brown rice
noun
: hulled but unpolished rice that retains most of the bran layers, endosperm, and germ
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Serve with whole grains like brown rice, which adds 5 grams of protein per cooked cup, bringing the total to 23 grams.15
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Johna Burdeos, Health, 3 Feb. 2025
One cup of cooked, long-grain brown rice provides 12 mcg of selenium.7
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—Carrie Madormo, Rn, Mph, Verywell Health, 1 Feb. 2025
Sanger recommends opting for brown rice, which has 0.8 mg of iron for every one cup cooked.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2025
Mangione’s other meal choices in prison so far have included tacos or bean wrap filling, barbecue chicken or brown rice with vegetables, chicken tetrazzini, a hamburger, porcupine meatball, and mashed potatoes, per TMZ.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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Johna Burdeos, Health, 3 Feb. 2025
One cup of cooked, long-grain brown rice provides 12 mcg of selenium.7
13.
—Carrie Madormo, Rn, Mph, Verywell Health, 1 Feb. 2025
Sanger recommends opting for brown rice, which has 0.8 mg of iron for every one cup cooked.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2025
Mangione’s other meal choices in prison so far have included tacos or bean wrap filling, barbecue chicken or brown rice with vegetables, chicken tetrazzini, a hamburger, porcupine meatball, and mashed potatoes, per TMZ.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Brown rice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brown%20rice. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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