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
