On 21 Oct 2004 10:14:06 -0400, Lewis Perin wrote:

crymad writes:

This whole brown vs. white rice thing has been bothering me. I recall
researching the topic in the past, and that's probably when I stopped
fretting about eating white rice. Look at the nutritional breakdown for
100g of long grain below, courtesy of http://www.nutritionanalyser.com
-- is brown rice really that dominant? Any of you brown rice eaters
have any additional information that this comparison overlooks? Joe?


White Brown
-------------------------
[...other nutrients...]
Folate - Total (mcg)58.00 4.00
Food - Folate (mcg) 3.00 4.00
Folate - DFE (mcg) 97.00 4.00

Looks as if the white stuff in this comparison was doped with folate,
which raises questions about the other nutrients as well.

Perhaps it is the "enriched" variety.

--
Derek

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