It is odd,  I know 3 people who started adding rice to every meal and
have lost a lot of weight!
Trish

On Fri, 9 Nov 2001 18:36:38 EST "M.E. C" <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> In a message dated 11/9/2001 4:04:40 PM Central Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
> > One thing they will all tell me, brown rice doesn't exist in their
> cuisine.
> > For one thing, it is too expensive and hard to find because it has
> to be
> > imported!  For another thing, no one likes the taste!  So much for
> whole
> > grains.....
> >
>
> that's weird...white rice is just polished,husked brown rice,right?
> Do they
> import the white rice?
> I thought the main reason to polish rice was that it keeps longer.
> Brown kind
> goes rancid faster.
>
> Maybe eating meat with the rice lowers the glycemic index of the
> rice???
>