How to: Cook Rice?

Rice, like many grains, is a staple in our culture, so here are my thoughts on how to enjoy rice worry free. I believe that Food bring us nourishment and joy not worry & stress. Arsenic: 1. Rice can get contaminated with in-organic arsenic, how? The water it is grown in. So choosing the source of your rice determines the level of contamination. Clean sources are: India & Pakistan for Basmati rice, Italy & California for Short grain. 2. White rice has lower percentage of arsenic for sure because it is peeled and arsenic is available highly in the outer husk, so yes white rice has lower arsenic. Opting for white rice over whole is an option if consumed in controlled portions accompanied with a good source of fat & protein. The reason white rice has been villainized is the way we prepare and consume it. If you want to understand how to consume white rice safely, let me know :) 3. The recipe here will teach you how to lower the percentage of arsenic in your brown rice drastically, so follow the steps I have for you below. 4. Diversify your grains, having rice on the daily is not the best option, having any food on the daily is not optimal. Diversity gives you a wide range of minerals and vitamins that you need. Also that would lower the percentage of anti-nutrients you get from one source. Let’s take an example of a vegetable that is loved and advocated for by many: Spinach, if you consume raw spinach on the daily, you will be dealing with the effect of anti-nutrients such as oxalate. So, how to reduce the amount of oxalate and its effect? Diversity, choose other greens, and cook the spinach. So, the method it is cooked plays a role. Now, how to choose brown rice? Go with the grains with green hue like the picture above it means it is young, recently harvested and that would make it dense in nutrients. Tip: water to rice ratio is 6:1

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% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet