Would you recommend rice instead of bread ? (as a compromise)

[majormark]

Recently I talked to a friend who said he just found he has really high blood pressure. When I asked he told me he eats a lot of white bread with meals.

Now, my first reaction was to recommend cutting out grains completely but I knew it was not going to happen like that, so I recommended soaking white rice for a day and than eat it cooked instead of the bread. I had to do a lot of convincing even for that.

I also told him to drink some raw eggs instead of the breakfast (which usually involved coffee & some cooked food) and he surprisingly accepted. I thought if at least one meal would be closer to paleo, it would be better than nothing.

What would you recommend to someone on a standard diet for this? Knowing he will not eat raw meat.

[TylerDurden]

Yeah, rice instead of bread sounds fine.

Also, obviously cooking as little as possible(eg:- searing on the side?). And he shouldn't have too much objection, surely, to increasing the quality of the meats re grassfed sources.

Also, look into other sources of raw animal foods people do usually accept such as steak tartare in restaurants, sushi/sashimi restaurants, raw oysters from oyster bars etc.

[Raw Kyle]

Brown rice would be even better. Or even better would be something like quinoa or amarinth. Or mixing together rice with wild rice, which is not a grain itself. You can get that mix in a box.

[djr_81]

Brown rice would be even better. Or even better would be something like quinoa or amarinth. Or mixing together rice with wild rice, which is not a grain itself. You can get that mix in a box.

I second the Quinoa. It's a great grain and one of the less tampered with on the market. It's also getting more trendy so should be easier to find it in a store than a couple years ago.
FWIW we've come to the conclusion that my wife is allergic to rice (as well as many other common carbs-wheat & other gluten grains, corn). She's had a hard time with cravings for a while and only recently tried Quinoa as a rice substitute in chicken-rice soup. She loves the stuff now and prefers it to the real stuff.

[ForTheHunt]

Soaking doesn't really do much for rice, especially since you end up boiling it anyway

Quinoa is ok yeah, I'd recommend him millet. It's actually not a grain but seeds and they taste and feel exactly like grain and they are supposedly alkaline and stuff.

[goodsamaritan]

I compromise and let my children have rice.
But bread is absolutely banned in our household.

[KD]

I had a stint consciously eating grains fairly recently in warrior style.

the 'seed' grains like quinoia or amaranth are supposedly the more healthful, but like many seeds don't seem to digest as well an often appear whole on the other end.

I think millet would probably be my first choice, although I think it has a really abysmal taste and dryness when eaten alone.

I think if he/she is coming from a standard diet, brown rice I'm sure is fine as a transitional food or part of generally healthy diet. Corn is another fairly traditional food, is non-gluten etc...

[cliff]

Soaking doesn't really do much for rice, especially since you end up boiling it anyway

Soaking it for a day or two will give the rice a chance to ferment a little bit making it easier on digestion and more nutritous

[William]

If he must eat carbs, then yes, rice is better than bread.

But carbs->hypertension, and he is digging his grave with a fork.

[raw]

i don't eat rice anymore. but i'm just curious to know about fermented rice. i see people eat delicious fermented rice in back home. if i really want to eat rice, can i eat fermented rice some times?

[Roselene]

i don't eat rice anymore. but i'm just curious to know about fermented rice. i see people eat delicious fermented rice in back home. if i really want to eat rice, can i eat fermented rice some times?

How much to eat at a time?  How does it taste?  Sour or sweet?  Or is it just moldy?  It might depend on what you eat near it, so it wouldn't throw off your digestion.

[raw]

How much to eat at a time?  How does it taste?  Sour or sweet?  Or is it just moldy?  It might depend on what you eat near it, so it wouldn't throw off your digestion.

there're two different types of fermented rice. one tastes like  sour, but definitely not moldy. it's served  on raw banana leaf. the other one is sprouted and than fermented and that tastes sweet, also not moldy.

[Sully]

I would recommend potatoes. I do better on cooked tubers than cooked grains for some reason. Sweet potatoes would be a good recommendation.

[raw]

I would recommend potatoes. I do better on cooked tubers than cooked grains for some reason. Sweet potatoes would be a good recommendation.

my mom always feels good eating sweet potato. the sweet potato here is totally different from sweet potato in asia.