Brown Rice

[banjo]

Why is brown rice considered to be healthier than white rice?

[ursula62]

Because the husk contains fibre and vitamins that are removed when the rice is processed.

The process that produces brown rice removes only the outermost layer, the hull, of the rice kernel and is the least damaging to its nutritional value. The complete milling and polishing that converts brown rice into white rice destroys 67% of the vitamin B3, 80% of the vitamin B1, 90% of the vitamin B6, half of the manganese, half of the phosphorus, 60% of the iron, and all of the dietary fiber and essential fatty acids. Fully milled and polished white rice is required to be �enriched� with vitamins B1, B3 and iron.

[El D]

has a lower GI as well

[jills]

the less mucked about with a food is, the better it is for you.  That's why brown sugar is better than white...less refined.  Ditto all processed foods as opposed to their more natural counterparts.

[purplefish]

brown rice is a complex carbohydrate, white rice isn't

[ahar]

and it makes you poo more, always a good thing in my opinion