[Life Style] - Less rice healthier life
[Life Style] - Less rice healthier life
Written by madnilk
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We are what we eat - sound familiar isn't?
Within today's article I'm going to talk about the true nature of rice. This going to be short cause such fact definitely will make lot of us trill. Not to mention how we consume it each and every single day.
Human body was never meant to consume rice and yet this medieval act were done in such a need which I can put it as rice addiction. It's been a great hurdle to change people who eat rice daily into less or zero habit. Our stomach don't have enzymes to digest raw rice which in the same case of wheat and corn - they have to be cook first before we are able to consume it.
We are never meant to eat rice ( In my case, here in Malaysia - rice is one of the traditional food which needed in order of getting pure instant energy from it substance, carbohydrate.) So, what I really try to coupe up with this articles is not to stop taking it eternity, but reduce it to the safest possible intake.
In some pat of Asia (including Malaysia), rice form up to 85%of the plate. Even if we take rice, always keep it to minimum. Remember, it's only for our tongue not the body.Where actually, rice and other grains like wheat and corn are actually worse than sugar. Which there are many reasons:
Rice Becomes sugar - vast amount of it!!
This a fact where no nutritionist can deny; rice chemically no different from sugar itself. One bowl of cooked rice give the same calories equal of 10 teaspoons of sugar.This does not matter whether its white, brown or herbal. It is digested into sugar as quickly as half and hour which by then circulating into our vain. Further more, its nature of low in the rainbow of anti-oxidants give nothing to help our digesting system.
Things without the anti-oxidant rainbow which can be found in food which react as nutrient supply with a whole host of other proper assimilation and digestion such as fruit, are useless.
Rice has no fiber.
The fiber of kangkong fills up you long before your blood sugar spikes. This is because the fiber bulks and fills up our stomach. Since white rice has no fiber, we end eating lots of dense calorie food before we get filled up. Brown rice has more fiber but with the same amount of sugar - it just seem the same!!
Rice is tasteless-sugar sweet.
There is only so much that you can consumes rice at one sitting, which sometimes people can eat 2-3 bowl of it. How many sugar you can eat in exchange for 1bowl = 10 teaspoon sugar. Can you just imagine it - eating up till 20 - 30 teaspoon of sugar in one sitting, yikes.
Rice effect on our water consume level.
The more rice we eat, the less water we consume which there is no mechanism to prevent the overeating of rice. Rice, wheat and corn come hidden in our daily food menu. As rice is tasteless, it tend to end up in other foods mixing that substitute rice such flour, noodle and bread. We tend to eat the hidden form which still get digested into sugar.
It is still difficult to digest even after cook.
Can't eat raw rice? Try eating half cooked rice. Contrary to popular belief,rice is very difficult to digest. Label under 'Heavy Stuff' sure giving problem to whom having problems with digestion.They who had problem might want to try skipping rice for several day, and will be amazed at how the problem fades like passed by wind.
Rice prevents the absorption of several vitamins and minerals.
Rice which taken in bulk will reduce the absorption system of vital nutrient like zinc, iron and vitamins B. If you are rice addict, going rice-less is not something easy as talking, but by reducing it using below techniques might help a bit
- Eat less rice - reduce consume rate by half.
- Have rice-less meal once awhile. (fishes are much more preferable)
- Avoid salt shaker or ketchup. (it tent to make you want to consumes more rice)
- Eat your dessert first. ( the fiber rich fruits will 'bulk up' thus makes you eat less rice instead of fruits)
It's your life. Decide what you wan t to eat! But eat less rice!
