On Fri, 18 Aug 2000 09:48:10 MDT, Dori Zook <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Amadeus,
>
>>TAnd i think this is the reason, why all
>>white rice eating people survive and don't become obese.
>
>Oh, please.  Don't embarass yourself.  No one who eats white rice becomes
>obese?  I'm still laughing at this one as I type.  Give me a break!
>

Well, Dori there are 2 points

1.to survive white rice eating.
  Is probably only possible since that suff is beeing vitaminized.
  Before is was like described in this (otherwise also very good reading):
     http://www.smart-drugs.com/article-JamesSouth-tiredness.htm
  "In east Asia earlier in this century, the vitamin B1-deficiency disease
  "beriberi" was widespread due to the reliance on polished white rice, low
  in B1, as the chief foodstuff. In the American South in the late
  1800's-early 1900's, the B3 deficiency disease "pellagra"
  was common due to the low-B3 corn-based diet, with 10,000 people dying
  from pellagra every year.

2.becomeing obese:
  I suspect, that of you eat a lot of calories, which the body can't burn in
  its normal (glycolytic) pathway, much has to be stored of it.
  For info on the pathways, you can see the above url too.
  Furthermore , if you're eating this white rice, then you must become
  veeeeeery hungry after protein containing stuff.
  White rice is only a pure  calorie package just like much fats are and
  just like sugar is. With the advantage of partly beeing vitaminized.

cheers

Amadeus