Nutritious Hulled/Brown Rice

Rice has the main function as the energy source needed by the human body. Generally, people eat the white rice as their carbohidrate consumption. In fact, there is a kind of rice which has more nutrition than the white one. It is brown rice or hulled rice.

The physical difference between those two is that the brown rice still has the husk while the white rice has no more husk because of the mill process. The husk has the important nutrition needed by the human body such as fiber and natural oil. The fiber prevents the digestion problem. The fiber comparison between the white rice and the brown rice is 1 gram to 3.5 gram (a bowl of rice). 

Hulled rice improves the brain development and reduces the blood cholesterol. The essential fat contained in the husk is needed for the brain development while the compound inside the husk fat reduces the blood cholesterol which is one of the causes of the heart attack. The brown rice has more vitamins and minerals than the white rice. It has thiamin (BI vitamin) which is needed to prevent the beri-beri. It has more iron and the other important vitamins and minerals too.
 

Known as the Cancer Prevention

The hulled rice has been known since 2800 B.C. It is believed having the medical value to regenerate the peaceful of the body. For the human body, the lack of thiamine causes the problem in the nerve and heart system and the worst is beri-beri. The symptoms are losing the appetite, digestion problem, constipation, and the reduction of reflects.

The other nutrition contained are phosphor and selenium. The selenium is the trace element which is essential part of glutation paroksidase enzim. The enzim functions as the catalyst to prevent cancer and the other degenerative problems. Therefore, many experts say that the brown rice is one of the healthy food to prevent cancer.

Common people used to consume the white rice. It is because they don't know yet about the benefits consuming the brown rice. I wish everyone to start consuming the brown rice right now for the sake of the health.