All posts tagged with rice

(Natural News) There is no shortage in demand for rice in China. However, meeting that demand is a different story, especially when it comes to freshwater used to grow that country’s rice crops. After seeing an opportunity the improve China’s rice farming methods, 87-year-old scientist Yuan Longping decided to take it upon himself to develop […]

(Natural News) The world’s largest repository of crop seeds recently celebrated its 10th-year anniversary. And to mark the occasion, it received shipments of more than 70,000 additional crop varieties from a total of 23 different institutions for it to store. This new shipment just about bumped up its number of stored seeds over the one […]

(Natural News) Also known as Washoku, traditional Japanese diet is known to be nutritious and balanced. However, its benefits on mental health have not been studied until recently. A study published in the journal PLOS One found that rice, which is the center of a traditional Japanese diet, can help improve mental health. A team […]

(Natural News) A comprehensive study reveals evidence of the beneficial properties of substituting whole grains to refined grain diets – such as losing weight and reducing inflammation – particularly among overweight people who are most at risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and type-2 diabetes. Researchers from the National Food Institute worked together with the Department […]

(Natural News) In the past, experts have warned that eating leftover rice could cause a case of food poisoning. Cooking rice unfortunately doesn’t always destroy all the pathogens residing on it; there is also a higher risk of food poisoning when rice is left at room temperature. Dr. Bejamin Chapman, North Carolina State University’s resident […]

(Natural News) Things are finally turning around for the better in India after more than a decade of progressive crop failures, bankruptcies, and even suicides resulting from the country’s unfortunate adoption of biotechnology. Going against the grain of mainstream thought, many Indian farmers are deciding to ditch the GMOs and chemicals and go completely organic […]

(Natural News) Researchers at the University of Delaware have discovered that adding rice husk to soil can minimize noxious inorganic arsenic levels in rice grain by approximately 25 to 50 percent without negatively impacting yield. Angelia Seyfferth, assistant professor in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, […]

(Natural News) In late June 2016, the Telegraph reported that the United Kingdom would soon be allowing rice grown from the radiation-contaminated Fukushima region of Japan to be sold on store shelves again. This will be the first time food from this region will be sold in the UK since the 2011 accident occurred. This will […]