Rice digestion?

Eat some. If you have turds with white spots in tehm, it goes undigested. Actually, I suspect that
it will be digested.

Jeff

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I'm wondering if the body can digest uncooked rice?

The reason I am asking is that my emergency supply of food is a 25 pound

bag

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of rice. I figure it would take months for me to cook and eat it all, and it was cheap, under $5.
My concern is that a disaster or famine could include an interruption of utilities. Cooking the
rice could be an insurmountable problem. Thus, I guess, I would eat the rice raw. Would

it

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pass through my system undigested, or is the body powerful enough to break it down?

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I'm wondering if the body can digest uncooked rice?

The reason I am asking is that my emergency supply of food is a 25 pound

bag

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of rice. I figure it would take months for me to cook and eat it all, and it was cheap, under $5.
My concern is that a disaster or famine could include an interruption of utilities. Cooking the
rice could be an insurmountable problem. Thus, I guess, I would eat the rice raw. Would

it

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pass through my system undigested, or is the body powerful enough to break it down?

Well, at least soak it in water for 4-8 hours: that will make it more digestible. Why did you choose
a bag of rice for your "emergency supply of food"? That's not a very prudent or practical choice.

Cubit said:

I'm wondering if the body can digest uncooked rice?

Yes, it can. It's just starch with a bit of fiber.

Cooking the rice tenderizes it and speeds digestion, but uncooked rice is quite digestible as well.
If you have water and heat, though, you'll get better results by cooking it at least a bit.

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The reason I am asking is that my emergency supply of food is a 25 pound bag of rice. I figure it
would take months for me to cook and eat it all, and it was cheap, under $5. My concern is that a
disaster or famine could include an interruption of utilities. Cooking the rice could be an
insurmountable problem. Thus, I guess, I would eat the rice raw. Would it pass through my system
undigested, or is the body powerful enough to break it down?

You'd digest most of it. Some of it might get through undigested. It would still be a good source of
food. If you could soak it in water first (if clean water were available), that would help, cooked
or not. If you don't get it wet, your digestive system will have to do that, so it works out to the
same water requirement either way.

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George W. Cherry said:

Why did you choose a bag of rice for your "emergency supply of food"? That's not a very prudent or
practical choice.

What's imprudent or impractical about it? It keeps for a long time, it provides plenty of calories
and some fiber, and it's easy to prepare (and it can be eaten raw in a pinch). Several billion
people eat rice regularly and it seems to suit them quite well.

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Thank you.

I didn't think to soak it for a while before eating.

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Cubit said:

I'm wondering if the body can digest uncooked rice?

Yes, it can. It's just starch with a bit of fiber.

Cooking the rice tenderizes it and speeds digestion, but uncooked rice is quite digestible as
well. If you have water and heat, though, you'll get better results by cooking it at least a bit.

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The reason I am asking is that my emergency supply of food is a 25 pound

bag

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of rice. I figure it would take months for me to cook and eat it all,

and

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it was cheap, under $5. My concern is that a disaster or famine could include an interruption of
utilities. Cooking the rice could be an insurmountable problem. Thus, I guess, I would eat the
rice raw. Would

it

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pass through my system undigested, or is the body powerful enough to

break

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it down?

You'd digest most of it. Some of it might get through undigested. It would still be a good source
of food. If you could soak it in water first (if clean water were available), that would help,
cooked or not. If you don't get it wet, your digestive system will have to do that, so it works
out to the same water requirement either way.

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Possibly soak in water and steep in sunlight like a cold tea.

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Thank you.

I didn't think to soak it for a while before eating.

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Cubit said:

I'm wondering if the body can digest uncooked rice?

Yes, it can. It's just starch with a bit of fiber.

Cooking the rice tenderizes it and speeds digestion, but uncooked rice is quite digestible
as well. If you have water and heat, though, you'll get better results by cooking it at
least a bit.

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The reason I am asking is that my emergency supply of food is a 25

pound

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bag

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of rice. I figure it would take months for me to cook and eat it all,

and

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it was cheap, under $5. My concern is that a disaster or famine could include an interruption
of utilities. Cooking the rice could be an insurmountable problem. Thus, I guess, I would eat
the rice raw.

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it

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pass through my system undigested, or is the body powerful enough to

break

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it down?

You'd digest most of it. Some of it might get through undigested. It would still be a good
source of food. If you could soak it in water first (if clean water were available), that would
help, cooked or not. If you don't get it wet, your digestive system will have to do that, so it
works out to the same water requirement either way.

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I'm wondering if the body can digest uncooked rice?

Aaackk! You mean that you are actually supposed to cook rice?

Ha, ... Hah, Ha!

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Several billion people eat rice regularly and it seems to suit them quite well.

Yeah, ...Especially for those those who like to distill it!

Ha, ... Hah, Ha!

Cubit said:

I'm wondering if the body can digest uncooked rice?

In very small most probably, yes.

But they swell in stomach, so be careful.

A worker I met as a very little child (he died very old when I was about 7 year old) was very found
of rice porridge and just after 2. WW, he, as many other got a ration of porridge rice (round,
glutinous rice) of which he of course did make a portion of porridge, but did not wait until
properly boiled before he ate everything. In the evening he was heard by neighbours, laying on the
floor, fighting with big stomach pains, uttering, "if I ever could get rid of at least one rice
grain!". He had filled his stomach, and afterwards, the rice continued to swell and overfilled and
stretched his stomach terribly.

Alf Christophersen said:

But they swell in stomach, so be careful.

Rice swells very little when cooked or hydrated. Just look at cooked rice, and you'll see.

The tales of rice swelling in the stomach are urban legends, usually told about birds rather than
people, but equally inaccurate in both cases.

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Says the blind man (and troll)

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Alf Christophersen said:

But they swell in stomach, so be careful.

Rice swells very little when cooked or hydrated. Just look at cooked rice, and you'll see.

The tales of rice swelling in the stomach are urban legends, usually told about birds rather than
people, but equally inaccurate in both cases.

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