More on brown rice

If you have become more interested in brown rice, there was a feature on healthy food in The Straits Times - Mind Your Body (14 May 2009). Brown rice was mentioned.

Brown rice is tops when it comes to health....compared to polished grains like white rice, wholegrains like brown rice contain more fibre, nutrients and phytochemicals (beneficial plant compounds). Studies show that a diet rich in wholegrains reduces the risk of coronary heart disease and diabetes. Brown rice also gives you 50% more fibre than white rice. To get white rice, the refining process removes much of the bran and the germ of a wholegrain, leaving only part of the grain called endosperm, which is mainly starch.

...and starchy food are broken down into sugar (it's a huge irony, how we reduce sugar intake in our diet but yet eat so much rice). It is therefore, healthier to have more brown rice than white rice in our diet.

Now, I have a 'gi-mongous' (Kai coined this word by combining the words 'giant' and 'humongous') task of brain-washing my family into eating more brown rice!