Re: how does the germ in brown rice (supposedly) go rancid?

[Guest guest]

According to Tom Valentine, who actually did some testing on rice, whole rice sold in air tight packages does not go rancid, but rice in the bins does go rancid. Sally Fallon

[Guest guest]

I thought that all grains go rancid. I know that when I've kept

grains in my pantry for several months that they smell rancid when I

open the jar, rice and quinoa especially.

Gianine

>

> Why is rice different from other grains that don't go rancid in

their

> whole form? Or is this another bizarre health-food rumor?

>

> Soren

[Guest guest]

safallon@... writes:

> According to Tom Valentine, who actually did some testing on rice, whole rice

> sold in air tight packages does not go rancid, but rice in the bins does go

> rancid.  Sally Fallon

Ok. so it's true, but I don't understand why. What's so wildly

different about the morphology of rice that this happens?

Soren

[Guest guest]

A lot more exposure ot air, I guess. Sally