Brown Rice vs White Rice

Before I give up the rice- both white and brown for 30 days, just wanted to share this tidbit of information I obtained from my twitter peep "Smashfit". She's a wealth of great information!

Brown Rice vs White Rice - First, white rice IS brown rice, it's just stripped and processed until it's no longer brown
Brown rice only has it's outer husk removed, while white rice iis the additional stripping of the germ & inner husk (bran).
Brown rice retains it's fiber, essential to healthy bodies, but doesn't have the look and texture pple generally prefer.

The loss of nutrients is broad and substantial. Plain white rice has far less Vitamin E, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folacin, Potassium, Magnesium, Iron and over dozen other nutrients. Added to that, the dietary fiber contained in white rice is around a quarter of brown rice.
Here's two interesting articles in support:

• Brown Rice vs White Rice by Green Living Tips
• Brown rice vs white rice - the nutritional differences

"Good stuff Jada. The same goes for white sugar. We are consuming so much that has no nutritional value for us and so much of it is making us ill."

-Michelle Enis-Brooks