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BLACK RICE
Black sticky rice is a variety of cultivated rice. What gives it the color, is the presence of an antioxidant called anthocyanin. What gives it the stickiness is the high level of amylopectin, which is a pigment found in fruits such as blueberries. Adding to that, the rice appears to be black also due to high melanin (a natural pigment) content in the bran.
Research has shown that black sticky rice has a higher antioxidant content and higher content of valuable phyto-chemical than blueberries. It is exceptional as it contains a mixture of both water soluble and fat-soluble classes of antioxidants, which is rare even among the best pulses and grains, like quinoa and millets.
In fact, the Chinese emperors so treasured this rice that it was decreed a grain meant to be consumed only by royalty. And this led to the rice being known as the “forbidden rice”.
Black sticky rice is a rich source of antioxidants due to the bran and germ layer found in the outer coating. It is considered a super food due to its high nutritive value and like other rice varieties, it is gluten free!
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Khapli wheat
The four prominent species of wheat are as below:
- Common wheat or bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) – The most widely cultivated species in the world.
- Spelt (Triticum spelta) – Another species largely replaced by bread wheat, but in the 21st century grown, often organically, for artisanal bread and pasta.
- Durum (Triticum durum) – A species of wheat widely used today, and the second most widely cultivated wheat. This hard, translucent, light-coloured grain is used to make semolinaflour for pasta and bulghur. It is high in protein, specifically, gluten protein.
- Emmer (Triticum dicoccum) – A species cultivated in ancient times, derived from wild emmer, Triticum dicoccoides.
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Low GI Rice
A glycemic index (GI) diet is an eating plan based on how foods affect your blood sugar level. The glycemic index is a system of assigning a number to carbohydrate-containing foods according to how much each food increases blood sugar. The glycemic index itself is not a diet plan but one of various tools — such as calorie counting or carbohydrate counting — for guiding food choices.
The term “glycemic index diet” usually refers to a specific diet plan that uses the index as the primary or only guide for meal planning.
Many popular commercial diets, diet books and diet websites are based on the glycemic index, including the Zone Diet, Sugar Busters, and the Slow-Carb Diet.65 in stock
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RAKTASALI RICE
Ancient Ayurvedic treatises laud the Raktasali red rice as a nutritive food and medicine.
Raktasali RiceRaktasali (red rice) Improves eyesight, best for health, good for skin, diuretic, voice improver, semen enhancer. Red Sali (Raktasali) was the most efficacious in subduing deranged humors. It was considered diuretic, spermatophytic, refrigerant, eye-invigorating, cosmetic, tonic, and pleasant. It was good for fever and ulcers and was anti-toxic.
This variety of rice has high iron content hence is recommended for pregnant women and for people having health issues of account of iron deficiency.
