Thread: is white rice ok ?

Originally Posted by Super Hulk

or is it as bad as white bread ?

It has an uber high GI. It depends on what your doing. If your and ectomorph and your bulking, eat whatever the hell you want...

Originally Posted by Super Hulk

or is it as bad as white bread ?

It's fine not even that much worse then brown rice to be honest. An amateur bodybuilder at my gym has white rice every night, and he's still walking around 5% bf.

Originally Posted by r0dxx

It's fine not even that much worse then brown rice to be honest. An amateur bodybuilder at my gym has white rice every night, and he's still walking around 5% bf.

Not everybody is him though.

White rice is ok if you want it - Remember that the GI is only one part of the equation and is not really an issue once you:
a. Have food in your stomach from prior eating
b. combined appropriately in a meal of fats, fibre and protein
c. fibre out that you are not diabetic or insulin resistant

Does GI help - YES... But it's concern is far below that of things such as the big things like total calories, protein, fat, fibre etc etc...


However, do I think it is as good as brown rice?? No... The reason? Well - This is a post from when I answered someone who had a similar question:

Originally Posted by Emma-Leigh

Bottom line for me: I don't like white rice - whether it be plain or parboiled.

Why? It is not what it is 'meant' to be!!

Remember - GI is only one factor to consider when looking at a carbohydrate. You also want to consider the fibre, vitamins, minerals and other health benefits of the food.

For this reason brown rice IS preferential over processed rice. It will give you more fibre, more protein, more vitamins (especially your B vitamins), more minerals (especially iron, zinc, magnesium, selenium... ummm and manganese I believe), more healthy fats (which are your EFAs) and more phytochemicals (lignans is a major one in brown rice)... Basically - even if the GI is a little higher than other things, it is better for you!

For those same reasons, barley is also FAR, FAR superior to white or processed rices... As is rye kernels, whole oat groats etc. They are more 'useful' to the body!

So, if you are going simply off GI then there would be no reason as to why you could not use the other stuff (although if you were going soley off GI then, once again, there are better choices than parboiled rice ).... But if you are looking for something MORE in a carb source then go with the non-processed grains every time.

Whats is "GI"? sorry im new here.

this'll probably make me sound like a racist bastard but i think it is nonetheless true that...

if white rice were so terrible, there would be approximately one billion obese people in china right now.

I eat white rice every night...and sometimes during lunch....check out my photo...that's how good it is

Originally Posted by mrpower

I eat white rice every night...and sometimes during lunch....check out my photo...that's how good it is

Are you saying white rice gave you that six pack? I bet genetics has nothing to do with it either.

As usual Emma owns me.

Brown rice is still a whole lot better for you.

I eat pasta/rice once a week maybe, and this is how I look. I get my carbs from other sources, such as cereal and veggies.

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Originally Posted by mrpower

I eat white rice every night...and sometimes during lunch....check out my photo...that's how good it is

Is 135lbs good?

I eat brown rice, but I've recently started eating pearl barley more and more, good stuff

Originally Posted by brogers

Is 135lbs good?

I eat brown rice, but I've recently started eating pearl barley more and more, good stuff

Pearly barley is fantastic stuff! Really yummy mixed with lentils too.

Originally Posted by seank02

Whats is "GI"? sorry im new here.

Glycemic Index

This trainer at the gym was showing me a recent (2006) sports nutrition text book (and I can't remeber the name or author for the life of me) and it had white rice and brown rice listed as the exact same GI? I thought that was strange. I always thought the white was higher since it was missing the fiber.

Originally Posted by P-funk

This trainer at the gym was showing me a recent (2006) sports nutrition text book (and I can't remeber the name or author for the life of me) and it had white rice and brown rice listed as the exact same GI? I thought that was strange. I always thought the white was higher since it was missing the fiber.

The same is true for brown/white bread, I think. Sprouted is lower tho i think (again).