1. Brown rice is rich in dietary fiber. Proper intake of dietary fiber is helpful to improve gastrointestinal function, purify blood, soften feces, prevent obesity, promote metabolism and detoxify. ?

2. The germ layer of brown rice contains unsaturated fatty acids, which can lower cholesterol and protect the heart. ?

3. Brown rice germ is rich in vitamin E. Taking enough vitamin E can effectively promote blood circulation in the body and maintain body function. ?

4. Vitamin E in brown rice can effectively neutralize free radicals, delay skin aging, prevent wrinkles and spots from appearing prematurely, and make skin shiny and bright. ?

5. Brown rice is also rich in oryzanol, which helps to regulate pancreatic "β cells" and stabilize blood sugar.

Second, the disadvantages of eating brown rice

Although brown rice contains certain mineral elements and vitamins, once a proper amount of water is added to the brown rice during storage, the temperature of the storage environment changes and the brown rice will germinate. At the moment of germination, calcium and magnesium phytate contained in brown rice combines with minerals and is not easy to decompose. These minerals will not be absorbed by the human body, but may be excreted through stool, resulting in insufficient mineral intake, tooth damage and fragile bones. ?

Do not pay attention to weight control when eating brown rice. Eating too much will also cause gastrointestinal burden.

Extended data

Brown rice is best not to be eaten every day. Although the nutritional value of brown rice is high, long-term consumption, especially eating brown rice as a staple food, will have some bad effects on the human body, and the most important effect is that it will lead to insufficient mineral intake in the body. So it is best to eat brown rice once a week, and eating eight points at a time is enough.

Brown rice can be eaten with oat, red bean, coix seed, mung bean, buckwheat, white rice and other ingredients, which is not only easier to digest, but also richer in nutrients.

The digestion and absorption function of the elderly and children is relatively weak. Eating too much coarse grains will easily increase the burden on the stomach and hinder the absorption and utilization of other nutrients. So you should reduce the amount of brown rice, and it is best to cook porridge with brown rice, or grind it to eat, so as to improve the absorption rate.

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