Seven hundred million tons of rice - this is how much the inhabitants of our planet eat this cereal in just one year - the same as all the rest combined. Why is this product so successful?
Because rice can be used to cook a huge number of side dishes, add it to other dishes, both sweet and spicy. They treat themselves with rice, they lose weight on it. In some countries, there is a cult of rice, for example, in Japan, this cereal should be on the table at every meal. And the UN even declared 2004 the International Year of Rice.
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It is valued for a large number of vitamins and vital elements, amino acids. This cereal is very useful for children, because, unlike wheat, it does not contain gluten, which is an allergen for many kids. Rice is the best food for patients with gastritis and stomach ulcers: rice starch seems to envelop the gastric mucosa and soothe irritation.
Types of rice
Nowadays, more than 25 varieties of rice are grown. It can be white, coffee, brown, red, black. The color depends not only on the variety, but also on the method of processing. The same variety, processed differently, has a different taste and color.
White polished rice is inferior to all other varieties in terms of the content of nutrients.
Brown rice is very popular with fans of a healthy lifestyle. During processing, the grain shell is not removed from it, which allows you to preserve all the necessary nutrients as much as possible.
Red rice is easily digested, which allows you to grind the grain not completely, but only partially, preserving as much as possible all the useful things that are in it.
Black rice is distinguished by its high protein content - there are 2 times more of them than in other types, as well as especially fiber that is useful for the gastrointestinal tract. And also, it has so many natural antioxidants that black rice is considered a rival to blueberries, red wine and orange juice.
Parboiled rice is the healthiest, because thanks to a special processing method, all the nutrients from the bran pass into the grain itself.
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