BLACK RICE

    Black rice is a rice types of the species Oryza sativa L., some of the which are Glutinous rice. This is a local rice varieties that contain most excellent pigment, unlike white rice or rice other colors. Black rice has a good flavor and aroma with a specific and unique appearance. When cooked, appeared flavor and a pleasant aroma to the black rice. In the black rice, aleurone and endospermia produce anthocyanin at high levels so that the color purple rice becomes concentrated near black. This rice has better nutritions than white rice.

    Research published in the Journal of Nutrition in 2008 suggested that extracts from black rice can prevent atherosclerosis (clogged arteries cause heart attacks) and lower triglyceride levels. Nutrient contents in 100 gr black rice is Energy 351 kcal, 8 gr protein, 1.3 gr fat, 76.9 gr carbohydrates, 20.1 gr fiber, vitamins B1, B3, B6, vitamin E, manganese, phosphorus, 15.52 ppm iron, antioxidants anthocyanins (which give a purple-black color on rice), amino acids and essential fat acids. The outer part is what makes black rice takes longer when cooked.

    Some benefit of black rice high antioxidants. The black color is caused by the content of flavonoid pigment called anthocyanin, the pigment in plants that serve as a powerful antioxidant. Anthocyanin content was researched as a medicine for heart disease, diabetes, alzheimer's and cancer. Have complex carbohydrates, the content of complex carbohydrates make us full longer. A study in the British Journal of Nutrition found that eating complex carbohydrates can make us full for hours and also eat less than 320 calories per day. The content of nutrients in complex carbohydrates black rice is 75.5% starch, amylose 22.9%, anthocyanin 393.9 ppm, 51.5% amylopectin and beta-carotene 804 mg. Low calories and lower cholesterol levels, black rice has lesser calories than white rice. 351 kcal calorie black rice and white rice 357 kcal. Effects of anthocyanins which are very much in the black rice, make extracts from black rice capable of lowering cholesterol levels in the blood. High fiber and good for digestion, the fiber content in black rice is 20.1 grams per 100 grams. Compare with the white rice that is only 0.2 grams. Obviously the advantages of fiber black rice is beyond doubt.