Eating For Health

My daughter called me to ask me which is healthier, white rice or brown rice?   She had ordered some Chinese food and chose the brown rice.   Did she make the healthier choice?   Is brown rice healthier than white rice? In the U.S. we have two choices for rice, either white rice or brown rice.   Growing up we never ate brown rice.   We always ate the Minute white rice from the box.   Processing Both white and brown rice come from the same grain but white rice is much more processed.   There are 3 parts to grains – the bran, the germ and the endosperm.    Whole grains like brown rice contain all 3 parts of the grain.   Processed grains like white rice, have the bran and germ removed, leaving only the white endosperm part of the grain.   Brown Rice is more nutritious than white rice Because brown rice has all parts of the grain, brown rice provides more fiber, magnesium, phosphorus, selenium and manganese.   White ric...

So easy to go to a Fast-Food drive thru and pick up a quick bite to eat.   Fast Food meals can easily add extra calories and fat to your day and probably a lot of added sugar.   If you are going for some Fast Food, are there some healthier choices?   Dr. Oz and others have some recommendations.   Yes, you can choose some healthier options at Fast Food establishments and this blog will give you some ideas on how to do so. Dr. Oz provides 4 healthy Fast-Food suggestions (these suggestions are adapted to make even healthier):       1.  Hamburger/Cheeseburger – some people put hamburgers into a junk food category.   But hamburgers provide protein and a serving of grains. I would recommend a cheeseburger and not a hamburger.   Add cheese and you now have 3 out of the 5 food groups recommended by MyPlate .   Dr. Oz not only includes hamburgers on his Fast-Food list but states : “If you’re craving a burger, go for it!” ...