is two cans of tuna over 1 cup cooked rice a good dinner?

Also, although I'm sure you think Whole Foods is full of world class scientists, here's a peer-reviewed publication for you: "In vitro analysis of the iron availability in fortified rice"

Not the most respected journal, but I don't care to do much more searching as I've read the literature on this topic already.

I'll sum it up for you. Basically, brown rice has ANTINUTRIENTS such as phytate which bind iron and other essential metal ions and decrease its absorption in the gut for several hours afterward.

The researchers conclude that brown rice should be fortified with extra iron among other nutrients) in order for it to have a NET benefit over white rice. Yes, brown rice has more iron. No, brown rice does not give you more iron because it is locked up by the phytate.

But go on trusting the scientific geniuses at Whole Foods.

More Rice wrote:

This process is the least damaging to the nutritional value of the rice and avoids the unnecessary loss of nutrients that occurs with further processing. If brown rice is further milled to remove the bran and most of the germ layer, the result is a whiter rice, but also a rice that has lost many more nutrients.

Brown rice is NOT high in nutrients.

The nutrient content is about the same either way.

However brown rice is much harder to digest and to get through the system.

sdfsfsdfsd wrote:

Why too much tuna? Calories wise? Mercury?

Try a 3:2 or even a 4:3 ratio.

What exactly does the "brown" do that is so great? Roughage? Vitamins? Can't we just get those from other vegetable sources?

I thought brown rice has more fiber so is good for your gut?

Can't believe this hasn't been mentioned yet.

If you want white rice, you should have BASMATI rice. It's Indian style rice. Much lower in GI and healthier. You can use basmati rice to have a pilaf which has more flavour, or incorporate your tuna and veges into the pilaf and cook them with the rice (you can stir the tuna through at the end).

And brown basmati rice is better yet, but hard to find.

Simple man wrote:

I thought brown rice has more fiber so is good for your gut?

Some fiber is okay, but too much is too much, and too much fiber can clog you up.

its a decent dinner but it sounds pretty bland in the flavor department

also, i dont care what is healthier, brown rice tastes like sht and white rice is awesome

If you want to remain single, yes.

Keychain go jangalang wrote:

If you want to remain single, yes.

damn, sign me up for two plates then

sdfsfsdfsd wrote:

Why too much tuna? Calories wise? Mercury?

Mercury. For a 180 pound adult, 3 cans of chunk light per week is the safe average intake over the long term. 2 in one day can become a dangerous habit.

Stay away from Albacore, it's way higher in mercury. In general always try to eat a littler fish. Mercury concentration increases as you move up the food chain. So salmon's better than tuna, and sardines best of all.

I learned this on a count-your-fish-mercury website somewhere. If you eat lots of fish, which you should, it's important to know.

A typical can of tuna is six ounces, right? Twelve ounces, two cans, is too much.

Bad Wigins wrote:

sdfsfsdfsd wrote:

Why too much tuna? Calories wise? Mercury?

Mercury. For a 180 pound adult, 3 cans of chunk light per week is the safe average intake over the long term. 2 in one day can become a dangerous habit.

Stay away from Albacore, it's way higher in mercury. In general always try to eat a littler fish. Mercury concentration increases as you move up the food chain. So salmon's better than tuna, and sardines best of all.

I learned this on a count-your-fish-mercury website somewhere. If you eat lots of fish, which you should, it's important to know.

You're tripping. Any TUNA from the OCEAN is bad for you and is high in MERCURY. Stay away from it. It is poison. Eat only farm-fresh TUNA or SAMON.

you mean "Are two cans of tuna over 1 cup cooked rice a good dinner?"

Bad Wigins wrote:

sdfsfsdfsd wrote:

Why too much tuna? Calories wise? Mercury?

Mercury. For a 180 pound adult, 3 cans of chunk light per week is the safe average intake over the long term. 2 in one day can become a dangerous habit.

Stay away from Albacore, it's way higher in mercury. In general always try to eat a littler fish. Mercury concentration increases as you move up the food chain. So salmon's better than tuna, and sardines best of all.

I learned this on a count-your-fish-mercury website somewhere. If you eat lots of fish, which you should, it's important to know.

This conversation has taken a somewhat amusing turn.

As I mentioned, the phytates in brown rice (which are negligible in white rice) bind iron and decrease intestinal absorption of other metals as well.

To repeat, brown rice decreases intestinal absorption of metals. Including mercury!

So if you're eating high mercury fish, you're advised to eat it with brown rice, so that the phytates can bind the harmful mercury. If it's a low mercury fish and you're feeling too tired to eat brown rice, feel free to go for the white rice.

Or, you could just have a cup of strong tea - which contains phytates and metal chelators - with the fish and eat it with white rice.

One cup cooked rice is almost nothing. You mean a cup uncooked that you then cooked?

Uuuuuuu wrote:

One cup cooked rice is almost nothing. You mean a cup uncooked that you then cooked?

I didn't pay attention to the portion size because it didn't seem important.

I assume he/she can eat as much rice as they want.

notevencloseman wrote:

Show me a scientific publication or accept defeat.

0/10. Back in your troll hole. Enjoy your pure starch, nearly vitamin-free "white" rice.

notevencloseman wrote:

To repeat, brown rice decreases intestinal absorption of metals. Including mercury!

Brown rice decreases intestinal absorption of anything, just like any fiber-rich "food." Fiber is not food for people, that's why it gets in the way.

OP, hold the rice and just eat the fish. But don't make a habit of eating 2 cans of tuna every day, let alone Albacore which is soaked to the gills with quicksilver. It'll kill you no matter how much brown rice you chase it with!

Eat tasty sardines and salmon like I said before. Sardines are little fish. Eat 'em up.