Rice Contributes To Healthier Eating

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Rice contributes to healthier eating

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- People who eat rice have more nutritious diets that are lower in saturated fat and sugar than the diets of non-rice eaters, a U.S. study found.

Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey on blood pressure, blood lipids and risk for metabolic syndrome from 1999 to 2004, the researchers found nearly 26 percent of consumers reported eating rice during the 24-hour period. Among adults ages 19 to 50, individuals who eat rice -- white or brown -- consume: less total fat, saturated fat and added sugars; higher amounts of 12 essential vitamins and minerals, a higher quality diet including more fruit and legumes; and nearly four teaspoons less added sugar and 7 grams less solid fats.

"Both brown and white rice have a lot of nutrients -- white rice is fortified with many vitamins and minerals -- but rice is also a conduit for eating more nutritious foods -- usually less meat and more vegetables and it is usually served with less saturated fat than foods served without rice," registered dietitian Julie Upton, who presented the findings at the American Dietetic Association Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo in Philadelphia, told United Press International.

[Tamar1973]

More proof that Korean food rules!!

[MrEdd]

Rice Contributes To Healthier Eating

Glad to know she's better at nutrition than she is at foreign policy...

[clamper1797]

Is that a “Condi ment”?

[ansel12]

[CHEE]

Rice Contributes To Healthier Eating
Glad to know she’s better at nutrition than she is at foreign policy
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Can’t top this one! You nailed it.

[bill1952]

People who eat rice have more nutritious diets that are lower in saturated fat and sugar than the diets of non-rice eaters

So do people who eat dirt.

[elizabetty]

Oatmeal too.

[quantim]

For a second there per the title thought Condi was going to give a few pointers about being a genius at 16 years old.

[Leo Carpathian]

Yeah, rice loaded with carbos. Eat it - courtesy of Chiiiikoms, fortified with lead and other nasty mine-reals.

[hinckley buzzard]

Rice is basically starch, bad for diabetics. Nutritionally about the same as mashed potatoes. Nothing special.

[KarlInOhio]

Rice Contributes To Healthier Eating

Once again the press switches cause and effect.

[Publius6961]

More proof that Korean food rules!!

Huh? I've never been near Korea, or any part of Asia, for that matter, and have had rice at least 4 times a week most of my life...

[elizabetty]

My rice comes from Arkansas — USA.

[null and void]

Purple rice???

[Tamar1973]

So do people who eat dirt.

I think that's the ROTFLMAO Quote of the Day!!

[Tamar1973]

Purple rice???

They don't have purple rice in Korea. That's a Chinese thing, I think.

[napscoordinator]

More proof that Korean food rules!!

Pass the Bibimbop!!!! (spello??). Who cares it is delicious!

[HungarianGypsy]

**Freeper Kitchen Ping**

[wildbill]

She’s alive!

[ari-freedom]

yeah but rice tastes a whole lot better. especially basmati...what rice is supposed to taste like

[Myrddin]

Rice is abundant and cheap. It is very popular in 3rd world countries as a staple. The high glycemic index provokes insulin spikes. It's a poor choice for people on a low carb diet.

[Marie2]

That’s white rice, right? Brown rice is much better for you, I think.

[Myrddin]

That’s white rice, right? Brown rice is much better for you, I think.

White rice is just brown rice with the bran polished off. The brown stuff gives you extra nutrients to go with your glycemic spike. It certainly tastes better. See brown rice.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Fat is essential. Rice is just sugar.

Sugar is poison.

[ThePythonicCow]

As others have suggested above, this articles idea of what’s nutritious is backwards - saturated fats and proteins (meat) are essentials, whereas unsaturated fats (plant oils) are unhealthy, especially when heated or processed, as in most of the food stuffs found in a grocery store or restaurant.

[sergeantdave]

I’ve given up on determining what foods are healthy for you, so I moved bourbon, burgers, potato chips, chocolate fudge and cigars up to the top of my food pyramid. I’ll let everyone know how it turns out this weekend.

[Moonman62]

Sounds like a study paid for by rice growers.

[MEGoody]

My husband is diabetic. Rice makes his blood sugar skyrocket, so we avoid it.

[IamConservative]

I’ve given up on determining what foods are healthy for you, so I moved bourbon, burgers, potato chips, chocolate fudge and cigars up to the top of my food pyramid. I’ll let everyone know how it turns out this weekend.

I think as long as you stay way from the blended stuff you should be fine. Straight Kentucky Bourbon and 100% Angus beef.

[CholeraJoe]

The French consume much less rice, and smoke more than Americans, yet have lower rates of heart disease. Any ideas?

[Fawn]

I just saw last night on the national news that carbohydrate foods gives you cancer. Isn’t rice full of carbs?

[Spunky]

"Isn’t rice full of carbs?"

Yes!

Brown, long grain 1 cup 49.7 grams of carbs.
White, long grain, 1cup 49.6 grams of carbs.

[null and void]

The local Korean restaurant serves purple rice (they say it’s boiled with eggplant) and claims that’s how they do it in Korea.

[null and void]

Please do...

[abigailsmybaby]

You get my vote for quip of the month.

[Tamar1973]

The local Korean restaurant serves purple rice (they say it’s boiled with eggplant) and claims that’s how they do it in Korea.

I lived there for a year and I never saw that dish. OTOH, there are many regional cuisines in Korea just like there are many regional cuisines in the USA.

[Tamar1973]

Pass the Bibimbop!!!! (spello??). Who cares it is delicious!

AMEN!!!! Preach on!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“...so I moved bourbon, burgers, potato chips, chocolate fudge and cigars up to the top of my food pyramid.”

My kind of guy! Check out my tag line. I smoke a Lady-like cigar every year on my birthday. I’ll substitute Southern Comfort for the bourbon and my burgers are ground venison which I’ve butchered myself. I can take or leave tater chips, but I LOVE Nachos. :)

Screw the Food Gnatzies. I’m active and work outdoors. I can pretty much eat all I want because I burn off any and all calories I consume.

Again, screw the Food Gnatzies! (I just like to say it, LOL!)

[LetsRok]

Rice has ZERO nutritional value. It only fills you up so you won’t eat anything else.

[metmom]

Must be all that Chinese pollution.

[Tamar1973]

Rice is abundant and cheap. It is very popular in 3rd world countries as a staple. The high glycemic index provokes insulin spikes. It's a poor choice for people on a low carb diet.

Of all the rice varieties out there, basmati rice has nearly the lowest, if not the lowest # on the glycemic index (this was according to a diabetic friend of mine). Most rice is considered high on the glycemic scale but basmati rice is considered "medium" on the glycemic scale.

That's one of the reasons I like Korean cuisine so much. You don't have to eat it with rice to be authentic. A lot of the meat dishes like bulgogi and dak kalbi are served w/ lettuce and you wrap the meat in the lettuce and eat it like a burrito.

[Grizzled Bear]

The French consume much less rice, and smoke more than Americans, yet have lower rates of heart disease. Any ideas?

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They do it to piss us off.