Rice Bran May Reduce Risk of Intestinal Cancer

Rice bran (the by-product of the rice milling process) could reduce the risk of intestinal cancer, according to biomedical scientist at the University of Leicester.

Though not tested in humans yet,  findings from laboratory research has been promising.

According to Professor Andreas Gescher of the University of Leicester in the UK, the study’s principal investigator:

“We compared the cancer-preventive efficacy of rice bran with respect to prostate, breast and intestinal cancers. Whilst there was no effect of rice bran on the development of prostate or breast cancer, rice bran significantly retarded the development of intestinal adenomas. The effect was dependent on the fibre content of the bran.”

Bran from wheat and rye have been found to have anti-cancer properties but this study, published in the British Journal of Cancer, is the first study to reveal the anti-cancer properties of rice bran.

I am a rice person and my ancestors have been eating rice since the beginning of time, the bran in rice is normally removed from the kernel and is used here as a component of feeds for livestock animals like chickens and pigs.

In this study, stabilized rice bran was used: NutraCea Stabilized Rice Bran Regular and NutraCea RiSolubles® – both produced by NutraCea in the U.S.

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