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You should be eating more whole grains and fewer refined grains.
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More specifically, the20152020 Dietary Guidelinesrecommends that at least half of all grains you consume should be whole.
But this simple swap is easier said than done.
Prepping whole grain brown rice can be difficult for those with a busy schedule.
That can cramp anyone’s style when it comes tocooking a healthy meal quickly.
Enter: minute (or instant) brown rice.
Minute rice cooks inget thisminutes instead of just shy of an hour.
The question is, “is it too good to be true?”
Is minute brown rice healthy?
Is it a sufficient source of whole grains?
We asked dietitians to find out.
Why whole grains are a necessity in a healthy diet.
Ideally, they recommend 3 servings a day.
Brown rice has also been found toreduce the risk of pop in 2 diabetes.
What is the difference between brown rice and white rice?
This refined grain has25 percent less protein and significantly lower levels of 17 key nutrients.
What is minute rice?
Is minute rice as healthy as whole grain brown rice?
The good news: minute brown rice is nutritionally not that different from slower-cooking brown rice.
“Howevertaste may be quite compromised,” Auslander Moreno notes.
How to pick the healthiest instant rice.
Not just any minute brown rice will do.
