Nutritional Fact: White Rice vs Brown Rice

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Next time you order rice think twice, recent study shows eating more brown rice and eating less on white rice may minimize your risk of diabetes

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If you are at risk of diabetes then one should pay more "attention to carbohydrates in their diet and replace refined carbohydrates with whole grains" according to lead author and nutrition researcher Dr. Qi Sun, M.D., at the Harvard School of Public Health, in Boston, Massachusetts.

More of why Brown rice instead of white may lower diabetes risk - CNN.com

[NickH]

Damn all I eat is white rice lol

[eddieanton]

Brown has a greater nutritional value than white, brown outer coating of protein and minerals, self-contained; white endosperm is mainly carbohydrates, lack of comparison, some of the important nutrients of brown rice. Unlike white rice, brown rice contains fibre. Dietary fibre, something will be removed during processing.

[lgeorge]

Agreed, brown is healthier, but it also takes longer to cook.