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If you eat brown rice with any regularity I recommend removing the phytic acid through this method. Since brown rice is low in the enzyme phytase, a starter is used to increase the enzyme content and break down the phytic acid. Brown rice needs to be thoroughly cooked until the rice burst open. Even better than whole brown rice is cooking with a partially milled rice in which some of the bran is removed. Alter Eco tm Fair Trade sells semi-polished red rice. Ethnic food stores may carry this type of rice.
1, Soak brown rice in clean water for 16-24 hours at room temperature, without changing the water. Reserve 10 percent of the soaking liquid(which should keep for a long time in the fridge). Discard remaining soaking liquid. Cook rice with clean water. This will break down about 30-50 percent of the phytic acid. 2, The next time you make brown rice, use the same procedure as above with a fresh batch of clean water, and add the 10 percent soaking liquid reserved from the last batch. This will break down more phytic acid. 3, Repeat the cycle of fresh water soaking with the previous 10 percent reserve. The process will gradually improve until 96 percent or more of the phytic acid degraded at 24 hours. It takes about four rounds to get to 96 percent.
Note: You can prepare a phytase-rich starter using small batches of brown rice in case you don't want to eat the higher phytate rice.
In the ancient Vedic diet, rice would always be prepared with turmeric, cardamon, cinnamon, cloves and other pungent spices which have a synergistic effect against rice anti- nutrients as well as enhance overall digestion.
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