Such a thing as too much rice?

[Maximilian]

Rice is amazing, low calorie, filling, tastes decent. Any negatives to eating a lot of this stuff?

 

[Awkward]

carb heavy

 

[highland145]

I don't find rice filling after an hour.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

it's so damn delicious

 

[Malfeas]

Other than it has almost no nutritional value other than as a starch? Or that excessive starches spike your blood sugar levels? Nope it is a miracle food!

But seriously, don't use it as a main portion of your diet. Use it as a side in meals with loads of vegetables and lean meats.

 

[Saint Nick]

White/bleached rice has no little value.

Brown rice is a very good source of complex carbs and even some protein. Still, at around 30g of carbohydrates in a serving, you need to watch your macros so that you aren't filling up your caloric goal with carbs.

 

[Miramonti]

define "a lot"...

Nothing wrong with eating it every day as much of the world does. If you're not diabetic it's not likely to make you one. Best if spread out with meals, as opposed to one gigantic bowl at a time (...like I tend to do )

 

[highland145]

Sorry, couldn't help it.

 

[highland145]

nvm

 

[darkxshade]

rice is low calorie?

 

[Maximilian]

define "a lot"...

Nothing wrong with eating it every day as much of the world does. If you're not diabetic it's not likely to make you one. Best if spread out with meals, as opposed to one gigantic bowl at a time (...like I tend to do )

Yesterday i ate 400g which is two large platefuls, usually I eat 200g a day.

White/bleached rice has no little value.

Brown rice is a very good source of complex carbs and even some protein. Still, at around 30g of carbohydrates in a serving, you need to watch your macros so that you aren't filling up your caloric goal with carbs.

Bur brown rice tastes horrible Maybe I just didn't cook it right last time I tried it but it was pretty bleh.

rice is low calorie?

Apparently it is.

http://www.calorie-charts.net/cereal-grains-pasta/2185

"Rice, white, long-grain, regular, cooked
100g = 130 calories"
So 200g = 260 calories, 200g is a large plateful

 

[DigDog]

i lost 52pounds on a starvation diet based on plain rice, baked beans, 0pct fat (was doing some pretty exausting work at the time and the slow-release energy from carbs helps much).

rice is the base of my diet.

 

[Dallascisco]

Rice is a good substitute for bread but as with most things use it in moderation. To much carb can actually work against you as unused carbs simply turn to fat.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

NPR about a week ago talked about a Rice study. Rice absorbs arsencic more readily than most other veggetables.

http://www.npr.org/2012/03/02/147781035/high-levels-of-arsenic-found-in-rice

That's right. We're not talking about enough arsenic to poison you. We're talking about low-level exposure that over time, might increase your risk of cancer or heart disease, maybe diabetes. So that's what the health folks are concerned about here.

Sound like no study yet, but there is a fear out there.

 

[Miramonti]

NPR about a week ago talked about a Rice study. Rice absorbs arsencic more readily than most other veggetables.

http://www.npr.org/2012/03/02/147781035/high-levels-of-arsenic-found-in-rice



Sound like no study yet, but there is a fear out there.

That's a tough one, since some areas that grow rice are more susceptible to non-organic arsenic than others, such as where rice is grown in the US and pesticides are used heavily. Iirc, the 12lb bag of brown rice I bought from costco was grown in the US, altho it said organic. This means they don't use pesticides on the rice, however doesn't necessarily mean arsenic isn't already in the water that's used to grow the rice.

Probably the best way to avoid the effects of prolonged exposure to arsenic, such as cancer later in life, is to eat significant amounts of something else extremely unhealthy in order to die of this before cancer kicks in from eating rice with arsenic.

 

[HillBilly79]

define "a lot"...

Nothing wrong with eating it every day as much of the world does. If you're not diabetic it's not likely to make you one. Best if spread out with meals, as opposed to one gigantic bowl at a time (...like I tend to do )

+1 Yes, much of the world does eat chicken and rice everyday.

 

[Doppel]

Rice is amazing, low calorie, filling, tastes decent. Any negatives to eating a lot of this stuff?

No real nutrition in it, just calories, that's a pretty damn big thing I'd say. In a way it's got to be among the most useless vegetables in this sense.

 

[blinky8225]

I stopped eating rice and got a six pack.

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/quitting-rice/#axzz1qtoNRqdW

 

[SkullWalker]

Rice is quite delicious, cheap, easy to prepare and not so fattening but it has one disadvantage. It is VERY acidulous. Just look at this PH graph.

It doesn't have to be a big drawback for somebody that isn't very sensitive to acid food but I have problems with psoriasis, so I carefully need to watch the PH of the food I eat. Thank god for many great organic stores in Toronto! Otherwise I would be entirely covered with red itchy spots and dried skin. :\