Hey,

This is fascinating. Just look at all those nasty fats we get from brown
rice -- between three and four times as much as from white rice. And five
times as much sodium. Wow. You get some nice benefit in the mineral and
metal department, but not across the board. Thanks, Crymad. I'm off to share
this information with those who would have me eat this chewy muck. (For
chewing practice, I can eat raw carrots and apples, which I actually like.)

Michael
I'm drinking Drunken Concubine and listening to Janet Baker sing Schubert.


10/20/04

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
-------------------------
Calories 130.00 111.00
Protein (g) 2.69 2.58
Fat Total (g) 0.28 0.90
Carbohydrate (g) 28.17 22.96
Fiber - Total (g) 0.40 1.80
Sugar - Total (g) 0.05 0.35
Calcium (mg) 10.00 10.00
Iron (mg) 1.20 0.42
Magnesium (mg) 12.00 43.00
Phosphorus (mg) 43.00 83.00
Potassium (mg) 35.00 43.00
Sodium (mg) 1.00 5.00
Zinc (mg) 0.49 0.63
Copper (mg) 0.07 0.10
Manganese (mg) 0.47 0.91
Selenium (mg) 7.50 9.80
Vitamin C (mg) 0.00 0.00
Thiamin (mg) 0.16 0.10
Riboflavin (mg) 0.01 0.03
Niacin (mg) 1.48 1.53
Vitamin B6 (mg) 0.09 0.15
Folate - Total (mcg)58.00 4.00
Food - Folate (mcg) 3.00 4.00
Folate - DFE (mcg) 97.00 4.00
Vitamin B12 (mcg) 0.00 0.00
Vitamin A (IU) 0.00 0,00
Retinol (mcg) 0.00 0.00
Vitamin E (mg) 0.04 0.03
Vitamin K (mcg) 0.00 0.60
Fat - Saturated (g) 0.08 0.18
Fat - Monosaturated (g) 0.09 0.33
Fat - Polysaturated (g) 0.08 0.32
Cholesterol (mg) 0.00 0.00

--crymad