Eating brown rice is not a fashion or a fad we borrowed from the WEST. It is basically a long forgotten tradition with the advent of rice mills in India. Over the years, women in Asia have hand pounded paddy get rice from paddy.”   Sudha

Brown Rice

Text Box: Website dedicated to
Nishan

‘Why brown rice is healthier’

Hinduism Today, Nov/Dec 2001

www.salagram.net/64-65_rice.pdf

 

 

HEALTH BENEFITS OF BROWN RICE

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Healthy weight

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Cuts diabetes risk

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Lower cholesterol

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Reduces high blood pressure risk

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Glycemic index

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Prevalence of diabetes

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S Asian predisposition to diabetes true?

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24

Chinese attitudes to brown rice

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Real life stories

 

 

WHOLE GRAINS IN GENERAL

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Whole grains in general

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Whole grain guidelines worldwide

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Tufts University—Whole grains article

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Science Watch—Whole foods article

 

 

HEALTH FOOD IN GENERAL

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28

Health food in general

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Unrefined sugar

 

 

COOKING

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9

How to cook brown rice

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Ancient methods used today

 

 

HISTORY OF MILLING

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The dhenki

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History of rice mills

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Modern hulling equipment

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History of rice in India

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History of brown rice in China

 

 

TYPES OF AGRICULTURE

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Organic

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Organic—in Cuba

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Biodynamic

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Conventional

 

 

LINKS

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Published articles

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Benefits of brown rice websites

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Organisations

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Brown rice recipes

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Research papers

 

 

CONTACT

 

 

PHYTIC ACIT

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Phytic acid not an anti-nutrient

 

 

ABOUT RICE

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Parts of rice kernel

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‘Brown rice’ in Asian languages

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Brown (unpolished) rice

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Photos of 23 unpolished rices

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Photos of unpolished/polished rices

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White (polished) rice

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Pros & cons

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Parboiled rice

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Distribution of nutrients

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Detailed nutritional info

 

 

WARNING

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Agro-chemicals

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Arsenic in rice

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Amount of arsenic in 9 samples (2011)

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Radioactive contamination in Japan

 

 

RICE IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

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India

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Sri Lanka

 

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Pakistan

 

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Bangladesh

 

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China

 

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South East Asia

 

45

USA

 

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Europe

 

 

JUNK FOOD

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Junk food

 

 

WHERE TO BUY

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Where to by brown rice