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Rice ~ ~
one great grain
The U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend
grains as the foundation of a healthy diet. In fact, the
new Dietary Guidelines and MyPyramid recommend at
least three servings of whole grains daily, or making half
your grain servings whole, with the other half coming
from enriched or whole grains. Yet currently, only one
in 10 Americans eat three servings daily and one in
four don’t consume any.
Brown Rice is a 100% whole bioactive components
grain food that consumers of whole grains ap-
are familiar with that can help pear to work synergisti-
fulfi ll these recommenda- cally, which explains why
tions. Each half-cup serving whole-grain consumption
of cooked brown rice equals provides health benefi ts
one whole grain serving. This beyond what would be
healthy grain contains the predicted if the individual
nutrient-dense bran and inner compounds were simply The word
germ layer where the majority additive.
for cooked
of the bioactive compounds
rice in
are found as well as the Like white rice, brown rice is
starchy endosperm. It’s the also gluten-free and contains
Japanese
fi berful bran coating that gives no trans fat or cholesterol and
is “Gohan”
brown rice its light tan color, only a trace amount of fat and which
nutlike fl avor, and chewy sodium.
translates
texture. Whole grains are
as “meal.”
believed to help reduce heart Red, black and whole grain
disease and may reduce rice varieties are increasingly
the risk of certain cancers, popular in the US, and all offer
and may aid in weight the whole grain goodness of
maintenance. brown.
In addition to the fi ber, whole
For more information about the
grains like brown rice are
goodness of rice visit the More rice info,
good sources of many vita-
USA Rice Federation:
recipes and
mins and minerals as well as
www.usarice.com
cooking tips
fermentable carbohydrates,
lignans, phytoestrogens and
For more information on
on the
phenolic compounds. The
whole grains, visit
Organic Shopper
www.wholegrainscouncil.com web site
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