Four Principles of Eating Rice

Jun 9
08:32

2011

Yan Hu

Yan Hu

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Rice is the staple food for most eastern people, especially Chinese. Western people would try rice now and then. It seems ridiculous when I try to tal...

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Rice is the staple food for most eastern people,Four Principles of Eating Rice  Articles especially Chinese. Western people would try rice now and then. It seems ridiculous when I try to talk about how to eat rice. But in fact, most people do not know the correct way to eat rice. Here are four principles of eating rice. 
First of all, please eat pure rice. In other words, do not add grease or flavoring to rice. On the one hand, simple rice is good enough. Chinese people like to eat stir-fried rice. Usually, they would like to add sausage or some fatty dishes. Though it is more delicious, it is unhealthy. Additional energy would be converted to fat in the human body and lead to high blood pressure. On the other hand, rice should be kept away flavoring, such as salt, soy sauce or monosodium glutamate. Extra salt do harms to blood vessels and would probably cause cardiovascular diseases. If you have to add something to rice, vinegar is acceptable. Vinegar can reduce the sugar content in the blood and control fat. 
The second principle is that eating coarse grain food is better than eating finely processed rice. Coarse grain food provides enough dietary fiber for people. These fibers can effectively slow down the digestion and help intestines absorb more cholesterol and fat. In contrast, finely processed rice speeds up digestion process and is easier to cause high blood sugar and high blood pressure. Some coarse grain food, such as brown rice, comparatively has a worse taste. It is not a good idea to eat such food every day. Therefore, people can add some coarse grain food to finely processed rice in cooking. 
The third principle is that do not only put rice when you cook porridge. Porridge is suitable for patients. But porridge made of rice is simple in flavor and in nutrition. People are suggested to put nuts, beans and coarse grain food at the same time. For one hand, vitamin B and minerals are supplied. For another, protein is provided. More importantly, fat is under control. Dieticians say that the combination of beans and rice is the best because the digestion of starch would be slowed down by fibers. Meanwhile, the conversion of dextrose to tannic acid is also delayed.   
The last principle is that white rice is not healthy enough. Color food is more nutritious than single rice. For example, people can add green peas, orange carrots, and yellow corns to rice. Such rice not only is more beautiful, but also offers vitamins and antioxidants such as carotenes to people. It is useful in eye protection. People are also suggested to put some black rice, red rice, and purple rice into white rice. Such rice is rich in anthocyanin, which is helpful with heart protection and eye protection as well.