Brown Rice Tips

  Another term for “brown” rice is unpolished rice. Today, we use the term unpolished rice and brown rice interchangeably to refer to the same type of rice. White rice, rice consumed by the majority of Filipinos, is produced by removing the husk/hull (the outer inedible layer) of the rice grains, as well as the bran (the inner edible layer) and the germ (the nutrient rich part of the grain)–leaving just the starch filled endosperm layer which has very little to no nutrition left. In contrast, brown rice is produced by removing just the husk/hull of the rice grain, leaving...

Cardiovascular diseases are the top cause of death among Filipinos. This has been true for several years and the trend has only been increasing. The good news is that CVDs are considered preventable diseases, that means you can do something about it! In celebration of Philippine Heart Month every February we bring you 2 things you can do to take better care of your heart. Eat a heart healthy diet The easiest thing you can change in your diet is your rice. Research has shown that by replacing white rice with brown rice, we decrease our risk for cardiovascular diseases...

If you're asian or you live in an asian country e.g. the Philippines you probably already know how to open a sack of rice. But that wasn't always the case, someone like your parents or your siblings probably taught you how to do it. It can be very difficult if you don't know how to open a sack of rice properly but with the right technique it can almost seem as if it's magic. Here's an instructional video that you can follow to learn how to open a sack of rice  How to open a sack of Rice: 1. Look...

In an earlier blogpost we answered the question, "Can Brown Rice Make Me Fat?" Today we are going to discuss a strategy we can apply to lose weight with the aid of course of healthy brown rice. As we said in the previous post, brown rice can be an effective tool in helping us lose weight but the majority of the effort still has to come from us in that we still need to successfully control the amount of food that we eat. So how do we lose weight? We always try to illustrate weight loss with this formula: Weight Gain/Loss...

Over the past years, we’ve been sent the following questions numerous times: “Will brown rice really make me lose weight?” “I’m trying to lose weight so I’ll try this.” “I’m starting my diet, when can you deliver the brown rice?” It’s always a delicate situation for us because the truth is brown rice CAN make you gain weight.Yup, you heard that right. In fact, if you compare the amount of calories in white rice and brown rice then you’ll be surprised to know that white rice actually has LESS calories than brown rice. This means that all things being equal,...