No, the skin of brown rice is aleurone layer, which is not as easy to cook as rice, so you need to soak it in advance before cooking. Soak for at least 8 hours, or soak in the refrigerator one night in advance.

Eating brown rice is especially beneficial to diabetics and obese people. Because the trace elements such as zinc, chromium, manganese and vanadium in brown rice are beneficial to improve the sensitivity of insulin and are very helpful to people with impaired glucose tolerance.

Brown rice can invigorate qi and promote digestion.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that brown rice is sweet and warm, which can strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach, tonify the middle energizer, tonify the five internal organs, soothe the nerves and improve constipation. Trace elements such as potassium, magnesium, zinc, iron and manganese in brown rice are beneficial to prevent cardiovascular diseases and anemia.

It also retains a large amount of dietary fiber, which can promote the proliferation of intestinal beneficial bacteria, accelerate intestinal peristalsis, soften feces, and prevent constipation and intestinal cancer; Dietary fiber can also combine with cholesterol in bile to promote the discharge of cholesterol, thus helping patients with hyperlipidemia to lower their blood lipids.

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