Bread, pasta, potatoes, white rice, whatever are almost all starch. When cooked their glycemic index is all similarly high. And rice is unusually poor in vitam

Bread, pasta, potatoes, white rice, whatever are almost all starch. When cooked their glycemic index is all similarly high. And rice is unusually poor in vitamins and minerals. Even brown rice is nowhere near as good a fiber source as vegetables, fruits, beans, nuts, seeds. If you want an actually excellent staple crop, buckwheat is about the only truly outstanding one.