Rice VS rice

[keepittous]

Does anyone know the difference between
"japanese" white rice and "tahi" white rice or Reg. White rice
Is there a big difference...or not enought to matter...
It was recomended for a carb load on Friday night if the show is on Sat...Does that sound crazy or is the GI to high....or would you just stick to the good old sweet patato's

 

[keepittous]

any one...?

 

[Sassy]

Anytime you have a "white" rice then it isn't as good as "Brown" rice because the process they use to make the rice white takes out all the nutrition. Sure the FDA require that they adding nutrients back in to white rice calling "enriched", but I don't think that makes good for you. The difference between Thai and Japanese rice that you maybe describing is texture... the chewy, fluffy vs sticky textures and the different flavors which varies by where it is grown. If you stay with the brown types, then you be fine, because they are all good carbs.

Btw... don't forget wild rice very nutritious. I like to mix brown & wild rice... yummy!

 

[EVERLAST]

rice, rice, rice.....

Main differences in rice are the length of each grain.
Westerners usually like long grain rice that stays separate when cooked in individual grains.
Easterners usually prefer the shorter grains types which tend to be stickier.
The "polishing off" of the outer husk (fiber and nutrition) of the grains results in white rice.
So the Japanese variety of white you refered to is probobly a stickier, shorter grain white rice.
Probobly better choice for carb load than longer grain types.

 

[The Mass]

well i have some asian rice..and it is slightly higher in carbs then regular w.rice.

 

[SAWADEEKROB]

Anytime you have a "white" rice then it isn't as good as "Brown" rice because the process they use to make the rice white takes out all the nutrition. Sure the FDA require that they adding nutrients back in to white rice calling "enriched", but I don't think that makes good for you. The difference between Thai and Japanese rice that you maybe describing is texture... the chewy, fluffy vs sticky textures and the different flavors which varies by where it is grown. If you stay with the brown types, then you be fine, because they are all good carbs.

Btw... don't forget wild rice very nutritious. I like to mix brown & wild rice... yummy!

The Japonica brand and the Thai (sic) brand are two different kinds of white rice. Aside from the visual differences, the two main differences is the space one needs to harvest the rice poppies and the GI effect of them. Japanese (Japonica) rice imparts a higher GI than other kinds of rice. The other kind has a different aroma and other texture which I am sure you don't care to hear or know.