Here's a great post by Kurt Harris: http://www.paleonu.com/panu-weblog/2011 ... festo.html
That post and his blog in general are definitely worth reading.
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"Paleo 2.0"
Started by Donar, March 31, 2011 · 3 Replies · 3,751 Views
Very interesting read. Probably the most logical and informative method that I've read for constructing a "paleo" diet. One thing that I thought was a little strange: He said that corn and white rice were "acceptable" non-gluten grains although white and sweet potatoes were better forms of startch. Why white rice over brown rice? The only thing I can think of is that some of the fat is removed in going from brown to white. The Omega 6 to 3 ratio of brown rice is about 22:1 while the ratio in white rice is about 5:1, although both have relatively low fat to begin with. Is that the main reason?
grprahl said:Why white rice over brown rice? The only thing I can think of is that some of the fat is removed in going from brown to white. The Omega 6 to 3 ratio of brown rice is about 22:1 while the ratio in white rice is about 5:1, although both have relatively low fat to begin with. Is that the main reason?
It probably has more to do with anti-nutrients. While rice doesn't contain gluten, it has other bad things in there. I assume that in processing it to make it "white", you also lose some of those anti-nutrients. I've heard this argument elsewhere.
Like phrak said, it has more to do with anti-nutrients. Read this post about rice: