Japonica rice and glutinous rice, although all belong to the rice, but they are not the same, rice and sticky rice, sticky rice and indica japonica rice. The difference between round-grained rice and sticky rice is the difference between the rice species, the details are as follows: rice is divided into round-grained rice, indica rice, sticky rice. Among them, glutinous rice is very sticky rice, commonly known as sticky rice. It is the seed kernel of glutinous rice.
Contains a lot of dextrin, sticky and soft, so named glutinous rice. Glutinous rice, since ancient times is an important tonic food. Compared with round-grained rice, its nature is warm.
Glutinous rice is a grain that nourishes the spleen and stomach and benefits the lungs. If the spleen and stomach are nourished, it will be able to warm the grains and absorb the water, so the stool will not be diluted, and the warmth will nourish the qi, and the positive qi will be strong, so the body will be warm. Therefore, people with cold spleen and lungs should eat glutinous rice. Japonica rice, also known as rice, there are early, middle and late, northern terrier cool, southern Japonica warm; red Japonica hot, white Japonica cool; new Japonica hot, old Japonica cool. The congee is suitable for both young and old.
Japonica rice nutrition
Japonica rice protein although only 7%, but because of eating a lot, so it is still an important source of protein. Japonica rice contains essential amino acids are also more comprehensive, but also contains fat, calcium, phosphorus, iron and B vitamins and other nutrients.
Nutritional analysis
1. Japonica rice bran layer of crude fiber molecules, help gastrointestinal peristalsis, gastric disease, constipation, hemorrhoids and other healing effect is very good.
2. Japonica rice can improve human immune function and promote blood circulation, thus reducing the chance of high blood pressure and improving human immunity.
3. Japonica rice can prevent diseases such as diabetes, beriberi, age spots and constipation.
4. Japonica rice contains more protein, fat and vitamins, eating more of it can lower cholesterol and reduce the chances of heart attack and stroke.