Modern science reveals the intriguing facts about the rice forbidden to commoners in ancient China. The article from the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society published by EurekAlert reports the immense health benefits of black rice compared with brown rice or white rice that is refined brown rice.
The article states: "Just a spoonful of black rice bran contains more health promoting anthocyanin antioxidants than are found in a spoonful of blueberries, but with less sugar and more fiber and vitamin E antioxidants," said Zhimin Xu, Associate Professor at the Department of Food Science at Louisiana State University Agricultural Center in Baton Rouge, La., who reported on the research.
"If berries are used to boost health, why not black rice and black rice bran? Especially, black rice bran would be a unique and economical material to increase consumption of health promoting antioxidants."
Like fruits, "black rice" is rich in anthocyanin antioxidants, substances that show promise for fighting heart disease, cancer, and other diseases. Food manufacturers could potentially use black rice bran or the bran extracts to boost the health value of breakfast cereals, beverages, cakes, cookies, and other foods, Xu and colleagues suggested, reports EurekAlert press release.
Once again the ancient wisdom has proved to be valid. Black rice, the exclusive health treat of ancient Royal Court of China, has more antioxidants with less sugar than blueberries. In addition to that vitamin E and fibers provides the black rice more of the natural healthy properties than many of the so-called modern super foods.
This makes it an ideal Easy Healthy Diet Food that can be mixed into Mediterranean Diet for additional benefits.
Composed 4U by Olga
Information sources: EurekAlert & Wikipedia
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