daily vitamin. Plus brown rice, according to my taste buds, tastes like dirt. In Asia, contrary to another article I read, Asian mostly eat white rice, not brown rice. According to one article I read by an Asian doctor: white rice stores better, is less expensive, is easier to digest, and in a paradox to being less expensive - is actually considered a sign of prosperity. Also, if I remember my college days and the 2-3 classes classes I took on Asian history, in Japan white rice is a sign of purity. (again, someone might know the story behind that better...that is a 30 year recall.)
So, I will stick with the 3 billion people in Asia who eat white rice.
Sorry for the rant.
Well, Friday I was reading an article concerning veganism (You could say I was trolling...), and the author stated that just because you are vegan does not mean you are healthy, like if you eat chips, and drink soda, and eat white rice...
That irritated me, a bit. I am a believer that there is no such thing as a bad food, just way to much of certain foods, and when I am focused on No S, I certainly have lost weight, and have been healthier while having white rice as part of my diet. (That was a long sentence.) I do not get what the hysteria is over eating white rice instead of brown rice. Brown rice does have bit of a nutritional leg up on white rice (Looking at the chart below it is a very slim leg...), but white rice, apparently has fewer calories:
Nutrient proximates Brown rice White rice
energy 82 calories 68 calories
protein 1.83 g 1.42 g
total lipid (fat) 0.65 g 0.15 g
carbohydrates 17.05 g 14.84 g
fiber, total dietary 1.1 g 0.2 g
sugars, total 0.16 g 0.03 g
calcium 2 milligrams (mg) 5 mg
iron 0.37 mg 0.63 mg
sodium 3 mg 1 mg
fatty acids, total saturated 0.17 g 0.04 g
fatty acids, total trans 0 g 0 g
cholesterol 0 mg 0 mg
I can cover some of the nutrients missing from white rice with my daily vitamin. Plus brown rice, according to my taste buds, tastes like dirt. In Asia, contrary to another article I read, Asian mostly eat white rice, not brown rice. According to one article I read by an Asian doctor: white rice stores better, is less expensive, is easier to digest, and in a paradox to being less expensive - is actually considered a sign of prosperity. Also, if I remember my college days and the 2-3 classes classes I took on Asian history, in Japan white rice is a sign of purity. (again, someone might know the story behind that better...that is a 30 year recall.)
So, I will stick with the 3 billion people in Asia who eat white rice.
Sorry for the rant.