On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 17:08:38 -0800 (PST), Sheldon
> wrote:

>Otherwise other than starch white rice contains no
>nutrients whatsoever.

Perhaps if you grow it yourself, but...

Over 90% of the white rice sold in the US is enriched. It
has returned to it much of the nutrition stripped in its
milling.

As a result, it contains (in addition to the starch):

some protein, iron, niacin, thiamin, and folate.

All the best,
--
Kenneth

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