Forbidden Rice

[Thunder_Gooch]

Supposedly forbidden rice was grown only for the emperors as it was considered highly valuable and full of chi. It's black and dark purple when cooked because of its high anthocyanin content (the chemical that colors blueberries)

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_rice

 

 

 

I've been eating a lot of this along with purple corn, black beans and dried blueberries

 

http://content.herbalgram.org/abc/herbalgr...view.asp?a=2779

 

I've been reading a lot about vision changes that occur when eating dark purple foods with high anthocyanin content. I've noticed enhanced color depth, contrast and crispness in my vision. Need for glasses is heavily reduced and its only been a week since I started eating these foods.

 

Just wanted to share with you guys.

Edited July 17, 2009 by More_Pie_Guy

[Aetherous]

There is a dish at this Korean place near me that has this in it. Really amazing. The dish altogether was very energizing. It had fresh cilantro in it, black beans, normal corn, steak...some other stuff, as well. If I go there soon I'll get the recipe.

[gendao]

Supposedly forbidden rice was grown only for the emperors as it was considered highly valuable and full of chi. It's black and dark purple when cooked because of its high anthocyanin content (the chemical that colors blueberries)

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_rice

I've been eating a lot of this along with purple corn, black beans and dried blueberries

 

http://content.herbalgram.org/abc/herbalgr...view.asp?a=2779

 

I've been reading a lot about vision changes that occur when eating dark purple foods with high anthocyanin content. I've noticed enhanced color depth, contrast and crispness in my vision. Need for glasses is heavily reduced and its only been a week since I started eating these foods.

Very cool!

 

But where do you buy this stuff?

[Thunder_Gooch]

Very cool!

 

But where do you buy this stuff?

 

been getting mine off amazon.com if you sort around you can find really low prices. Oh and amazon has a really awesome selection of teas too!

 

also you can sort by best selling which gives you a good idea of which products are best then you can find the lowest price for that one. also check ebay and google shopping and reseller ratings for the lowest price if its a brand name item. the purple corn and forbidden purple rice are rather cheap compared to dried blueberries. $4.00/lb vs $12/lb some other foods that seem very cheap and high in antioxidants and low in pesticides are brussel sprouts and tomato powder/paste , tumeric powder, walnuts and brazil nuts.

Edited July 17, 2009 by More_Pie_Guy

[z00se]

It's good if you're getting some good health benefits from these foods but i'm living in China and the corn and black rice are common here. I just asked my chinese wife and she said she's never heard of it being emprerors food or anything special, just normal black rice She says it has good nutrional content though but she says that about lots of things. I was very into all the eastern medicine and nutition stuff and thats one of the main reasons i came to china but since i've been here i've realised that in the west theres alot of mysticism and magical wonder put into alot eastern things and really it's not mystical at all. The ability of western doctors to take the heart out of 1 person and put it into another person and make them live again... to me i now look at that as though it is some true magic and very great.

[Mal]

Toss some wild rice Zizania palustris into your rice cooker with some long grain brown rice. It cooks in the same amount of time and is delicious.