Rice digestion?

[Cubit]

I'm wondering if the body can digest uncooked rice?

The reason I am asking is that my emergency supply of food is
a 25 pound bag of rice. I figure it would take months for me
to cook and eat it all, and it was cheap, under $5. My concern
is that a disaster or famine could include an interruption of
utilities. Cooking the rice could be an insurmountable
problem. Thus, I guess, I would eat the rice raw. Would it
pass through my system undigested, or is the body powerful
enough to break it down?

[Jeff]

Eat some. If you have turds with white spots in tehm, it goes
undigested. Actually, I suspect that it will be digested.

Jeff

"Cubit" <no@no.not> wrote in message
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> I'm wondering if the body can digest uncooked rice?
>
>
> The reason I am asking is that my emergency supply of food
> is a 25 pound
bag
> of rice. I figure it would take months for me to cook and
> eat it all, and it was cheap, under $5. My concern is that a
> disaster or famine could include an interruption of
> utilities. Cooking the rice could be an insurmountable
> problem. Thus, I guess, I would eat the rice raw. Would
it
> pass through my system undigested, or is the body powerful
> enough to break it down?

[Mxsmanic]

Cubit writes:

> I'm wondering if the body can digest uncooked rice?

Yes, it can. It's just starch with a bit of fiber.

Cooking the rice tenderizes it and speeds digestion, but
uncooked rice is quite digestible as well. If you have water
and heat, though, you'll get better results by cooking it at
least a bit.

> The reason I am asking is that my emergency supply of food
> is a 25 pound bag of rice. I figure it would take months for
> me to cook and eat it all, and it was cheap, under $5. My
> concern is that a disaster or famine could include an
> interruption of utilities. Cooking the rice could be an
> insurmountable problem. Thus, I guess, I would eat the rice
> raw. Would it pass through my system undigested, or is the
> body powerful enough to break it down?

You'd digest most of it. Some of it might get through
undigested. It would still be a good source of food. If you
could soak it in water first (if clean water were available),
that would help, cooked or not. If you don't get it wet, your
digestive system will have to do that, so it works out to the
same water requirement either way.

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[George W.]

"Cubit" <no@no.not> wrote in message
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> I'm wondering if the body can digest uncooked rice?
>
>
> The reason I am asking is that my emergency supply of food
> is a 25 pound
bag
> of rice. I figure it would take months for me to cook and
> eat it all, and it was cheap, under $5. My concern is that a
> disaster or famine could include an interruption of
> utilities. Cooking the rice could be an insurmountable
> problem. Thus, I guess, I would eat the rice raw. Would
it
> pass through my system undigested, or is the body powerful
> enough to break it down?

Well, at least soak it in water for 4-8 hours: that will make
it more digestible. Why did you choose a bag of rice for your
"emergency supply of food"? That's not a very prudent or
practical choice.

[Mxsmanic]

George W. Cherry writes:

> Why did you choose a bag of rice for your "emergency supply
> of food"? That's not a very prudent or practical choice.

What's imprudent or impractical about it? It keeps for a long
time, it provides plenty of calories and some fiber, and it's
easy to prepare (and it can be eaten raw in a pinch). Several
billion people eat rice regularly and it seems to suit them
quite well.

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[Cubit]

Thank you.

I didn't think to soak it for a while before eating.

"Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Cubit writes:
>
> > I'm wondering if the body can digest uncooked rice?
>
> Yes, it can. It's just starch with a bit of fiber.
>
> Cooking the rice tenderizes it and speeds digestion, but
> uncooked rice is quite digestible as well. If you have water
> and heat, though, you'll get better results by cooking it at
> least a bit.
>
> > The reason I am asking is that my emergency supply of food
> > is a 25 pound
bag
> > of rice. I figure it would take months for me to cook and
> > eat it all,
and
> > it was cheap, under $5. My concern is that a disaster or
> > famine could include an interruption of utilities. Cooking
> > the rice could be an insurmountable problem. Thus, I
> > guess, I would eat the rice raw. Would
it
> > pass through my system undigested, or is the body powerful
> > enough to
break
> > it down?
>
> You'd digest most of it. Some of it might get through
> undigested. It would still be a good source of food. If you
> could soak it in water first (if clean water were
> available), that would help, cooked or not. If you don't get
> it wet, your digestive system will have to do that, so it
> works out to the same water requirement either way.
>
> --
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[Pizza Girl]

Possibly soak in water and steep in sunlight like a cold tea.

"Cubit" <no@no.not> wrote in message
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> Thank you.
>
> I didn't think to soak it for a while before eating.
>
>
> "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:j1vb20tjtrrfo3hsfjdp1tn1r4320q0uhh@4ax.com...
> > Cubit writes:
> >
> > > I'm wondering if the body can digest uncooked rice?
> >
> > Yes, it can. It's just starch with a bit of fiber.
> >
> > Cooking the rice tenderizes it and speeds digestion, but
> > uncooked rice is quite digestible as well. If you have
> > water and heat, though, you'll get better results by
> > cooking it at least a bit.
> >
> > > The reason I am asking is that my emergency supply of
> > > food is a 25
pound
> bag
> > > of rice. I figure it would take months for me to cook
> > > and eat it all,
> and
> > > it was cheap, under $5. My concern is that a disaster or
> > > famine could include an interruption of utilities.
> > > Cooking the rice could be an insurmountable problem.
> > > Thus, I guess, I would eat the rice raw.
Would
> it
> > > pass through my system undigested, or is the body
> > > powerful enough to
> break
> > > it down?
> >
> > You'd digest most of it. Some of it might get through
> > undigested. It would still be a good source of food. If
> > you could soak it in water first (if clean water were
> > available), that would help, cooked or not. If you don't
> > get it wet, your digestive system will have to do that, so
> > it works out to the same water requirement either way.
> >
> > --
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> > reach me
directly.

[John 'The]

Once upon a time, our fellow Cubit rambled on about "Re: Rice
digestion?." Our champion De-Medicalizing in sci.med.nutrition
retorts, thusly ...

>> I'm wondering if the body can digest uncooked rice?

Aaackk! You mean that you are actually supposed to cook rice?

Ha, ... Hah, Ha!

[John 'The]

Once upon a time, our fellow Mxsmanic rambled on about "Re:
Rice digestion?." Our champion De-Medicalizing in
sci.med.nutrition retorts, thusly ...

>Several billion people eat rice regularly and it seems to
>suit them quite well.

Yeah, ...Especially for those those who like to distill it!

Ha, ... Hah, Ha!

[Alf Christ]

On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 03:30:21 GMT, "Cubit" <no@no.not> wrote:

>I'm wondering if the body can digest uncooked rice?

In very small most probably, yes.

But they swell in stomach, so be careful.

A worker I met as a very little child (he died very old when
I was about 7 year old) was very found of rice porridge and
just after 2. WW, he, as many other got a ration of porridge
rice (round, glutinous rice) of which he of course did make a
portion of porridge, but did not wait until properly boiled
before he ate everything. In the evening he was heard by
neighbours, laying on the floor, fighting with big stomach
pains, uttering, "if I ever could get rid of at least one
rice grain!". He had filled his stomach, and afterwards, the
rice continued to swell and overfilled and stretched his
stomach terribly.

[Mxsmanic]

Alf Christophersen writes:

> But they swell in stomach, so be careful.

Rice swells very little when cooked or hydrated. Just look at
cooked rice, and you'll see.

The tales of rice swelling in the stomach are urban legends,
usually told about birds rather than people, but equally
inaccurate in both cases.

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[Pizza Girl]

Says the blind man (and troll)

"Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Alf Christophersen writes:
>
> > But they swell in stomach, so be careful.
>
> Rice swells very little when cooked or hydrated. Just look
> at cooked rice, and you'll see.
>
> The tales of rice swelling in the stomach are urban legends,
> usually told about birds rather than people, but equally
> inaccurate in both cases.
>
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