That reminds me of the preference for white rice over more nutritious brown rice just because one is, well, white and the other isn't [1]. Similar with white fl

That reminds me of the preference for white rice over more nutritious brown rice just because one is, well, white and the other isn't [1]. Similar with white flour I think. We need to learn to appreciate things for what they're really worth to us (including their true costs) not just for what they look like. _________________ Health problems come because of the polishing. Polishing rice into the sparkling white form that most people prefer has three major negative impacts on health. The first is, polishing removes most of the vitamins and minerals that are vital to health. (...) The second relates to diabetes, which is threatening to reach epidemic proportions in the Philippines over the next couple of decades. (...) Finally, polishing rice also reduces its protein content, which can mean the difference between being well-nourished or malnourished. (...) And, then, over the decades, the dominant culture defined brown rice as “dirty” and fit only for the poor, while white rice was seen as sophisticated and modern. [1] https://ips-dc.org/why_billions_eat_unhealthy_riceand_shouldnt/ https://ips-dc.org/why_billions_eat_unhealthy_riceand_should...