Brown Rice and Wild Rice Stack Up

Cooking Light magazine reports that brown rice and wild rice are easy whole grain additions to your diet. Both contain fiber, iron, B vitamins, and vitamin E. Based on a 1/2 cup cooked portion size, these are how the two add up for nutritional content.

Brown rice: 109 calories, 4 micrograms folate, 10 micrograms selenium
Wild rice: 83 calories, 21 micrograms folate, 0.6 micrograms selenium

*Did you know selenium is an antioxidant that regulates your thyroid gland and boosts your immune system?

Reference: Cooking Light Magazine, March 2007, p. 28

This entry was posted on Friday, February 23rd, 2007 at 1:47 pm and is filed under Antioxidants, B vitamins, Fiber, Immune system, Iron, Vitamin E, Whole grains. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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