On Sun, 11 Nov 2001 09:57:57 -0500, Amadeus Schmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >On Fri, 9 Nov 2001 17:04:10 EST, Judy Genova <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >(after introduction of unvitaminized white rice by colonialists many poeple >died of beri-beri - that has been solved by the vitamin-enforcing) > >I think the brown varieties (of rice and other grains) are less popular, >because they contain the problematic stuff - like lectins. >People feel this. >To eat these grains - as was done for several thousands of years after the >neolithic transition - requires the proper processing. ---- How was rice traditionally prepared (detoxified ) ? (Before white rice was introduced by colonists) Esben Brun