How Stabilized Rice Bran Helps Manage Your Blood Glucose Levels for Weight Management

If you're interested in diets and weight management, you might research how stabilized rice bran is used to normalize blood glucose levels. If you have too high blood sugar spikes, the latest studies might be of interest to you. According to the article, "Rice bran offers health benefits over wheat flour," in this new study, researchers replaced 20 percent of the wheat flour used in a batter preparation with standardized rice bran, resulting in a finished product that contained 32 per cent less fat, 26 per cent fewer calories and 5 per cent lower sodium.

Researchers noted that the results indicated that the replacement of wheat flour with standardized rice bran did not effect on the color, taste or texture of the finished product. For specific foods, using standardized rice bran in place of some of the wheat flour meant an 11 per cent lower production cost.

If you're buying rice bran, do your research with comparative reviews of different types of rice bran to make sure what you're buying is standardized. Some types of rice bran are higher in arsenic than others. So you know what to avoid. See the article by Lorraine Heller, 26-Aug-2008, "Rice bran contains high arsenic levels, study." A 2008 study found that rice bran contains high levels of arsenic.

Should you be using it? The findings revealed that rice bran and rice bran solubles contain inorganic arsenic levels of around 1mg/kg dry weight, which is around 10-20 times the concentration found in bulk grain. Maybe you should use the whole grain, such as soaked and cooked brown rice.

The findings revealed that rice bran and rice bran solubles contain inorganic arsenic levels of around 1mg/kg dry weight, which is around 10-20 times the concentration found in bulk grain, according to that article.

Currently, China is the only country to have modern levels of how much arsenic is permitted in food, and has set the limit at 0.15mg of inorganic arsenic per kg of food. The US and EU have no standards for arsenic levels in food, but the US has a 0.01mg/liter limit in drinking water.

According to the recent findings, none of the rice bran samples tested would pass the more stringent and modern Chinese limits, and only two out of the nine samples would pass the 50 year-old UK standards. The tests were conducted on four bran solubles, one defatted bran, one riceo-ex and three bran products.

Here, in the USA, what about the various brands of rice bran? The tests were conducted on four bran solubles, one defatted bran, one riceo-ex and three bran products.

Out of the bran solubles, two years ago, the 2008 testing and study found the highest inorganic arsenic level of 0.86mg/kg in a sample from Holistic Enterprises, Santa Ana, USA. A sample from NutraCea, USA was found to contain 0.82mg/kg. A sample from Pure Planet Products, Long Beach, CA, USA, contained 0.71mg/kg and one from Integris, RiSO Triene, USA, contained 0.61mg/kg.

The rice bran products tested were from: General Dietary, UK & Eire; The Barry Farm, Ohio, USA; and Tsuno Rice Fine Chemicals Co, Japan. They contained levels of 0.48, 0.64 and 1.65mg/kg respectively. The defatted bran and the riceo-ex products were again sourced from Japan's Tsuno Rice, and contained 1.16 and 1.88mg/kg respectively, according to the article, "Rice bran contains high arsenic levels, study." Of course, the industry has fought back. See the article by Lorraine Heller, published on Sept. 2, 2008, "NutraCea bites back at rice bran arsenic claims."

In response to an inquiry from NutraIngredients-USA.com, NutraCea took issue with the methodologies employed for the study, and re-iterated its position that "there is no credible scientific evidence linking consumption of rice products with cancer or any health risk."

NutraCea emphasized in the 2008 article that its rice products are tested regularly for heavy metal content and have consistently met the requirements of its customers. As a consumer, you want to know whether products comply with regulatory requirements around the world and to make sure any type of company provides safe, nutritious products to customers.

That's a company's goal, to make sure there's a market for its products. What can you do as a consumer? Look at all the research and make up your own mind. In the meantime, you might enjoy Sacramento's radio show, the Wide World of Health, with many guests talking about health. Your job is to do your research and look beyond marketing to what studies are telling you about any health product or whole foods health benefits.

Download the radio podcast from the archives of the Carey Nosler Wide World of Health Radio Show for April 18th, 2010, the guest speaker talked about the health benefits of rice bran.

Check on this website to see the archived MP3 files of all the Wide World of Health radio shows for several months at the Wide World of Health Radio Show site. Audio files are archived. So you can download them and collect the files to listen to on your computer (podcasts).

On the radio show and podcast, Patty McPeak spoke with host Carey Nosler on the Wide World of Health radio show. Mc Peak talked about NanaCea about the Miracle of Manna. HiFiManna is her foremost product for normalizing sugar metabolism. It's a non-chemically modified, all natural product developed from pre-digested stabilized rice bran. HiFiManna is rich in antioxidants, dietary fiber, vitamin B1, B3, B6 and minerals including magnesium and phosphorus.

Good quality fat includes omega-3 (90mg) and omega-6 (1710mg) fatty acids. to learn more follow the HiFi Manna link to this and other quality products. You can listen to the show on the radio archives online as they're MP3 files you can download. Check out the site and the audio recording at: The Wide World of Health 04/18 Hr 1.