Black Rice Is Cheap Way to Get Antioxidants Study Shows Black
Rice Is Good Source of Healthy Antioxidants and Vitamin E Aug.
26, 2010 -- Inexpensive black rice contains health-promoting
anthocyanin antioxidants, similar to those found in blackberries
and blueberries, new research from Louisiana State University
indicates. "Just a spoonful of black rice bran contains more
health promoting anthocyanin antioxidants than are found in a
spoonful of blueberries, but with less sugar and more fiber and
vitamin E antioxidants," Zhimin Xu, PhD, of Louisiana State
University Agricultural Center, says in a news release. "If
berries are used to boost health, why not black rice and black
rice bran?" Xu and colleagues analyzed samples of black rice
bran from rice grown in the Southern U.S. He says black rice
bran would be a unique and inexpensive way to increase people's
intake of antioxidants, which promote health. Black rice is rich
in anthocyanin antioxidants, substances that show promise for
fighting cancer, heart disea