white rice vs. brown?

Fibre and a few nutrients. But, and there is a but, brown rice has phytates, tannins, enzyme inhibitors etc to protect the plant against invaders, mostly animals and us. Basically if we gorged on them we would be deficient and not thrive well and therefore and possibly pass on them the next time considering time and thrifty gathering were paramount in our ancient past..... basically we wanted the biggest bang for our buck..... anyway white rice is probably better, nutrient wise and taste is better imo, so personally I get enough roughage in my diet to worry about a little more in a rice I don't enjoy as much as the white. I degrees.

neanderthin wrote: »

Fibre and a few nutrients. But, and there is a but, brown rice has phytates, tannins, enzyme inhibitors etc to protect the plant against invaders, mostly animals and us. Basically if we gorged on them we would be deficient and not thrive well and therefore and possibly pass on them the next time considering time and thrifty gathering were paramount in our ancient past..... basically we wanted the biggest bang for our buck..... anyway white rice is probably better, nutrient wise

+1

My only disagreement is that with some dishes I prefer brown rice, if I'm willing to put up with the extra cooking time. (To be honest, however, I don't care about rice at all, so rarely eat it.)

Unless the small difference in fiber is significant to you (and if it is you might be better off eating more fruits and veggies or adding in some beans), no particular reason to choose brown unless you like it better.

Brown rice has vitamin B1, a deficiency of which causes beriberi. White rice does not have B1.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2889456/

Diabetics stay away from white rice as it is too readily digested and causes an insulin spike (if the poor diabetic has enough insulin).

There's not a big enough difference to warrant switching from white to brown unless you actually prefer the taste. I like both equally considering they're both relatively tasteless and are only as good as what you put in it, but I usually make brown rice because my husband likes it better...and definitely not for nutritional reasons.

OP,

How big is rice in your everyday diet?
If it something that you cook everyday then here is the data you may want to look at

Brown Rice Cooked (Grams), 100 gms Calories 111 Proteins 3 Carbs 23 Fiber 2
White Rice Cooked (Grams), 100 gms Calories 130 Proteins 3 Carbs 28 Fiber 0

jgnatca wrote: »

Brown rice has vitamin B1, a deficiency of which causes beriberi. White rice does not have B1.

You'd have to have a seriously bizarre diet to have a B1 deficiency in the contemporary US. I think I'd have to actively work at it.

(Also, people who eat white rice probably eat the enriched stuff.)

My impression is that people think brown rice must be super healthy since it gets served at health food restaurants and crunchy people tend to like it. But the differences are pretty minor, and not always in brown's favor.

Well. White rice tastes better, so there's that. Other than that and a scant amount of fiber (and nutrients that are locked up in that fiber and thus may or may not be taken in by the human body) its whatever you like more.

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lemurcat12 wrote: »

You'd have to have a seriously bizarre diet to have a B1 deficiency in the contemporary US. I think I'd have to actively work at it. (Also, people who eat white rice probably eat the enriched stuff.)

Well, if I was bent on winning an argument with my husband, I'd definitely go with beriberi scares. Why help his case?