With white, brown, black, and red rice on the bench, it’s Adlai rice’s time to shine! Also known as “Job’s Tears,” this hearty grain can fulfill carb-loving Filipinos’ cravings for the ubiquitous hot white rice. And while our regular unli-servings are part of culture, it shouldn’t be routine for health to take a back seat.
Yet standing swaying on the same fields as wheat, corn, and rice, Adlai is an unsuspecting grain that’s both highly nutritious and equally delicious. Compared to white rice, Adlai has about the same energy as white rice (360 calories per 100g). But what sets it apart is the added benefits you get from making the switch – like getting a way better partner (at every meal).
The Benefits of Adlai
1. Lower carbs, higher protein.
Adlai has about 10% lower carbs and has 75% higher protein than white rice. It may not seem like much, but incremental benefits add up, real quick. Just ask anyone who’s into “oh, maybe one more doughnut…” We are what we eat, and 10% lower body fat sounds a whole lot better, right?
2. Your intermittent fasting best friend
With a glycemic index of 35, Adlai has roughly half the glycemic index of BOTH brown and white rice. That means blood sugar levels remain steadier throughout the day— keeping hunger pangs at bay, and making fasting that much easier. But just don’t take our word for it. Filipina-French VJ Solenn Heussaff herself says in her Hot Hacks blog that “healthy eating (doesn’t mean) depriving yourself of food,” before sharing, her tasty secret carb – adlai!
3. Anti-inflammatory
In today’s stress-strewn world we need all the help we can get. Researchers are studying Adlai’s anti-inflammatory properties for cancer treatment and prevention – but it works just fine to lower your body’s threshold for inflammation, and indirectly, aging.
4. Micronutrient powerhouse
Adlai has six times the amount of iron and more than double the amount of calcium as white rice. It also sports impressive levels of phosphorus, niacin, riboflavin, and thiamine. These nutrients are required by cells to perform a host of specialized functions. Nice to know you’re having them at every meal, huh?
5. May treat allergies and other skin diseases.
Aside for eating Adlai, it can also be sipped as a tea to ward off allergies. It’s anti-allergic, anti-mutagenic, and hypolipemic properties (combined) are thought to treat contact dermatitis.
6. Proud to be locally sourced.
Quinoa, bulgur, and amaranth are all ancient grains – but they’re also expensive and difficult to source. Adlai is an indigenous crop, grown mostly in Bukidnon and Cotabato. Help local farmers at every meal? Sounds like something to get the appetite going!
So whether as kakanin, in champorado, warm arroz caldo, or simply your rice replacement – Adlai’s sweet health benefits are there for you at every turn.
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