Black rice bran may help fight disease-related inflammation

American Chemical Society ^ | October 20, 2010 | Unknown

[decimon]

Scientists are reporting evidence that black rice — a little-known variety of the grain that is the staple food for one-third of the world population — may help soothe the inflammation involved in allergies, asthma, and other diseases. Their study appears in ACS' bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

Mendel Friedman and colleagues point out that their previous research showed several potential health benefits of eating black rice bran. Bran is the outer husk of the grain, which is removed during the processing of brown rice to produce the familiar white rice. Those experiments, which were done in cell cultures, hinted that black rice bran suppressed the release of histamine, which causes inflammation.

In the new study, they tested the effects of black rice bran extract on skin inflammation in laboratory mice. When they injected the extract into the mice, it reduced skin inflammation by about 32 percent compared to control animals and also decreased production of certain substances known to promote inflammation. Brown rice bran extract did not have these effects, they say. When the scientists fed the mice a diet containing 10 percent black rice bran, it reduced swelling associated with allergic contact dermatitis, a common type of skin irritation. The findings "further demonstrate the potential value of black rice bran as an anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic food ingredient and possibly also as a therapeutic agent for the treatment and prevention of diseases associated with chronic inflammation," the article notes.

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CONTACT: Mendel Friedman, Ph.D. Western Regional Research Center Agricultural Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture Albany, Calif. 94710 Phone: (510) 559-5615 Fax: (510) 559-6162 Email: Mendel.Friedman@ars.usda.gov

[decimon]

Bran dishing ping.

[Islander7]

...black rice...may help soothe the inflammation involved in allergies, asthma, and other diseases...

Condie will be pleased.

[Question Liberal Authority]

I believe you’re supposed to call it “African-American Rice Bran” now.

[webheart]

Did you know that rice is a staple food for one-third of the world’s population? I don’t know what that has to do with the story, but it sure makes the author look smart.

[JoeProBono]

Black rice has an antioxidant properties more than blueberries with the advantage being cheaper than the blueberries that is considerd to be expensive source for antioxidants. Black rice bran is rich in anthocyanin antioxidants, substances that show promise for fighting heart disease, cancer and other diseases and it may be used by food manufacturers to boost the nutrition of breakfast cereals, beverages, cakes, cookies and other foods. Black rice bran would be a unique and economical material to increase consumption of health promoting antioxidants Black rice bran may be even healthier than brown rice bran Black rice has deep black color and turns deep purple after cooking. It has a high mineral content and like other rice supplies several amino acids.

[RegulatorCountry]

Well, that’s not the most appealing-looking dish. Looks like a pile of roasted fire ants.

[neverdem]

BTTT! I like these ACS pressers. They give the URL to FReebies.

[JoeProBono]

Fire Ants on a Log

[decimon]

Black rice has an antioxidant properties more than blueberries...

Got. It. Covered. ;-)

Black rice rivals pricey blueberries as source of healthful antioxidants

[JoeProBono]

Paella Negra from Sitges, Spain

[Moltke]

black rice — a little-known variety of the grain that is the staple food for one-third of the world population

It feeds one-third of the world population but is "little known"? What kind of asinine statement is that?

[decimon]

It says that rice is the staple and not black rice.

[decimon]

I’ll bet that paella is good despite how it looks in that picture.

[GOPJ]

Did you know that rice is a staple food for one-third of the world’s population? I don’t know what that has to do with the story, but it sure makes the author look smart.

Nah - he's trying to tell us that he's NOT a hick - like his readers. All those third world rice eaters are MUCH smarter than yucky middle class Americans. I hate to break it to the liberal, but when folks in 'rice eating' cultures get some money, they eat meat. Ask the Chinese.

[GOPJ]

Did you know that rice is a staple food for one-third of the world’s population? I don’t know what that has to do with the story, but it sure makes the author look smart.

Nah - he's trying to tell us that he's NOT a hick - like his readers. All those third world rice eaters are MUCH smarter than yucky middle class Americans. I hate to break it to the liberal, but when folks in 'rice eating' cultures get some money, they eat meat. Ask the Chinese.

Me? I have Red Elephant Jasmine and Indian Basmati rice here - and almost bought red rice last week in an Asian Market. But unlike the reporter who wrote this, I don't need to lord my eating habits over folks who prefer mashed potatoes.

[JoeProBono]

Lived in Spain - made paella. Black rice not a bad idea! Sqiud in ink was challenging, though.

[Moltke]

Ah - I believe you are correct. I misinterpreted the statement “a variety of the grain that is...”

[decimon]

Ah - I believe you are correct. I misinterpreted the statement “a variety of the grain that is...”

I had to read that twice when I first skimmed the article.