White Rice Unhealthy?

Are all the Asian people sick/ dying/ fat?. So NO it's fine.

ITT only Asians eat rice.

I eat white rice.

Just make sure you're accurately weighing and logging your portion and fitting it into your goals.

I switched to brown rice to get more fiber, but as long as you're minding the calories in the rice it doesn't matter white/brown/other varieties. Eat what you like.

White rice is the only kind of rice I eat... especially basmati rice! Eating it didn't prevent me from losing weight (or keeping it off for about two years now.) It may not be the most nutrition packed food I eat, but it's not the worst either. I eat more than enough other stuff that's healthy that I don't see why I shouldn't eat the type of rice I prefer. My take... life it too short to eat nasty brown rice. :laugh:

White rice is the only kind of rice I eat... especially basmati rice! Eating it didn't prevent me from losing weight (or keeping it off for about two years now.) It may not be the most nutrition packed food I eat, but it's not the worst either. I eat more than enough other stuff that's healthy that I don't see why I shouldn't eat the type of rice I prefer. My take... life it too short to eat nasty brown rice. :laugh:

have you tried riviana brown rice with a nutty flavour.... eaten with chilli tuna and mix carrots, peas and green peas.. damn... im hungry... time for that TREAT MEAL... LOL

White rice is the only kind of rice I eat... especially basmati rice! Eating it didn't prevent me from losing weight (or keeping it off for about two years now.) It may not be the most nutrition packed food I eat, but it's not the worst either. I eat more than enough other stuff that's healthy that I don't see why I shouldn't eat the type of rice I prefer. My take... life it too short to eat nasty brown rice. :laugh:

Rice is nutrient dense

I eat white rice too. I can't eat brown rice cause it makes me bloated and nausea. White rice is refined grain, which turns to glucose faster than brown rice. Brown rice is a complex grain and has a higher fibre content, hence it slows down the breakdown into glucose. Depends on your stats, e.g. Your weight, calorie intake and needs, personally i take about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of cooked white rice during a meal, complete with veggies, protein and healthy fats. Key is to eat in moderation.

I eat white rice too. I can't eat brown rice cause it makes me bloated and nausea. White rice is refined grain, which turns to glucose faster than brown rice. Brown rice is a complex grain and has a higher fibre content, hence it slows down the breakdown into glucose. Depends on your stats, e.g. Your weight, calorie intake and needs, personally i take about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of cooked white rice during a meal, complete with veggies, protein and healthy fats. Key is to eat in moderation.

White rice has a GI rating of about 65, and brown rice has a slightly lower rating of 55, according to the Harvard Medical School.

Which isn't that big of a difference... Especially if you are using gylcemic load...

Do you even GI?

Growing up in an Asian household, we eat white rice fairly often. My grandmother, who is diabetic, added barley grains to her rice and cooks it with the white rice. It has the same taste and texture as properly cooked white rice.

Personally after growing up eating only white rice, I don't like a lot of other rices.

I have white rice a few times a week and so far I seem fine. No insulin spikes leading to fat storage or whatever.

Somebody beat it in my head that white rice is bad for me, and I should not eat it at all.

My question is... is that necessarily true? What is so bad with white rice?

Also: I don't mean the rice after toppings and such, I mean the white rice completely alone.

The nutritional differences in white and brown rice are so minute that you will have to make your own personal choice. If you want a tiny bit more fiber; eat brown rice and if you want the nutrients to be absorbed a tiny bit easier/faster...eat white. Both are high calorie, which means that 2 cups a day ( as one poster suggested) adds up to 650 calories, which is fine if you have the calories to spend. If not practice moderation......it's simple....:o).

It spikes insulin and triggers the body to store fat. Unless you are an athlete or a body builder, I wouldn't eat it especially if you are overweight and insulin resistant.....which most obese people are.

If that is true then why didn't Asians get fat? They didn't until they started eating Western crap.

You might find this study interesting.


National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a research program from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Dr. Karen Kim, a professor of medicine at the University of Chicago, said: 'It looks as if we (Asians) don’t have a problem. But it’s a huge problem. 'There are huge differences where weight does not adequately reflect the realities of complications from being overweight.

'For Asians, you do not have to be overweight to get the complications for obesity.' But that is likely to be masking a problem in the Asian community, leading people to falsely believe that they are healthier than they actually are.


Asians carry their weight around their organs so cardiovascular disease, can start in normal-weight Asians who have a BMI of just 19 or 20.

Moral of the story.....just because you are "skinny fat" does not mean you are healthy.

NO, it's not unhealthy.


It's actually a bit debatable whether brown rice is 'healthier' at all. The 'antinutrients' (I know, it sounds made up but they're actually compounds that block nutrient absorption like phytic acid) in brown rice might actually make white rice come out on top for nutrient absorption. In the plus column for brown rice is fiber- so I guess it wins if your diet lacks fiber sources.

Yep.

Rice has been found to have VERY high levels of cancer-causing arsenic. The FDA has warned the public to not overdue their intake. It's really sad seeing people giving their babies spoonfuls of rice cereal all the time. Brown rice levels of arsenic are actually higher than white rice, so the FDA says you can eat it in moderation.