Rice Grain

Rice, like other grains, consists of three parts: the outer bran, the starchy endospern which makes up the bulk of the grain, and the germ, or heart. The bran and germ are the parts of the grain that provide the nutrition, and these are the parts that are removed in the process of refining the brown rice to white rice. White rice has an advantage over brown rice - it is resistant to insect infestation. It has so little nutrition even bugs aren't interested. There is nothing much in white rice, or in any refined grain such as white wheat flour, that would interest our cells either. The nutritious part, the bran, is Risotriene™.