White Rice Unhealthy?

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

Well... since I sort of hate tuna, I don't think your treat meal is going to do anything for me! haha

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

Actually they have the highest rate of stomach and intestinal cancers because white rice is high in arsenic. In moderation its not bad but if you eat it every day for the majority of your meals you're at a higher risk for these cancers. But over all its not all that unhealthy for you. Eat brown rice if you want a healthier option.

Have you tried black rice? It's yummy!

It's not terrible--but I find it hard to keep portions down, I think that's what's bad about it. Also my mom makes it with butter AND oil!!! Tastes awesome but I've stopped eating hers for that reason. If I make it, I like to mix 1/2 rice, 1/2 quinoa to at least add some protein to the mix. And I watch my portions better.

Have you tried black rice? It's yummy!

Love black rice or wild rice even though wild rice isn't actually a type of rice still delicious.

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

Yummmyyyyy...

I eat a mix of 1/2 brown 1/2 white, it helps with the taste as well as the calories, since brown rice actually has more calories. Well at least the brands i use do. The one thing i can say is rice tends to make me feel heavy, but being half korean it use to be a major part of my diet. I never eat more than 1/2 cup in a single day. The truth is as long as you stay within your calorie goal, you wont gain weight! Hope that helps, good luck everyone!!!

In large amounts, yeah.

But nothing is good for you in large amounts.

It's unhealthy if there's no butter or salt in it.

^ oooh, this!

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.

American Asians weights are much different than those from outside of the US. Also mentioned by the "article" is that Asian in the US is a collection of many countries. China, Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, etc.
Hate to say it on my part, but 70% of the overweight Asians are of Filipino decent. The rest of the percentage is divided up amongst the other Asian populations.
But again, eating rice in a calorie deficit DOESN'T cause one to gain fat as you've stated previously.

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Thanks for posting the link!

Arsenic builds up in the body, so limiting exposure to it within reason is probably a good plan of action.

Actually it doesn't build up. It leaves the body through urine or is deposited in hair and nails which grow out.

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I've heard from Dr. Oz that white rice is not the healthiest because of the starchy content. Brown rice/whole grain is supposed to be better and Quinoa is supposed to be an even better supplement to rice.

Dr. Oz is a quack. If you're using his information as a resource, you'll end up disappointed. No food is really considered "unhealthy" since health is much more than just about what you eat. Now "nutritionally deficient" I can agree with.

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Is rice like pasta where to get an accurate serving size you need to measure it before it's cooked? (aka, dry rice)

I like white rice better - I had some brown rice in the cupboard and I just mix them half and half to use it up. Wild Rice or black rice is good but it's actually a seed and I wouldn't eat wild rice with sweet and sour sauce somehow that just wouldn't work for me :ohwell:

Don't think I've seen THIS issue with rice, yet.....
Google RICE and ARSENIC. Seriously, apparently arsenic is used in the processing of rice, and ESPECIALLY so in brown rice. I know someone who was treated and released from the hospital for arsenic poisoning, and the doc asked her if she was consuming a great deal of rice recently"! (And she was, brown, everyday as part of her health kick!)
It's suggested you rinse your rice before cooking it. And don't overdo it. Try quinoa too :-) And barley!
My own personal rice experience while eating clean and losing weigh is go for it. I would keep a woman's portion at 1/2 cup. I think the earlier answer that suggested not to eat it unless you were an athlete etc. was somewhat fanatical. Keeping it real is key for me. Sure, I want to eat clean, but I don't want to be obsessive and miserable. I want to be healthy and trim and happy!