Rice Bran is by far, the greatest food source that has been brought to market for our use in recent history. Rice Bran has the potential to provide nutrition to many people. It is now obvious that rice bran is very nutritious and can be worked into many of the foods we eat today is great in and of itself, but because Rice Bran is so abundant, it can be used as a food source for people that are starving around the globe thanks to some hard working, pioneering scientists. As an Example, Rice and Shine meal replacement drink is made with Rice Bran.
Rice bran is removed in the milling process of making white rice. While its superb nutritional value is well known, Rice Bran was determined to be unusable by the FDA. the reasoning behind this we because it turns rancid or turns bad quite readily. Consequently, 16 millions tons of the stuff had to be burned, turned into the soil or discarded all together. It was known as the earths most unusable food resource. Not any more.
16 Million tons of this highly nutritional rice bran is now available where none existed before. This has extensive potential to aid many folks. This incredibly nutritious food source is readily available from many sources and can be added in many ways to assist places all over the planet that suffer from malnutrition and starvation.
Vitamin E has been studied widely because of possible benefits to health.
The elements that are beneficial are referred to as tocopherols and tocotrienols.
Antioxidant properties appear to be greater in tocotrienols and are being more
deeply investigated in scientific research.
The optimum source for TRF is obtained out of rice bran oil, which can be found in the grains outer hull of the rice kernel. The TRF properties reduce the activity of HMG-CoA reductase, an enzyme used during cholesterol biosynthesis. However, if you take any form of Vitamin E over a long period of time, it can be bad for you, so research centered around finding the minimum amount of TRF that effectively gave the optimum level of antioxidants and worked to lower cholesterol. The correct measure was found to be around 560 IU for a individual that weighs about 154 pounds.
inventions by Patty McPeak and the team from Nutracea made available the equipment and processes that stops an enzyme responsible for causing the rice bran to turn rancid. The enzyme is deactivated just after the rice bran is stripped off the brown rice kernel during the the process of milling. Because of this breakthrough, Rice bran will now last for 2 to 3 years. It is now possible to add rice bran into many of the foods we eat.
Patty McPeak's initial product that uses the rice bran she made available
is called Rice n Shine. A flavorful,
healthy meal replacement drink. Available in 2 flavors. Vanilla and Chocolate.
A meal supplement drink. Great idea. There will be many new products released
soon from lots of companies wanting to utilize this fantastic new food source.
These are just the first products made that use rice bran, but to be sure, the
future for rice bran and the benefits it provides is very encouraging.
