10 min brown rice the same as 30 min brown rice...glyc. index/nutrition?

[diesel]

I currently use 10 min brown rice, it's convenient, but was wondering if there is any diff. between that and the 30 min. type as far as glyc index and nut. quality?


Also is plain brown rice cakes..no sugar or salt a good source of complex carbs if i'm in a pinch?

 

[iamcdn]

i was wondering this as well.

it can't really be as good as 30min since its already been cooked once and then loaded with perservatives.

 

[Frosty]

I currently use 10 min brown rice, it's convenient, but was wondering if there is any diff. between that and the 30 min. type as far as glyc index and nut. quality?

Also is plain brown rice cakes..no sugar or salt a good source of complex carbs if i'm in a pinch?

It's probably best to stay with the real stuff that you have to cook longer. The shorter cooking time says to me that it's higher GI. Also, it's possible they're more processed and contain less nutrients, but I don't really know about that.

Rice cakes are probably pretty high GI...low fiber and puffed (puffed skyrockets GI). I'd use an apple instead or something along those lines.

 

[MF'N S]

the quick cook time raises the glycemic index

 

[diesel]

that's what I assumed...the shorter cooking time prob. has a higher gi. ..it's just that the 10 and 30 min types only had "brown rice" as the ingredient...no sodium, etc. but the 10min is precooked.

 

[Frosty]

that's what I assumed...the shorter cooking time prob. has a higher gi. ..it's just that the 10 and 30 min types only had "brown rice" as the ingredient...no sodium, etc. but the 10min is precooked.

A general good rule for diets is to eat the least processed food you can. Another example is canned vs. fresh veggies.

 

[Homer101]

I've read that unlike instanst vs slow cooking oatmeal quick brown rice has an equivalent GI index, I use the quick brown rice the slower cooking brown rice takes too long to cook.