Brown Rice vs White Rice in Diabetes

                      Brown Rice (continue) Day 28, 2011

Researchers have found that eating five or more servings of white rice per week increase the risk of type 2 diabetes; but eating two or more servings of brown rice decrease the risk of type 2 diabetes.  Researchers also suggest that replacing one third of a daily serving of white rice with brown rice will lower the risk of type 2 diabetes by 16%.. 

 Brown rice has a glycemic index of 55. Glycemic index rank foods on how they affect our blood glucose levels.  This index measures how much your blood glucose increase in two-three hours after eating carbohydrates  Continue watch what Ms Bettis says...

Rose Anding 's Book Journey of Healthy Habits...for 2011: Brown Rice Sources of Vitamins and Minerals

Rose Anding 's Book Journey of Healthy Habits...for 2011: Brown Rice Sources of Vitamins and Minerals: " Brown R..."

Brown Rice Sources of Vitamins and Minerals

                       Brown Rice (continued) Day 27,2011

Did you know that once brown rice has been milled and polished that 67% of Vitamin B3, 80% of vitamin B1, 90% of vitamin B6, half of manganese and phosphorus; 60% of iron, all dietary fiber and essential fatty acids are destroyed?  Fully milled and polished white rice must be enriched with B1, B3, and iron, according to the USDA law. 

These nutrients that are added back into the processed rice are not the same as the un-milled and unpolished rice.  Approximate eleven nutrients are not replaced, even in the enriched rice.  Brown rice is an excellent source of manganese, and a good source of magnesium and selenium
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