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I've gotten used to eating Brown rice. When I eat white I just picture my sugar levels spiking.

by marincounty 12y ago

mililani 12y ago
Maybe you'll get used to the cancer from all the arsenic you're getting from brown rice.
- blacksmith_tb 12y ago
  Well, according to the FDA, the amount of inorganic arsenic in brown rice is slightly higher than that in wheat pasta, on average, but the difference is small: http://www.fda.gov/food/foodborneillnesscontaminants/metals/ucm319870.htm http://www.fda.gov/food/foodborneillnesscontaminants/metals/...
  - ars 12y ago
    It doesn't say that. It's not slightly higher, it's a lot higher. If you disagree then post numbers for wheat pasta and a source.
  - mililani 12y ago
    That is completely wrong. They are referring to RICE pasta. Not WHEAT pasta.
cratermoon 12y ago
You do know brown rice still has the outer hull removed?
- gcb0 12y ago
  i didn't. for me the rice skin was something very soft.
  - cratermoon 12y ago
    Here's a nice little animation showing the difference between unhulled, brown, white, and polished rice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice#mediaviewer/File:Rice_Animation.gif https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice#mediaviewer/File:Rice_Ani...
    - ggchappell 12y ago
      Nice. But note that you missed a stage. Unhulled, brown, white, and polished correspond to stages A, B, D, and E in the animation respectively. The WP article[1] says C is "rice with germ". [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice
      - cratermoon 12y ago
        My intent was not to comprehensively describe the graphic, but to give sufficient information to understand why it is relevant.
        ggchappell 12y ago
        Not a problem. :-)
phkahler 12y ago
Take iodine, it will help sugar regulation.
deeviant 12y ago
Yeah, and with the large amount of white rice various Asian populations eat, it's easy to explain their propensity for diabetes, cancer and obesity that doesn't exist.
- jacobolus 12y ago
  You seem to be reading more into his comment than is there? Speaking only for myself, I’m not really worried about diabetes/cancer/obesity when eating rice, but if I eat a large quantity of rice (e.g. the amount typically served to each person in a Chinese restaurant in the US) I invariably feel very tired about 40–80 minutes later, and it throws off my mood and my ability to focus for a few hours. The same thing happens for a plate of spaghetti, a large bowl of oatmeal, or too much bread or cake. I haven’t found brown rice to be much better though. If I stick to 1/3 or so of that portion, there’s not much noticeable effect. (e.g. eating a sandwich or hamburger made with 2 pieces of bread, or putting curry on a smallish amount of rice, or eating some dumplings doesn’t seem to be a problem).

I've gotten used to eating Brown rice. When I eat white I just picture my sugar levels spiking.

mililani 12y ago

Maybe you'll get used to the cancer from all the arsenic you're getting from brown rice.

blacksmith_tb 12y ago
Well, according to the FDA, the amount of inorganic arsenic in brown rice is slightly higher than that in wheat pasta, on average, but the difference is small: http://www.fda.gov/food/foodborneillnesscontaminants/metals/ucm319870.htm http://www.fda.gov/food/foodborneillnesscontaminants/metals/...
- ars 12y ago
  It doesn't say that. It's not slightly higher, it's a lot higher. If you disagree then post numbers for wheat pasta and a source.
- mililani 12y ago
  That is completely wrong. They are referring to RICE pasta. Not WHEAT pasta.

cratermoon 12y ago

You do know brown rice still has the outer hull removed?

gcb0 12y ago
i didn't. for me the rice skin was something very soft.
- cratermoon 12y ago
  Here's a nice little animation showing the difference between unhulled, brown, white, and polished rice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice#mediaviewer/File:Rice_Animation.gif https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice#mediaviewer/File:Rice_Ani...
  - ggchappell 12y ago
    Nice. But note that you missed a stage. Unhulled, brown, white, and polished correspond to stages A, B, D, and E in the animation respectively. The WP article[1] says C is "rice with germ". [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice
    - cratermoon 12y ago
      My intent was not to comprehensively describe the graphic, but to give sufficient information to understand why it is relevant.
      - ggchappell 12y ago
        Not a problem. :-)

phkahler 12y ago

Take iodine, it will help sugar regulation.

deeviant 12y ago

Yeah, and with the large amount of white rice various Asian populations eat, it's easy to explain their propensity for diabetes, cancer and obesity that doesn't exist.

jacobolus 12y ago
You seem to be reading more into his comment than is there? Speaking only for myself, I’m not really worried about diabetes/cancer/obesity when eating rice, but if I eat a large quantity of rice (e.g. the amount typically served to each person in a Chinese restaurant in the US) I invariably feel very tired about 40–80 minutes later, and it throws off my mood and my ability to focus for a few hours. The same thing happens for a plate of spaghetti, a large bowl of oatmeal, or too much bread or cake. I haven’t found brown rice to be much better though. If I stick to 1/3 or so of that portion, there’s not much noticeable effect. (e.g. eating a sandwich or hamburger made with 2 pieces of bread, or putting curry on a smallish amount of rice, or eating some dumplings doesn’t seem to be a problem).