Healthier With Multi Grain Rice

For Indonesians, they don't eat their name if they don't eat rice. But the matter of eating should not only be full but also must be nutritious.

Although martabak, pizza, meatballs, fried foods, sponge cakes, donuts, chicken noodles have been devoured and entered the stomach, he said if not equipped with rice. Jargon must eat rice that can not be separated from the fact that rice is one of the staples in Indonesia. The embryo of rice, aka rice, generally flourishes in this country. In 2009, Indonesia was even among the top three rice producers in the world.

And not only in Indonesia, but rice is also even lined up as a staple food for more than half of the world's population. Food with the Latin name Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima is not only a favorite because it tastes delicious and filling, but also because of the nutrients contained in it.

In 100 grams of rice, there are at least 1,527 kJ of energy, 80 grams of carbohydrates, 0.12 grams of sugar, 1.3 grams of fiber, 0.66 grams of fat, 11.61 grams of water, and 7.13 grams of protein. Not only that, rice also contains various vitamins and minerals that are useful for the body, such as vitamins B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium (potassium), and zinc.

Rice is also created in various shapes, sizes, and colors. There is rice in the shape of a thin elongated or short round, there is also a rice that is white, red, brown, black, or purple. Rice or white rice is unfortunately thought to increase the risk of type 2 diabetes. A study showed that those who ate white rice more than five times a week had a 17 percent higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes than those who only consumed large portions of white rice.

Therefore many people start switching from white rice to brown rice, reducing the consumption of white rice, to trying to mix various kinds of rice with legumes, seeds, beans, or oats. In South Korea, multi-grain rice called kongbap has even become a healthy food trend. Multigrain rice itself is healthy food consisting of rice, wheat, and grain.

The multi-grain rice can vary from white rice and peas; a combination of brown rice, peas, kidney beans, black soybeans, jali, black glutinous rice, barley, and sorghum; or added with white rice, brown rice, black rice, green beans, sticky rice, corn, sesame, and millet.

Each of these grains of course also has nutritional properties and efficacy for the body. Black rice, for example, contains antioxidant anthocyanins which are thought to be able to fight cancer, heart disease, and other health problems. And according to the study, multigrain rice is thought to be more effective than white rice in reducing postprandial glucose levels (blood sugar levels after meals) without increasing insulin expenditure.

Intrigued by the benefits of multi-grain rice? Try to start from now.

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