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"Brown Rice Versus White Rice: During the milling and polishing process that converts brown rice into white rice, the nutritional value changes dramatically, destroying 67% of the vitamin B3, 80% of the vitamin B1, 90% of the vitamin B6, 50% of the manganese, 50% of the phosphorus, 60% of the iron, and all of the dietary fiber and essential fatty acids. Fully milled and polished white rice is so lifeless that it requires "enrichment" of vitamins B1, B3 and iron. Brown rice is superior nutritionally to white rice and ought to be your "rice of choice." - Jan Lovejoy, Get Balanced-the Natural Way to Better Health with Superfoods (Get the book.)

"That's due to changes in the nutritional makeup of cheaper dog food products today that are using a lot of white rice as a filler (because white rice is cheap and makes the dog foods more profitable). But just as in human beings, white rice causes diabetes and obesity because it's a refined carbohydrate offering little more than "empty calories." You can learn a lot about nutrition from your pets When you look at pets, there is a direct relationship between foods and disease that is quite apparent. Part of the reason this is so apparent is because pets age much more quickly than human beings." - Mike Adams, The Seven Laws of Nutrition (Get the book.)

"In the Far East, white rice became fashionable in this century. white rice is made by polishing off the outer layers of the whole original or brown rice, thereby removing the bran, germ, and adjacent layers. In cereal grains, such as rice or wheat, this is where the major part of the thiamin is located. Therapeutic Uses Beri beri: People living mostly on white rice suffer a thiamin deficiency or beri beri. The Japanese navy wanted to solve the problem of so many of their sailors having beri beri. This led to the studies showing that a food factor had been removed, later identified as thiamin." - Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH, Naturopathic Nutrition: A Guide to Nutrient-rich Food & Nutritional Supplements for Optimum Health (Get the book.)

"GLYCEMIC INDEX AND INSULIN INDEX A high-glycemic diet is one that includes any white sugar, any white flour, white rice, honey, maple syrup, alcohol, coffee, wheat, any junk food, and most fruit (some fruit, such as berries and cherries, is moderate to low on the glycemic index). A high-glycemic diet also includes cooked beets and carrots, rutabaga, summer squash, cooked yams, pumpkin, parsnips, white potatoes, apricots, figs, grapes, raisins, melons, mangos, bananas, papaya, pears, peaches, plums, pineapple, kiwi, sapote, cherimoya, rambutian, durian, dates, and dried fruits." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Magnesium deficiency may also have played a part in beriberi since so much magnesium is lost when white rice is refined. Thiamin Coenzyme forms are: ThiaminPyroPhosphate (TPP) Thiamin Triphosphate (TTP) Thiamin is also found in the form of thiamin triphosphate in nerve and muscle cells. This form of thiamin activates the transport of electrolytes across the membranes of nerve and muscle cells. This allows healthy nerve conduction and muscle action. The amount of dietary thiamin needed is based on the amount needed in producing energy." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"Five White Poisons Five white foods—sugar, salt, white flour, white rice, and pasteurized milk—are often referred to as the "five white poisons." This is because they contain little, if any, nutrition, and all produce acid in the body. They draw on the body's nutrient resources while being digested. None of these foods should be included in one's diet because they are health depleting. They are incomplete foods. Drinking Liquids with Meals When liquids of any kind are consumed with meals, they dilute the digestive secretions and interfere with digestive efficiency." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.) "Cereals with sugar. white rice. Roasted and/or salted or rancid seeds. None of the above with preservatives or additives, including added vitamins and minerals. Eggs: Instant egg preparations, eggs from commercially farmed chickens that have been fed antibiotics or commercial feed. Hard-boiled or hard cooked eggs. (Eggs are very nutritious provided they are from free-range chickens, are undercooked, soft-boiled, soft-poached or lightly scrambled.) Cheeses: Most should be avoided—especially colored, processed, creamed and fancy cheese spreads. White cheese made from unpasteurized milk is okay." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"In this recipe, high-protein soybeans substitute for beans with a high sugar content, and finely shredded cauliflower stands in for white rice." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"Refining grains into white flour and rice removes most of the indigestible carbohydrates (dietary fiber). white rice is one complex carbohydrate that is almost completely absorbed by the small intestine, resulting in very little indigestible carbohydrate for bacteria in the colon to turn into flatus. When Louise eagerly suggested that she'd be happy to cook white rice for Larry—breakfast, lunch, and dinner—I couldn't resist sharing an interesting bit of information I'd read just the previous week." - John A. McDougall, Dr. McDougall's Digestive Tune-Up (Get the book.)

"When a Chinese restaurant offers you a choice between brown and white rice or an Italian restaurant offers the option of whole wheat pasta (some do here in California), take the whole grain ball and run with it. Whole grains (and legumes) are unique to other whole foods because they are naturally low in fat and cholesterol free; contain 10 to 15 percent protein; and offer loads of fiber, resistant starch and oligosaccharides, minerals, vitamins, antioxidants, phytochemicals, and, often, phytoestrogens." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"Thiamin is found in rice bran and rice germ, both of which are removed when white rice is made from brown rice. Thiamin plays a key role in the metabolism of energy in all cells. Thiamin is part of the coenzyme ThiaminPyroPhosphate (TPP), which helps convert pyruvate to acetyl-coenzyme A (also known as acetyl-CoA). This is a necessary step in the production of cellular energy from carbohydrates as shown in Figure 1-3. Magnesium is needed to convert thiamin to TPP. Although refined grains are often fortified with thiamin, their original magnesium is depleted by an average of 76 percent." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

"We eliminate white bread, white rice, and empty-calorie foods. We don't have candy bars around. We don't have white soda crackers. We don't offer desserts to these children. We suggest good foods, complex carbohydrates, and vegetables, cooked as little as possible. Nibble, nibble, nibble is the rule we emphasize for hyperactive children. The whole family has to change their way of eating. Many of the parents find that they feel better on this diet as well." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Japanese marine soldiers died within three days after consuming white rice, yet it takes much longer than that to develop a B1 deficiency. The origin of this mysterious disease was revealed when in 1891 a Japanese researcher discovered that beriberi is caused by the poison citreoviridine. Citreoviridine is produced by mold in white rice that is stored in filthy and moist environments. Yet until today, the vitamin Bl-beriberi-hypothesis is still maintained in medical text books around the world." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"The main environmental cause of the worldwide pandemic of Type-2 diabetes is the introduction of white sugar, white flour, and white rice into these cultures, resulting in an "outbreak" of Type-2 diabetes twenty years later. It is obvious that a successful program for healing diabetes must eliminate all refined carbohydrate from the diet. Dr. Cleave's book synthesized and tabulated the cross-cultural studies and showed that the introduction of refined carbohydrate into the cultures with a previously low incidence of diabetes saw an outbreak of diabetes within twenty years." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "Perhaps surprisingly, the insulin scores (IS) for beef and fish are greater than their glucose scores (GS), and the GS for yogurt is higher than the IS or GS of carbohydrate-rich foods such as brown rice, white rice, and bread. This will lay rest to the myth that protein-rich animal foods are somehow insulin safe when compared to carbohydrate-rich foods. Satiety Index The satiety index (SI) is a relatively new concept31 that measures how full or satiated people feel after consuming a given calorie load from a variety of foods." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"For lunch and dinner, ask for an extra side of steamed vegetables instead of pasta or white rice to accompany your main dish. Patronize restaurants that have salad bars to get your money's worth. You can also order Asian vegetable dishes that are steamed or water wokked with the dressing or sauce on the side. Because soups are made in advance in restaurants and are always very high in salt, it is best that you do not eat soups out. Stick with salads and a main dish. I often order a double-sized salad and let them charge me double." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat For Health: Lose Weight, Keep It Off, Look Younger, Live Longer (2 book set) (Get the book.)

"Slowly replace white rice with brown rice. And get your kids involved in the kitchen—show them how to chop up kale and crush garlic. Make mealtimes a pleasurable, relaxed experience for the whole family. Nursing Immediately after childbirth, you face your first big decision about that baby's diet: to breastfeed or not to breastfeed? We all know about the immunological benefits of breastfeeding. Breastfeeding can protect newborns from ear infections and other allergies." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Note: complex carbohydrates as found in whole grains and washed white Basmati rice are fine, but avoid most other types of polished white rice due their depleted nutritional value.) Obviously, sugar-rich foods and beverages, such as chocolate, ice cream, and soda should be avoided. The lymph-congesting dairy products like milk, yogurt, and cheese also have no place in the For detailed information about the healing properties of these and other common foods, spices, and herbs see Timeless Secrets of Health and Rejuvenation. diet of someone seeking to recover from cancer." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Fully milled and polished white rice is so lifeless that it requires "enrichment" of vitamins B1, B3 and iron. Brown rice is superior nutritionally to white rice and ought to be your "rice of choice." Where to buy it: At any grocery store or health food store. How much to eat: One cup of brown rice combined with vegetables three to four times a week will help protect your heart. ftt \ Quick Tip 1: Either short or long grain brown rice is good. Rice is - Jan Lovejoy, Get Balanced-the Natural Way to Better Health with Superfoods (Get the book.)

"Most packaged grains found in grocery stores are refined. white rice is an example. Choose brown rice over white. Limit your intake of grains in general, which means no more than four servings a day (one half to one cup = one serving). Avoid wheat bread and wheat-based products; try sprouted grain or gluten-free breads. Food for Life has a great line of these products. Try some of the less familiar but highly nourishing whole grains such as millet, buckwheat, teff, quinoa, amaranth, spelt, bulgur wheat, and barley. These are all available, often in bulk form, through natural food stores." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"Foods that can stimulate inflammatory pathways include, among others, sugar, poultry, eggs, cheese, milk, white flour, white rice, and partially hydrogenated oils. Foods that can reduce inflammation include fresh fruits and vegetables, fish, grass-fed beef, nuts, seeds, curry powder, garlic, and onions. Limiting the dietary intake of salt can be helpful to some women. Table salt enhances the response to the ingestion of glucose, consequently increasing the insulin response. As mentioned earlier, an increase in insulin causes swelling through water retention." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Bake for 20 minutes, or until the mixture is sticky and has the consistency of cooked white rice. Cool the mixture to room temperature. Add ketchup and mustard to taste, and stir to mix. Add egg and mix well. Using wet hands, form the mixture into 6 patties. Place the oil in a nonstick 10-inch skillet, and cook the patties over medium heat for 5 to 7 minutes on each side, or until browned and crisp. Transfer the patties to paper towels, and allow to drain. Garnish with your favorite toppings and serve on a spelt bun. break it down . . . Calories: 190; Total fat: 8g; Saturated fat: 1." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "However, white rice doesn't start off white—it becomes white from processing whole grain rice. Whole grain brown rice comes in Basmati, Texmati, short sweet, short, medium, and long grain versions. Whole grain rice also comes in black, red, and purple varieties. A Serving of Food Lore... Rice is the most consumed grain in the world and is grown on every continent except for Antarctica. It has been part of the staple diet in Eastern countries for thousands of years. Recordings of rice consumption date back some 5,000 years ago in China. Rice arrived in Egypt in the fourth century b.c." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "Whole grain brown rice contains important nutrients such as thiamine, niacin, phosphorus, potassium, iron, riboflavin, and five times the fiber of white rice. The germ provides natural vitamin E. The bran of rice contains the phytochemicals that may reduce cholesterol. Home Remedies Japanese farmers ate mochi, a chewy cake made from brown rice, on cold winter days to increase their stamina. Throw Me a Lifesaver! HEART HEALTH: A small, randomized study examined the effects of adding rice bran oil to the diet." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "Use a half-and-half combination of brown rice and white rice. Mixing the two is also a good way to encourage kids to eat brown rice. • Top a serving of brown rice with steamed vegetables and tofu, lean meat, poultry, or fish. Bi Bim Bop by Dave Grotto Servings: 6 • Prep and cooking time: 30 minutes Believe me: This dish is a meal in itself. The red bean paste added at the end really makes this recipe come to life. This recipe has eight powerhouse foods." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"You ask for some brown rice in place of the white rice. You're pleased to see that seasonal vegetables are listed and are happy to choose them. You order a shrimp cocktail as an appetizer because you've heard that it's a good lean protein. The waiter places your order and returns promptly with a beautiful meal. It looks delicious but it's not really yours. Not yet. Whose is it then? It's a generic portion for a generic customer until you make it your own with portion control. Think about it—a generic portion." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.) "Try to start eliminating them from your diet on the Prep & Practice Week: White bread (any bread other than whole grain) Cookies Cakes & pastries Doughnuts Candy ¦ Ice cream Soft drinks Salty snacks like pretzels, chips, popcorn white rice All fried foods All fast foods Step 5: Hydrate! Did you know that increasing the amount of water you drink can be one of the easiest ways to help lose weight? Beginning immediately you're going to reform your fluid intake. It's easy to do and you'll see immediate benefits. Remember the SuperFoods Glow we talked about in the Introduction?" - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.) "Use some wedges of lemon, lime, or orange to spread flavor and moisture, a Request that all vegetables be steamed or very lightly sauteed Ask if you can substitute healthier items for less healthy side dishes: sweet potato instead of fries, fresh sliced fruit instead of hash browns, brown rice instead of white rice or bread, a side of vegetables instead of coleslaw. * Assume that every main dish constitutes two or three servings or meals. Ask for an extra plate and serve yourself "family style" onto that plate." - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"About 70 percent of the magnesium in brown rice is lost in the conversion to white rice. In addition to its role in activating thiamin, magnesium is needed by an enzyme that controls the first four steps of aerobic energy production. Deficiency of magnesium can slow down this energy-producing cycle. Most energy production and energy transfer in cells uses adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which exists as a complex with magnesium. Vitamin B6 is needed to release the energy from certain carbohydrates." - Dr. Steve Blake, Vitamins and Minerals Demystified (Get the book.)

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