Do you all know that the human body was never meant to consume rice! You see, our genes have hardly changed in more than 30,000 years. However, our food choices and lifestyle have changed dramatically. The caveman would hardly recognize our food or way of life.

Caveman food was never cooked as fire was not yet tamed. Thus, he ate only those foods that you can eat without treatment with or by fire. He ate fruits, vegetables, fish (sushi anyone?), eggs, nuts and meat. Yes, even meat. You can even eat meat raw if you were starving in the forest. You have the necessary enzymes to digest meat.

However, rice, like wheat and corn, cannot be eaten raw. It must be cooked. Even if you were starving in the desert, you cannot eat rice in the raw form. This is because we do not have the system of enzymes to break rice down.

So do you know that you were never meant to eat rice. To make matters worse, you not only eat rice, but also make it the bulk of your food.

In some parts of Asia , rice forms up to 85% of the plate. Even if you take rice, keep it to a minimum.

Remember, it is only for your tongue - not your body. Actually, rice and other grains like wheat and corn are actually worse than sugar. There are many reasons:

Rice becomes sugar - lots of it
This is a fact that no nutritionist can deny: rice is chemically no different from sugar. One bowl of cooked rice is the caloric equal of 10 teaspoons of sugar.

This does not matter whether it is white, brown or herbal rice. Brown rice is richer in fibre, some B vitamins and minerals but it is still the caloric equal of 10 teaspoons of sugar. To get the same 10 teaspoons of sugar, you need to consume lots of kangkong - 10 bowls of it.

Rice is digested to become sugar.
Rice cannot be digested before it is thoroughly cooked. However, when thoroughly cooked, it becomes sugar and spikes circulating blood sugar within half an hour - almost as quickly as it would if you took a sugar candy and the worst thing, rice is very low in the "rainbow of anti-oxidants"

This complete anti-oxidant rainbow is necessary for the effective and safe utilization of sugar.

Fruits come with a sugar called fructose. However, they are not empty calories as the fruit is packed with a whole host of other nutrients that help its proper assimilation and digestion.

Rice has no fibre. The fibre of the kangkong fills you up long before your blood sugar spikes. This is because the fibre bulks and fills up your stomach.

Since white rice has no fibre, you end up eating lots of "calorie dense" food before you get filled up. Brown rice has more fibre but still the same amount of sugar.

Rice is tasteless - Sugar is sweet. There is only so much that you can eat at one meal. How many teaspoons of sugar can you eat before you feel like throwing up? Could you imagine eating 10 teaspoons of sugar in one meal?

For us, Asian, rice is always the main part of the meal. While sugar may fill your dessert or sweeten your coffee, it will never be the main part of any meal.

You could eat maybe two to three teaspoons of sugar at one plate of dessert. However, you could easily eat the equal value of two to three bowls (20 - 30 teaspoons) of sugar in one meal.

I am always amused when I see someone eat sometimes five bowls of rice (equals 50 teaspoons of sugar) and then asks for more sugar as the tea tarik kurang manis!

There is no real "built in" mechanism for us to prevent overeating of rice

How much kangkong can you eat?
How much fried chicken can you eat?
How much steamed fish can you eat?

Think about that! In one meal, you cannot take lots of chicken, fish or cucumber, but you can take lots of rice. Eating rice causes you to eat more salt.

As rice is tasteless, you tend to consume more salt - another villain when it comes to high blood pressure. You tend to take more curry that has salt to help flavor rice. We also tend to consume more soy sauce which are also rich in salt.

Eating rice causes you to drink less water. The more rice you eat, the less water you will drink as there is no mechanism to prevent the overeating of rice.

Rice, wheat and corn come hidden in our daily food. As rice is tasteless, it tends to end up in other foods that substitute rice like rice flour, noodles and bread. We tend to eat the hidden forms which still get digested into sugar. Rice, even when cooked, is difficult to digest

Can't eat raw rice? Try eating rice half cooked. Contrary to popular belief, rice is very difficult to digest. It is "heavy stuff". If you have problems with digestion, try skipping rice for a few days. You will be amazed at how the problem will just go away.

Rice prevents the absorption of several vitamins and minerals. Rice when taken in bulk will reduce the absorption of vital nutrients like zinc, iron and the B vitamins.

Are you a rice addict? Going rice-less may not be easy but you can go rice-less. Eating less rice could be lot easier than you think. Here are some strategies that you can pursue in your quest to eat less rice:

Eat less rice - Cut your rice by half.

Barry Sears, author of the Zone Diet, advises "eating rice like spice".

Instead, increase your fruits and vegetables. take more lean meats and fish. You can even take more eggs and nuts.

Have "riceless" meals. Take no rice or wheat at say, breakfast. Go for eggs instead.

Go on "riceless" days - Go "western" once a week"

Take no rice and breads for one day every week. That can't be too difficult. Appreciate the richness of your food. Go for taste, colors and smells. Make eating a culinary delight. Enjoy your food in the original flavors.

Avoid the salt shaker or ketchup. You will automatically eat less rice.

Eat your fruit dessert before (Yes! No printing error) your meals.

The fibre rich fruits will "bulk up" in your stomach. Thus, you will eat less rice and more fruits.

A good tips before ramadhan. Thanks Nevets

FYI I only eat rice once in 2-3 days, the rest i have meat ie burgers, sausages, chicken and tit bits like potatoes and bread.

it also depends on the blood type. Like me, my blood type can take meaty stuff where as my wife goes for fish and vegetables.

Yes, avoiding rice also good... perut pun tak buncit and low carb.

cheerio!

being a malaysian chinaman, this is bad news for me as we were trained from young to eat rice as staple diet...we're so dependent on rice think it stuns our growth somewhat...look at the europeans and what they eat and their size...just a thought...dun shoot me la bernas...

agreed with mr.highwaystar.

I already change my eating style few months ago. In 2 week, my total eating rice just 1 or 2 plate. I change my rice with noodles, pasta and wastern food.

The result, it give immediate effect on perut boroi. Now my perut less boroi! plus, no-more latenite snack or mamak.

Remember, it is only for your tongue - not your body. Actually, rice and other grains like wheat and corn are actually worse than sugar. There are many reasons:

Rice becomes sugar - lots of it
This is a fact that no nutritionist can deny: rice is chemically no different from sugar. One bowl of cooked rice is the caloric equal of 10 teaspoons of sugar.

This does not matter whether it is white, brown or herbal rice. Brown rice is richer in fibre, some B vitamins and minerals but it is still the caloric equal of 10 teaspoons of sugar. To get the same 10 teaspoons of sugar, you need to consume lots of kangkong - 10 bowls of it.

Rice is digested to become sugar.
Rice cannot be digested before it is thoroughly cooked. However, when thoroughly cooked, it becomes sugar and spikes circulating blood sugar within half an hour - almost as quickly as it would if you took a sugar candy and the worst thing, rice is very low in the "rainbow of anti-oxidants"

This complete anti-oxidant rainbow is necessary for the effective and safe utilization of sugar.



---- just to add...actually its the starch content of rice. Soo... the more gelatinous the rice is ... the more it breaksdown to sugar. This includes pulut., siam rice, etc.

tat's y people say brown rice is better, Brasmathi is better cause less starch

Form 5 chemistry bro starch = glucose polymers

in short all nice things are bad for you...beer, teh tarik, rice, ice cream ayam goreng, ah moi........but i am asian ....without rice i will die..or maybe my parents will think im dying....nasi tak enak lagi...

Good info bro bruised =). Yes, less rice, less perut boroi kekek =)

xsjado wrote:

in short all nice things are bad for you...beer, teh tarik, rice, ice cream ayam goreng, ah moi........but i am asian ....without rice i will die..or maybe my parents will think im dying....nasi tak enak lagi...

i agree also, not to say forget it totally.. but make it less only.
i got bad habit... makan tak tentu gak.

Breakfast 9.00am
telur setengah masak 2 biji and teh tarik besar

lunch at 4.30pm
roti pisang or roti boom ngan kari kambing

dinner 10.30
mee goreng (home cook) ngan kopi.

in between ahhh.. cigarette coke, mineral water and kopi. wahahahahaha

Aiyaaahhhhh... habis ini 'Rice' apa bikin ?


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...eezza_Rice

shahril78 wrote:

Aiyaaahhhhh... habis ini 'Rice' apa bikin ? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...eezza_Rice

hampeh!!

itu cendolrice !

You know I actually stopped eating rice after reading this article. Kalau makan pun, very minimal. Haha.

FerMan wrote:

You know I actually stopped eating rice after reading this article. Kalau makan pun, very minimal. Haha.

kuat pengaruh article ni..

imagine ten tea spoon of yur partner saliver???? can cut down??? keeekekekekeekek!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!