White vs. Brown

darreneatschicken

Why is food that is brown (e.g., bread, rice) considered more healthy than food that is white?

AmyRhubarb

White flour & rice are generally more processed than their brown counterparts. Brown rice only has it's husk removed, white has a couple more layers (bran & germ I think?) gone, so it's more stripped down. Same with the wheat for the flour.

I still eat both white and brown rice, I like both, my family prefers white. They also prefer q softer white bread, I like the whole wheat for more fiber. But I also still eat sourdough, and white rolls. It's just preference.

Sydking

I only eat brown for the Fiber and sometimes goes better with some dishes.

Otherwise its not going to make or break any diet

monikker

White has much of its nutritional value removed and then they add in nutrients artificially. Kinda dumb but sure they taste good. I prefer the taste and nutritional value of brown better.

darreneatschicken

so from what you guys are telling me, brown has more micronutrients (e.g., fiber)

RodaRose

The is not much different in terms of fiber, calories, or protein.

Brown rice does not keep as long.
Also it has more toxins.( I do not eat it.)
Eat the one you like.

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dbmata

brown sugar is more processed than white sugar.

tennisdude2004

Nutrients are very similar (both very low), so hopefully you will be getting a majority of your micro nutrients and fibre from other sources anyway, so basically, choose which one tastes best.

yarwell

dbmata wrote: »

brown sugar is more processed than white sugar.

while that can be the case, it can also not be the case - raw sugar (brown) is shipped to refineries and made white. This is usually labelled raw or unrefined.

Some brown sugar products are made by backmixing molasses into refined sugar. Typically these have an ingredients list.

dbmata

Brown sugar and raw sugar are two explicitly different products.

Please be precise and accurate.

Brown sugar is white sugar with molasses added back.
Raw sugar has had fewer refinement steps.

Brown sugar is the name of a product found on store shelves.


Raw sugar is also sometimes called turbinado, raw, etc. It has several market names based on the producer. It's also not the same as piloncillo/panela/pinoche, even though in concept they are.

yarwell

Brown sugar means it's brown -
this example is unrefined cane sugar. Perhaps you meant "in the USA...."

I haven't been round the Domino refinery, but their description does not suggest it is with molasses backmixed- "To create flavor that's deep, rich, and real, use only Domino® Dark Brown Sugar. It's 100% pure cane sugar and, like light brown, naturally brown all the way through" - but as it comes out of a refinery it will indeed be more processed than raw.

JoRocka

Because racists.