Today we've got a great article from Fitbomb.com about rice. Good article. The take away is that it is probably fine in moderation, depending on your goals (i.e. not so good for weight loss, but not necessarily a bad source of starch if you need it).
In spreading the good word about Paleo eating, it’s just easier to tell people to avoid all cereal grains (among other things). It’s become almost automatic for us to reel off the evils of grains: lectins and phytates and gluten, oh my! Gluten-containing grains are particularly nasty, and by now, we all know to steer clear of them. (Right?) So it’s natural, I suppose, for people to lump rice together with wheat, oats and the rest.
But will eating rice wreck you just as much as eating wheat bread?
The short answer: Nope.
Rice doesn’t contain gluten, for one. And while it does contain anti-nutrients, most of them are located in the hull and bran of the rice seed, and can be lost or neutralized through milling and cooking processes.
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