Is white rice bad for me?

Question

i know brown rice is better, but is white rice necessarily bad?

Answer 1

It just doesn't have as many nutrients as other things. It is like any processed item, like white bread. It just wont fill you up, and doesn't have the nutrients.

If you get those from other sources, then white bread and white rice are fine, just realize they wont fill you up because they have no real content to them.

Rice in general will make you feel filled up, but you wont feel filled for very long (because it lacks starch).

Also, as far as complex carbs, it doesn't matter. Your body desn't store those. It was a theory back in the day. Your body stores animal fat (or premade fats). Your fat receptors just wait for those. Carbs and Calories from plants are premade fats, so your body doesn't store them nearly as well. That is why vegan people can eat buttloads of food and not even gain weight. They dont eat premade fats.

Answer 2

No, white rice is a complex carb. It's good. Brown rice is better, but either one is fine.

Answer 3

The problem with white rice is that it digests extra fast and causes a spike in insulin if not eaten with protein, beans or other fiberous and low GI foods to slow the absorbing of the carbs.

Brown rice digests slower and doesn't cause the same problems.

So to answer your question directly, only if you don't eat it with other foods that slow the absorption of the simple carbohydrates found in white rice.

Answer 4

in small amounts NO

Answer 5

It's not bad. It just doesn't have many nutrients.Brown rice is healthier because it does.

Answer 6

No its not bad if u dont eat it in huge quantities...have like a cup of cooked rice per serving...Bcoz its compacted carbs and we tend to eat lots of it withouting knowing that we had around 1000 kcal....its not the quality but quantity that's bad!

Answer 7

No.I eat white rice all the time.I actually think it fills me up more to be honest.

Answer 8

It's only bad if you eat too much of it, but brown rice is better