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Rice
Feb 14, 2009 9:34:46 GMT -7
Post by Rene on Feb 14, 2009 9:34:46 GMT -7
Rice and Psoriasis
By Victoria
Dr. Kempner of Duke University came up with a rice diet in the 1940's for the treatment of high blood pressure and kidney problems. The diet consisted entirely of rice and fruit.
This diet, besides being really boring, had a bonus side effect. Patients with psoriasis cleared up dramatically while eating the rice diet. These were the same patients who did not respond to years of using systemic and local medications.
So, if you are suffering from this skin disorder, you might want to try a little more rice.
Source: The Food Pharmacy, Jean Carpenter
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Rice
Feb 14, 2009 9:37:26 GMT -7
Post by Rene on Feb 14, 2009 9:37:26 GMT -7
Sticky Rice or Glutinous Rice
From Wikipedia: Glutinous rice does not contain dietary gluten (i.e. does not contain glutenin and gliadin), and thus should be safe for gluten-free diets. What distinguishes it from other types of rice is having no (or negligible amounts of) amylose, and high amounts of amylopectin (those are the two components of starch). Amylopectin is responsible for the sticky quality of glutinous rice. The difference has been traced to a single mutation that was selected for by farmers.[5][3]
Glutinous rice can be used either milled or unmilled (that is, with the bran removed or not removed). Milled rice is white in color, whereas the bran can give unmilled glutinous rice a purple or black color.[6] (However, black/purple glutinous rice is a distinct strain from white glutinous rice.) Both black and white glutinous rice can be cooked as grains or ground into flour and cooked as a paste.
I use a bit of sticky rice flour - in baked goods to better hold the batter together - reduce the crumblynes. Only 1/4 cup in a 2 cup of flour recipe using a combination of alternative flours.
Blue Opal
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