Weight Control Facts
It is the sum of what you eat and the amount of activity that you do that really counts.
- A half-cup serve (80g) of cooked white rice typically provides about 5% of the daily energy needs for an average adult.
- The same serve size of cooked brown rice typically provides about 6% of an average adult’s daily energy needs. This energy content isn’t regarded as unduly high or 'fattening'.
- Nutrition experts recommend at least half the kilojoules/calories we consume should come from carbohydrates. Rice is an excellent source of carbohydrate to help power the body and keep the cogs churning.
- Carbohydrates aren’t fattening! Weight gain happens when the amount of energy (kilojoules/calories) taken in through food exceeds the amount of energy burned up through daily physical activity and exercise.
- Carbohydrate kilojoules are no more 'fattening' than protein calories or fat calories.
- It is the sum of what you eat and the amount of activity that you do that really counts.
