Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Health Benefits of Red Rice

Lately, brown rice became popular because the benefits are better than regular white rice we eat brown rice benefits often associated with healthier lifestyle trends or the main menu replacement for white rice diet. Style or habits of the people of Indonesia to always eat white rice as a staple food to make the high prevalence of diseases caused by high consumption of sugar, such as Diabetes Mellitus is a disease. In addition, those who are on a diet would prefer to eat red rice is more easily satisfied for reasons that do not need to eat a portion of the lot.

About the nutritional content that makes brown rice is preferred for the underdog and certainly deserves further raised about the benefits of brown rice alone. As the main content on all types of rice that is vitamin B1, B6, and B12 was owned by this type of rice is higher. We know if vitamin B is the key to the formation of energy in the organism. Then talk about the diet, one that makes the content of selected rice is a fiber of this type. Fiber they contain higher than in white rice. Fiber can interfere with the absorption of sugars in carbohydrates and interfere with the absorption of fat that goes with the food so it would be healthy and will certainly give us more filling sensation because of slow processing of fiber in your body continues to cause us to feel full, so do not eat too often.

As one of the leading food ingredients, brown rice it also contains antioxidants that are beneficial to our health. Free radicals who became one of the causes of various dangerous diseases from the environment, our own bodies, and of course food. Ways to overcome them naturally by eating more antioxidant. In the presence of substances with antioxidant as well as of more value to make the greater benefits of brown rice. One of the antioxidant content is owned by anthocyanin. Anthocyanin is the red pigment contained in perikarp and the skin layer of rice. Anthocyanins can prevent diseases such as cancer, diabetes mellitus, and stroke.

One of which contained the mineral magnesium. Magnesium has the ability to reduce keakutan of asthma, lowering high blood pressure, reduce the frequency of migraines, and reduce the risk of heart defect. In addition magnesium contained by red rice can maintain the health of our bones. With so many benefits of magnesium would further enhance the benefits of brown rice as well.