Brown Rice.

Seriously, a question about brown rice. I've been trying to eat healthier, since going to the gym 7 days a week is a waste if you don't have the proper diet to go along with it (5 days of lifting/cardio and 2 days of straight up cardio, don't worry, I'm not overtraining lol).

One of the staples of my diet is rice, as I'm Brazilian, so rice/beans/meat (chicken/beef/ground beef/ground turkey/etc) is something I could eat pretty much every day. However, white rice has practically no nutritional value, so I'm going to start buying brown rice.

The problem is.. I always hear people saying that brown rice has tons of fiber, but I haven't found that to be the case when I go to the grocery store. The most fiber I've found in brown rice is like 3g per serving.. which is nothing. The 2 slices of bread I had for breakfast had 10g of fiber (and 8g of protein), so I'd rather eat that bread than brown rice.

Am I just not looking for the right brand of rice? Or is this small amount of fiber normal for brown rice?

 

Dont eat bread, eat bown rice, never white rice.

Try and eat sweet potatoes, and things like couscous

 

I haven't touched white bread in the longest time.. I stick to multigrain bread mostly. I'm happy about this bread that I've been eating lately (Arnold Heathfull 10 Grain Bread).

As for the couscous, I'd rather eat a whole grain, such as quinoa instead, I'm not a big fan of couscous, and the massive amount of cards/nonexistent fiber scares me off.

I appreciate the reply, although it didn't really answer my question about brown rice.

 

It's always going to be a small amount of fiber with rice. Try eating fruits like apples to obtain fiber.

Contrary to popular belief, white rice has nearly as much nutrients as brown rice does.