On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Churyl Zeviar <churyl@tmail.com> wrote:
I just finished a book called, 'Fiber Menace' which says that for most
of human time, we have had a bacteria based diet. Now parts of the world
are in this new era of a fiber based diet, and it is wreaking havoc on
many people's systems. He says brown rice is actually too fibrous, and
white rice is better. Hmmm...
Although, in the book, 'Sugar Shock' or 'Sugar Blues' - can't remember
which - the author says that communities who switched to white rice this
century started having a lot more health problems... Double hmmm...
I personally am not eating grains, and feel much better. But my partner
and son miss rice sorely. Things that make you go hmmm...
There are sooo many holes in the Fiber Menace thing that I don't know where to start. I do agree with him though when it comes to *grain husks*. Grains have a husk for one reason: to avoid getting eaten. Husks are about as good for you as sawdust. (Fiber in the form of semi-digestible polysaccharides though is awesome stuff!).
White rice is more problematic than it used to be because it was changed. It used to have more Vit A in it, but it was bred to be more prolific, now it lacks Vit A. This really is NOT a problem for those on a traditional diet who get enough food (AKA modern Japanese). It's a problem for people eating a marginal diet. Grains just don't have all that many vitamins in *any* form ... the minerals and vitamins are mostly in the husk, and the husk also interferes with vitamin absorption, so you should not depend on them for nutrients. Just calories or satiation or whatever it is rice does.
The rice has been re-engineered (not GMO, so it doesn't freak people out) to have Vit A again. But it's yellow, so they have to get people used to it.
Seriously though, it's not something you or I or the average Japanese person has to deal with. A handful of dried fish or shrimp or collards beats out any amount of the old rice in terms of essential nutrients. Or one egg. Or some butter. Or dandelion greens (Is there anywhere in America that does NOT have dandelions?). If you are ONLY eating rice ... nothing else ... then yes, that is a problem over time. No one does that willingly though.
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Heather Twist
http://eatingoffthefoodgrid.blogspot.com/
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