People Think Brown Rice is Better Than White Because They Don’t Know THIS
When people think about unhealthy, refined foods they often think of one color: white. And oftentimes this unhealthy, white food has a healthy brown counterpart. White sugar and brown sugar, white flour and whole flour etc. Although it may be true for most foods that white version is unhealthier than the brown version, rice seems to be one of the only exceptions.
White Rice vs Brown Rice
The common conception about rice is that white rice is bad for you and brown rice is good for you. So, in order to even the playing field, I’m going to discuss the common misconceptions that people have about both.
Let’s start off by talking about why people think white rice is so bad.
White Rice and Blood Sugar
The main reason why people trying to be healthy avoid white rice is because they assume that it will spike your blood sugar if you eat it. This misconception is mainly due to the fact that other white carbohydrate foods, such as white bread, have such as high glycemic index.
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Source: http://www.riseearth.com/2016/05/people-think-brown-rice-is-better-than.html
