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Fabulous Foods - Brown Rice

This is one of the best starchy carbohydrate foods. Pasta and wholemeal bread are a good and popular choice - but too much wheat can cause problems in some individuals. Of all the grains and cereals, rice is the least likely to provoke an adverse reaction or trigger the gas, bloating and pain associated with irritable bowel syndrome. Organic brown rice is the best choice and so try to switch to this and include it in your everyday diet based around starchy carbohydrates and fatty foods which provide plenty of essential fatty acids, rather than the artery clogging saturated fats. Un-milled brown rice retains the B vitamin, thiamin, which is otherwise lost in the production of white rice. The chewyness and substance of brown rice means that it must be eaten slowly, giving the body time to digest and monitor the intake of nutrients. Plain boiled brown rice is a universal folk remedy for diarrhoea. It seems to have a beneficial effect on the entire intestinal tract, soothing and cleansing it. Brown rice should be washed in running water but not soaked before cooking as valuable minerals and vitamins will leach out. Add it to nut roasts, risotto, vegetable soups. Rice pudding baked with apricots, dates and walnuts is a superb combination of carbohydrate as well as many other nutrients.

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