Is Instant Brown Rice good to eat?

ajustana · 12-01-2003, 04:15 PM

I have heard great stories about Brown Rice as a good carb source. My question is if Instant Brown Rice is as good as any others? I have been buying Minute Rice brand brown rice.

maniclion · 12-01-2003, 04:54 PM

Use real brown rice it is more nutritious, fiber, minerals, etc.. Instant rice metabolizes quicker and has had it's nutrients washed away.

**Jodi** · 12-01-2003, 05:50 PM

It has a higher GI and its precooked. Anything pre-cooked is by far less healthy than the real thing. Same goes for Oats.

Rocco32 · 12-01-2003, 07:24 PM

What if my wife cooks it for me and then I eat it. Is that considered pre-cooked?

**Jodi** · 12-01-2003, 07:30 PM

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Originally posted by rock4832
What if my wife cooks it for me and then I eat it. Is that considered pre-cooked?

Your just being a smart ass!

Rocco32 · 12-01-2003, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jodi
Your just being a smart ass!

sorry, couldn't resist!

BigBallaGA · 12-01-2003, 07:47 PM

brown rice is the shizzznit !! i love, but the asian imported brown rice which seems of higher quality and freshness is adequately more expensive than american brown rice.

10 bucks for a 10 pounds bag of american
5 bucks for 3 pounds of asian

but i prefer the former better !!!

Rocco32 · 12-01-2003, 07:51 PM

Never tried the former. What's so different?

BigBallaGA · 12-01-2003, 07:58 PM

the grain seems of higher quality and the overall rice paties where the brown rice grows in asia are of better and more nutrient volcanic soil and are on graded slopes !!!

ajustana · 12-02-2003, 10:44 AM

Do you all recommend any brands of brown rice to buy?

**Jodi** · 12-02-2003, 10:45 AM

I just buy whatever kind I find as long as its not instant

maniclion · 12-02-2003, 11:41 AM

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Originally posted by ajustana
Do you all recommend any brands of brown rice to buy?

I get mine at a health food store where they have huge bins of it. I fill a large bag with brown rice and a small bag with wild rice. When I get home I mix them together. It adds a different flavor and texture.

Ezrolith · 12-02-2003, 04:11 PM

I heard it is a great source of complex carbohydrates, it sounds like a great thing to have. (Unfortunately i'm cutting down on the carbs due to excess... non muscular 'material'

)

Yomato · 12-10-2003, 01:17 PM

Brown rice good. Instant not so good.

nikegurl · 12-10-2003, 06:28 PM

i buy mahatma (regular long grain - never instant)
it's pretty cheap and tastes good.

donescobar2000 · 12-10-2003, 08:14 PM

Ha ha. Mahatma rocks.

**Jodi** · 12-10-2003, 08:19 PM

What's Mahatma?

I like Basamati Long Grain Brown Rice

trigga happy · 12-10-2003, 08:26 PM

ahah.
Im the rice expert!!..
im INDIAN..i have rice everyday!!!!
Basamati isnt that good.. BUT THE TASTE is amazing
T.P

**Jodi** · 12-10-2003, 08:29 PM

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Originally posted by trigga happy
Basamati isnt that good.. BUT THE TASTE is amazing

BigBallaGA · 12-10-2003, 08:47 PM

so which brown rice is good ??! sense you are the Indian Rice Sensei

Premo55 · 12-10-2003, 10:06 PM

basmati is the lowest GI brown rice. It is also the most fragrant and best-tasting IMO. Sticky brown rice (rose rice) is amazing too, though, but best saved for cheat days and rice puddings.

Peace.

Saber · 12-11-2003, 03:12 AM

Is white rice bad?

**Jodi** · 12-11-2003, 07:14 AM

Yes, one of the worst actually. Extrememly high gi

BigBallaGA · 12-11-2003, 07:56 AM

white rice has its place !!!!

like when i go to an all you can eat sushi bar, i forget about the fact that im eating white rice !

**Jodi** · 12-11-2003, 08:08 AM

White rice is good during your carb up the day before a competition.

It can also be eaten during a refeed but I wouldn't touch the stuff any other time, bulk or cut. IMO

aggies1ut · 12-11-2003, 08:21 AM

I'm sorry but Minute Rice is the "white people" rice.

LOL, what can I say, I'm Asian.

**Jodi** · 12-11-2003, 08:27 AM

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Originally posted by aggies1ut
I'm sorry but Minute Rice is the "white people" rice.

LOL, what can I say, I'm Asian.

Minute Rice is nasty.

My family and I use to eat it. Then my uncle married a women from Vietnam and when she came over to the US she got rid of that fast

She always cooks us some great food. I actually found out that they are flying up here for Christmas. I know there were be lots of yummy food from her

aggies1ut · 12-11-2003, 08:28 AM

Ya LOL. My family only uses high end Japanese sushi rice...of course, they only eat the white kind, but it's a culture thing.

Premo55 · 12-11-2003, 09:36 AM

White rice is fine if your body handles it well. White basmati is somewhat lower in GI, long-grain arborio, long-grain with high amylose, etc. Old-school BBers swore on white rice, but generally I recommend brown rice, brown basmati (both long-grain), wild rice, bulgur, buckwheat, kasha, quinoa, orzo, kamut berries, spelt berries, cracked rye, amaranth, hulled barley (my personal favourite, NOTHING beats hulled barley as a rice-type cereal grain for pilafs), oat groats and triticale...Why eat white rice, even if you handle higher GI carbs well, when you can get all the nutrients, minerals, proteins and fiber that these lower-GI 'super grains' can provide you?

On that note, some high GI grains are pretty tasty. Especially cous cous. mmmmmmmm cous cous.

Peace.

12-01-2003, 04:15 PM	#1
ajustana Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 135	Is Instant Brown Rice good to eat? I have heard great stories about Brown Rice as a good carb source. My question is if Instant Brown Rice is as good as any others? I have been buying Minute Rice brand brown rice.
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12-01-2003, 05:50 PM	#3
Jodi Super Moderator Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 22,265 Photos: 1	It has a higher GI and its precooked. Anything pre-cooked is by far less healthy than the real thing. Same goes for Oats.
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12-01-2003, 07:24 PM	#4
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12-01-2003, 07:47 PM	#7
BigBallaGA LA ISLA BONITA Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,363 Photos: 4	brown rice is the shizzznit !! i love, but the asian imported brown rice which seems of higher quality and freshness is adequately more expensive than american brown rice. 10 bucks for a 10 pounds bag of american 5 bucks for 3 pounds of asian but i prefer the former better !!!
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12-01-2003, 07:51 PM	#8
Rocco32 UNLEASH THE BEAST Elite Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 22,316 Photos: 18	Never tried the former. What's so different?
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12-01-2003, 04:54 PM	#2
maniclion Catalyst Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Hawaii, selling munitions for the war on EcoTerror Posts: 17,660 Photos: 10	Use real brown rice it is more nutritious, fiber, minerals, etc.. Instant rice metabolizes quicker and has had it's nutrients washed away.

12-01-2003, 07:58 PM	#9
BigBallaGA LA ISLA BONITA Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,363 Photos: 4	the grain seems of higher quality and the overall rice paties where the brown rice grows in asia are of better and more nutrient volcanic soil and are on graded slopes !!!
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12-02-2003, 10:44 AM	#10
ajustana Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 135	Do you all recommend any brands of brown rice to buy?
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12-02-2003, 10:45 AM	#11
Jodi Super Moderator Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 22,265 Photos: 1	I just buy whatever kind I find as long as its not instant
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12-02-2003, 04:11 PM	#13
Ezrolith Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: England Posts: 17	I heard it is a great source of complex carbohydrates, it sounds like a great thing to have. (Unfortunately i'm cutting down on the carbs due to excess... non muscular 'material' )

12-10-2003, 01:17 PM	#14
Yomato Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: California Posts: 37	Brown rice good. Instant not so good.

12-10-2003, 06:28 PM	#15
nikegurl Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: LA, CA Posts: 5,635	i buy mahatma (regular long grain - never instant) it's pretty cheap and tastes good.
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12-10-2003, 08:14 PM	#16
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12-10-2003, 08:19 PM	#17
Jodi Super Moderator Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 22,265 Photos: 1	What's Mahatma? I like Basamati Long Grain Brown Rice
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12-10-2003, 08:26 PM	#18
trigga happy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 52	ahah. Im the rice expert!!.. im INDIAN..i have rice everyday!!!! Basamati isnt that good.. BUT THE TASTE is amazing T.P

12-11-2003, 03:12 AM	#22
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12-10-2003, 08:47 PM	#20
BigBallaGA LA ISLA BONITA Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,363 Photos: 4	so which brown rice is good ??! sense you are the Indian Rice Sensei
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12-10-2003, 10:06 PM	#21
Premo55 Mic Murderer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 1,059	basmati is the lowest GI brown rice. It is also the most fragrant and best-tasting IMO. Sticky brown rice (rose rice) is amazing too, though, but best saved for cheat days and rice puddings. Peace.
	T DOT O.

12-11-2003, 07:14 AM	#23
Jodi Super Moderator Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 22,265 Photos: 1	Yes, one of the worst actually. Extrememly high gi
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12-11-2003, 07:56 AM	#24
BigBallaGA LA ISLA BONITA Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,363 Photos: 4	white rice has its place !!!! like when i go to an all you can eat sushi bar, i forget about the fact that im eating white rice !
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12-11-2003, 08:08 AM	#25
Jodi Super Moderator Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 22,265 Photos: 1	White rice is good during your carb up the day before a competition. It can also be eaten during a refeed but I wouldn't touch the stuff any other time, bulk or cut. IMO
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12-11-2003, 08:21 AM	#26
aggies1ut NorCal Elite Member* Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sacramento, Ca. Posts: 3,580 Photos: 19	I'm sorry but Minute Rice is the "white people" rice. LOL, what can I say, I'm Asian.
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12-11-2003, 08:28 AM	#28
aggies1ut NorCal Elite Member* Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sacramento, Ca. Posts: 3,580 Photos: 19	Ya LOL. My family only uses high end Japanese sushi rice...of course, they only eat the white kind, but it's a culture thing.
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12-11-2003, 09:36 AM	#29
Premo55 Mic Murderer Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 1,059	White rice is fine if your body handles it well. White basmati is somewhat lower in GI, long-grain arborio, long-grain with high amylose, etc. Old-school BBers swore on white rice, but generally I recommend brown rice, brown basmati (both long-grain), wild rice, bulgur, buckwheat, kasha, quinoa, orzo, kamut berries, spelt berries, cracked rye, amaranth, hulled barley (my personal favourite, NOTHING beats hulled barley as a rice-type cereal grain for pilafs), oat groats and triticale...Why eat white rice, even if you handle higher GI carbs well, when you can get all the nutrients, minerals, proteins and fiber that these lower-GI 'super grains' can provide you? On that note, some high GI grains are pretty tasty. Especially cous cous. mmmmmmmm cous cous. Peace.
	T DOT O.