Among
the fiber rich food are fruits and vegetables, legume, beans, nuts and whole
grains. It’s got to be whole grains, say whole wheat or whole rye, and for
rice, it has to be unpolished rice. Nutritional/ molecular oncologist Dr. Romulo
de Villa’s recommendation on the desirability of unpolished over polished rice
has a simple rationale. Would you believe that even the onset of diabetes could
be averted with the healthy habit of eating unpolished rice? This expert, who is
a professor of nutrition and biochemistry (and a consultant of biotechnology and
molecular biology) has a very logical explanations.
Rice
is largely carbohydrate and glucose, unpolished rice is rich in fiber, another
nutrient which, although established to be of the not digestible and not
absorbable type, is largely beneficial to the body. Eating unpolished rice gives
enough fiber that prevents sugars from triggering the pancreas quickly. Deluge
of sugars over time could cause damage to the pancreas and lead to diabetes.
When you eat unpolished rice, it goes down the digestive tract with its fibrous
nature serving to prevent the sudden rush of digestion products into the body.
Thus, the pancreas and other organs involved in the digestive system do not get
overworked and insulin production of pancreas is kept on pace and not
overwhelmed. This applies also to other fiber rich foods like whole grains,
among which are rolled oats and whole wheat bread, a wholesome breakfast treat.
There’s
much grain of truth in the saying. “ you are what you eat” and were not here
only talking about the fibrous vs non fibrous food, or food cooked in harmful
oil vs, food cooked properly. We are also talking of generalities like eating
processed vs semi processed or fresh, and of our general choices of food, like,
meat vs fish (if meat, of what type) fruits and vegetables or lack of these.
Indeed you are what you eat, plus, though it’s not everything, food intake
constitutes a big determinant of a person’s state health. Thus, while what you
are is largely because can be figured by a planned diet. This means, if you are
not happy with your state of health today, you can make tomorrow a different
story. And how do you start?
Simple!
Begin to eat right, for your cooked food, stick as much as possible to food that
is cooked in water. Have lots of opportunities to eat fresh foods like fruits
and vegetables. Just make sure these are thoroughly washed. In short, embark on
a healthy diet and begin that today!
