Before steaming brown rice, soak it for about 30 minutes, and then cook it like normal rice porridge. You can cook it slowly with a small fire, and the thicker the better. When the porridge thickens, a thick skin will float on the surface.

Steamed brown rice can stimulate the secretion of gastric juice and contribute to the digestion and absorption of nutrients. But diabetics had better not drink this kind of brown rice porridge directly. Usually drinking rice porridge directly may lead to a sudden increase in blood sugar.

Efficacy of brown rice

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.

Brown rice also retains a lot 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.

The above contents refer to People's Daily Online-What is the most "scraping" fat in steamed brown rice? The healthiest way to eat six kinds of coarse grains, People's Daily Online-Brown rice: tonify middle qi and prevent constipation.