What is brown rice? It is rice with only the outermost hull removed. White rice is rice that has had LOTS of layers (and nutrients) removed. Just like the whole wheat vs white bread argument, you'll get a lot of needed vitamins and minerals from eating brown rice instead of white rice. Brown rice is packed with: manganese, fiber, selenium, and magnesium. As I was reading up on this issue, I also learned that brown rice even contains something called rice bran oil, which can reduce your cholesterol! Amazing! Eating brown rice can help prevent cancer and type 2 diabetes, reduce constipation, prevent gallstones, reduce the frequency of migraines and decrease the severity of asthma!
So why aren't we eating brown rice? It is a little more expensive than brown rice (which I totally don't understand....I have to pay you more money to do less processing to my food? weird.) and a lot of us are raised on that good ol' white rice taste and it's hard to switch. However, there is hope! Ask Heather how she converted her husband to brown rice and now he loves it! You too can become a believer in brown rice, especially now that you know how good it is for you!
Haha! Thanks for the shout out :) Nice post.
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