Wrong Rice Mostly

[Thomas]

(I put it here, because it's a biger error for the poor, because they have problem geting enough nutrision anyway.)

 

Philippine campains have started promoting brown (=unpolished) rice because:

1. Brown rice milling throw away less volume, so if switching to brown rice, the Philippines would cover (some of) the rice they have to import now. And if they improve enough (=switch to brown, plus improve harvests) the Philippines could perhaps even export  :)

2. And most important, when making white rice, they throw away most of the NUTRISION  :(

 

So it's much better give BROWN rice to poor people.  Or more corect - to everyone...   :)

 

(Some complain cooking brown rice can need more cooking, needing more energy (but using parboiled can be an alternative). Puting the rice into water to souk before cooking, reduce cooking time significant anyway.

Some complain about the taste, but that's a question of rice type, plus brown rice need to be cleaned more proper before cooking to get rid of the "soil" taste. Before I knew this about cleaning, I didn't like brown rice myself, but now I prefer the taste of brown rice  :)    (Except when making sweet rice porrage or such.)

 

Brown rice cost some more normaly, but that depends of it have become a nich product, because most eat wrong rice,

BUT it would be more corect if the brown rice would cost LESS  :)   because of the extra profit in the milling  (=Brown rice both keep more of the volume, and need less milling steps so it save both work and energy...)

[JJReyes]

Previously attempts to introduce brown rice to the Phiippine diet have failed.

 

The Philippines cannot grow sufficient rice because the government program follows the Western practice of using excessive amounts of chemical fertilzers, pesticides and herbicides. It eventually destroys the fields. Another is a heavy reliance on GMO (hybrid) rice developed at the International Rice Research Insistute in Los Banos.

 

Thailand is more successful and is one of the major rice exporter countries. They use natural farming techniques. All exported rice is GMO-Free. Burma, a.k.a. Myanmar, is another rice exporter. Because the former military dictatorship could not access chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides from the West, they grew rice the old fashion way. There was enough for the population and the remainder was export. Now that Burma has access to Western technology and financing, they will importing rice just like the Philippines within the next ten years.

[ibemarshall]

My wife and I are a brown rice/wild rice family now for the most part...it wasn't always the case. 

 

We had all the trappings of white rice...the bulk rice container that had levers to dispense various amounts of rice...the high end rice cooker...jasmine rice purchased by the 20 lb sack (usually from Thailand)...you all know the drill...

[Americano]

Asians are addicted to white rice, its like a drug addiction to them so good luck on getting them to change to brown rice. It doesn't matter if its better for them very few will change.  I know this from my personal experience with Asians I have tried to convince that brown rice is better for them. They may agree its better for them but they can't give up eating the white rice.  Don't you know a Filipino will die if they don't eat white rice every day?  That's what many of them think.

[Call me bubba]

great topic Thomas,

here is some past articles regarding Brown rice

 

 

http://www.philippines-expats.com/topic/13311-brown-rice-health-information-news-article/

 

www.philippines-expats.com/topic/11865-rice-rice-rice-how           past  post on just rice

[Curley]

Asians are addicted to white rice, its like a drug addiction to them so good luck on getting them to change to brown rice. It doesn't matter if its better for them very few will change.  I know this from my personal experience with Asians I have tried to convince that brown rice is better for them. They may agree its better for them but they can't give up eating the white rice.  Don't you know a Filipino will die if they don't eat white rice every day?  That's what many of them think.

 

The addiction is real, just as many westerners are addicted to bread, it's the high carbohydrate content that's converted to sugar that creates a craving for more.

[Bigdog]

The  carbohydrate content that converts to sugar is much higher in white rice, this can lead to diabetes....

[ibemarshall]

The  carbohydrate content that converts to sugar is much higher in white rice, this can lead to diabetes....

Excellent point and one of the major reasons I was able to win my wife's crossover to brown/wild rice.

[Bruce]

Rice is rice is rice ... well that is NOT true. I know only how to eat rice and compared to a Pinoy... I am a rank amateur at it!

 

However I did read an article about a man (1 man) who was making it his life's work to change the way rice is grown in the Philippines. Also there are over 40 (main) types of rice and some have been developed for flooded areas and shorter growing time and resistant to insects and disease.

 

I for one did not know that rice can 'drown'! Rice does not like to be submerged 100% of the time. But if you look at pics of rice being grown, you would get the idea it needs to be under water all the time as compared to corn.  

 

The way I see it, the government or outside source with grant money will need to take over an entire province of rice production and offer 'money' to the farmers for growing 'this' rice and not using any chemicals.... once 3-5 seasons pass and the farmer sees the yields and profits, then the government money ends and moves to a different province and the process starts again.

[Curley]

I've often wondered why charity organisations don't buy brown unmilled rice in bulk, it must be cheaper to buy and if a starving person is offered brown rice (which is healthier for them) or nothing...... then the swift answer would be..... Yes please I'll take the brown rice.