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Rice: Red, Purple & Black?
Rice: Red, Purple & Black?
24 Sep 2021
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Brown rice is nutritionally richer than white rice. But how about red, purple and black rice? Are these nutritionally even better? Yes!
Red, Purple & Black Rice?

Articles by Dr Greger:

Videos by Dr Greger:

(2016) Brown, Black, Purple & Red Unlike White on Rice

(5 mins) Transcript. Dr Greger's summary: "White rice is missing more than fiber, vitamins, and minerals. Phytonutrients such as gamma oryzanol in brown rice may help explain the clinical benefits, and naturally pigmented rice varieties may be even healthier."

(2010) Brown Rice vs Black Rice

(1 min) Transcript. Dr Greger's summary: "Which has more antioxidants: black rice, brown rice, or red rice? Excerpts:

… brown, versus red, versus black rice; which is healthier? And the winner is … red rice! That was a surprise; I've been using black, but I just switched to red. Ten times more antioxidants than brown rice.

Arsenic In Rice

Rice is not recommended by Dr Greger, Dr Klaper and many other Whole Food Plant-Based doctors. Why? Because rice has too much arsenic these days! Even if we adopt the best known arsenic reduction cooking technique (boiling in excess water, then draining), cancer risk from arsenic in rice remains too high.

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