> Bran removal doesn't have to modify the original food.
Bran removal does NOT modify the kernel.
Bran is not digestible in humans and cannot provide vitamins, only fibre and
bulk.
> > Bran removal doesn't have to modify the original food.
>
> What do you mean? Removing the bran does remove quite a bit of the
> fiber and natural nutrients.
John 'the Man' - 04 Mar 2004 05:11 GMT
jheiskan@welho.com jwales@bomis.com TKNOTT@qcl.org.uk
Once upon a time, our fellow Pizza Girl
rambled on about "Re: food friend."
Our champion De-Medicalizing in sci.med.nutrition retorts, thusly ...
>Bran removal does NOT modify the kernel.
It is called removal of bran. Just thought that you might want to
know. :)
>Bran is not digestible in humans and cannot provide vitamins, only fibre and
>bulk.
So? What is your point?
Are you trying to be obnoxious, or are you just stupid?
"... you have my sympathies"
Science Officer Ash to Ripley, in the movie ALIEN.
jmk - 04 Mar 2004 14:44 GMT
But fiber does have nutritional value and removal of the bran does
modify the original food. Here's some additional information.
"Milling is the primary difference between brown and white rice. The
varieties may be identical, but it is in the milling process where brown
rice becomes white rice. Milling, often called "whitening", removes the
outer bran layer of the rice grain."
"What does that do to the rice grain? Does milling affect the
nutritional quality of the rice? The answer to this question is YES.
Milling strips off the bran layer, leaving a core comprised of mostly
carbohydrates. In this bran layer resides nutrients of vital importance
in the diet, making white rice a poor competitor in the nutrition game
The following chart shows the nutritional differences between brown and
white rices. Fiber is dramatically lower in white rice, as are the oils,
most of the B vitamins, and important mineral"
http://www.lundberg.com/brownrice.html
Basically, it looks like you get less fiber, less protein, less thyamin,
less riboflavin, less niacin, less B6, less Folacin, less Vitamin E,
less magnesium, less phosphorus, less selenium and less zinc in white
rice.
> Bran removal does NOT modify the kernel.
>
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>>What do you mean? Removing the bran does remove quite a bit of the
>>fiber and natural nutrients.

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