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There's more people living on white rice in this world than there are people living in the Western world. Coincidentally, those parts of the world (especially

There's more people living on white rice in this world than there are people living in the Western world. Coincidentally, those parts of the world (especially China and Japan) have higher-than-expected life expectancy than most parts of the West. I do not know for sure what makes for healthy living, but simplifications like "white rice is bad" have a lot of real-world evidence going against them.

ardit33 17y ago
you are failing to account about genetic differences between asians, and whites (or other non-asians). Being European, and having been raised with consuming milk/cheese/yogurt products daily, I was stunned to learn that most people of the world are lactose intolerant, and have hard time digest milk. Also, we Europeans do use bread a lot. And wheat bread is probably a lot healthier than rice, even brown rice.
- sedachv 17y ago
  "And wheat bread is probably a lot healthier than rice, even brown rice." No dice. Wheat and rice have a similar nutritional profile, however the more grains are processed, the more nutritional value they lose. Bread made from bleached flour is about as nutritional as sugar water; this is why it has to be fortified with vitamins, which sound pretty on the label but aren't actually digested the same way as they would be if the wheat was processed less. Rice (even white rice) beats out bread every time.
rdouble 17y ago
Coincidentally, those parts of the world (especially China and Japan) have higher-than-expected life expectancy than most parts of the West This factoid is taken for granted in these arguments, but if you look it up, it's not true. Japan has a higher life expectancy, but the other white rice eating areas have a lower life expectancy, or are maybe tied. For example, China is 5 years lower than the USA and UK.

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There's more people living on white rice in this world than there are people living in the Western world. Coincidentally, those parts of the world (especially

by baguasquirrel 17y ago

ardit33 17y ago
you are failing to account about genetic differences between asians, and whites (or other non-asians). Being European, and having been raised with consuming milk/cheese/yogurt products daily, I was stunned to learn that most people of the world are lactose intolerant, and have hard time digest milk. Also, we Europeans do use bread a lot. And wheat bread is probably a lot healthier than rice, even brown rice.
- sedachv 17y ago
  "And wheat bread is probably a lot healthier than rice, even brown rice." No dice. Wheat and rice have a similar nutritional profile, however the more grains are processed, the more nutritional value they lose. Bread made from bleached flour is about as nutritional as sugar water; this is why it has to be fortified with vitamins, which sound pretty on the label but aren't actually digested the same way as they would be if the wheat was processed less. Rice (even white rice) beats out bread every time.
rdouble 17y ago
Coincidentally, those parts of the world (especially China and Japan) have higher-than-expected life expectancy than most parts of the West This factoid is taken for granted in these arguments, but if you look it up, it's not true. Japan has a higher life expectancy, but the other white rice eating areas have a lower life expectancy, or are maybe tied. For example, China is 5 years lower than the USA and UK.