Fatihah's+essay..


 * BROWN RICE ** **VS WHITE RICE **

First of all I start my essay with a simple question…..
 * //“Do you prefer white or brown rice??”//**

In a modern country, I dare to say that most people’s daily food routine is derived from rice. And of course they use white rice because not everyone knows about presence of brown rice which has more advantages, especially in terms of health. Consuming more white rice is associated with a higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes, whereas consuming more brown rice may be associated with a lower risk for the disease, according to a report in the June 14 issue of // Archives of Internal Medicine //

“Rice has been a staple food in Asian countries for centuries”. Everyone knows that Malaysian is really like to eat rice. By the 20th century, the advance of grain-processing technology made large-scale production of refined grains possible. Through refining processes, the outer bran and germ portions of intact rice grains (i.e., brown rice) are removed to produce white rice that primarily consists of starchy endosperm. By the research, after adjusting for age and other lifestyle and dietary risk factors, those who consumed five or more servings of white rice per week had a 17-percent increased risk of diabetes compared with those who consumed less than one serving per month. In contrast, eating two or more servings of brown rice per week was associated with an 11-percent reduced risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Based on the results, the researchers estimated replacing 50 g which is equivalent to one-third of a serving of white rice per day with the same amount of brown rice would be associated with a 16-percent lower risk of type 2 diabetes. **Replacing white rice with whole grains as a group could be associated with a risk reduction as great as 36 percent.** Besides that, white rice has a higher glycemic index which a measure of how much a food raises blood glucose levels compared with the same amount of glucose or white bread than brown rice. The high glycemic index of white rice consumption is likely theconsequence of disrupting the physical and botanical structure of rice grains during the refining process, in which almost all the bran and some of the germ are removed. And the other consequence of the refining process includes loss of fiber, vitamins, magnesium and other minerals, lignans, phytoestrogens and phytic acid, many of which may be protective factors for diabetes risk.

[Extra progress,i.e. the bran and germ of rice grain is removed from brown rice to obtain white rice. This means that extra energy is needed to harvest the grain in the form of white rice rather than brown rice. But why is the price of brown rice in the market is much expensive than white rice?Yishen Tey]

(i also wordering why brown rice in market is much expensive than white rice~syuhairah~)

One of the reason i think is may be the white rice have the incentive by government. I went to Chui Chak (Perak) 2 months ago. It is a "Kampung Baru", and also a paddy field village. 80% of the villagers there are paddy farmers. They told me they are not consuming the paddy which they grow, they buy from market instead. Why? It is because the can have net earn more, if they sell their harvest to government, rather than they eat what they plant. Government buy the paddy form them with higher price, and we buy the rice from the market in lower price.---Yishen Tey