What is rice? What are the nutritional components of rice

What is rice

Japonica rice is relative to indica rice and glutinous rice. Chinese rice can be divided into three categories: japonica rice, indica rice and glutinous rice. Japonica rice is a kind of japonica non-glutinous rice. It is mainly produced in the rice area north of Yangtze River in China. From the point of viscosity, glutinous rice has the strongest viscosity, indica rice is the weakest, and japonica rice is in the middle, so the most people like to eat japonica rice.

Rice is a kind of rice, common staple food. It is cultivated all over China and has a planting history of more than 6,900 years. It is one of the specialties of Chinese food culture. It is mainly produced in northeast China. Japonica rice is made from non-glutinous rice. The rice grains are generally oval or round, the rice grains are plump and thick, the cross section is close to the circle, the ratio of length to width is less than two, the color is waxy white, transparent or translucent, the texture is hard and ductile, the viscosity and oil are large after cooking, soft and tasty, but the meal rate is low. Japonica rice can be divided into early and late japonica rice according to the harvest season. Early japonica rice is translucent, the belly white is larger, the hard grain is less, the rice quality is poor. Late japonica rice is white or waxy white, with small belly, many hard grains and good quality. The yield of japonica rice was much lower than that of indica rice. Contains a lot of carbohydrates, about 79%, and is the main source of calories.

Second, what are the nutritional components of rice

Traditional Chinese medicine thinks that rice taste sweet and flat, spleen, stomach channel, there are spleen and stomach, thirst and boredom, solid intestine to stop diarrhea. With rice porridge, can tonify qi, spleen and stomach, essence and strong will, strong muscles and bones, and the five viscera, blood, deaf ear and bright eyes, stop boredom, thirst, diarrhea, known as "the first thing in the world to supplement people."

Modern research shows that rice contains starch, protein, fat, iron, B vitamins, organic acids, sugars, phosphorus, calcium and other nutrients. Traditional Chinese medicine thinks that rice taste sweet and flat, spleen, stomach channel, there are spleen and stomach, thirst and boredom, solid intestine to stop diarrhea. With rice porridge, can tonify qi, spleen and stomach, essence and strong will, strong muscles and bones, and the five viscera, blood, deaf ear and bright eyes, stop boredom, thirst, diarrhea, known as "the first thing in the world to supplement people." Rice porridge is easy to make, easy to eat, fast absorption, does not hurt the spleen and stomach, suitable for young and old.

When cooking porridge, there is a layer of thick smooth like paste, called rice oil, also known as porridge oil, is a supplement to fill essence, the sick, maternity, the elderly and the infirm most appropriate to eat. If only take this rice oil, plus a little salt taken on an empty stomach, the effect is better. In ancient and modern times, there are many non-japonica rice formulations to cure medicine.