When you see kids eating rice.... remember this... It's nutrient-less food. You read that correct... Unless rice is served ith sufficent sauce ith protine, and vegetables in it.... it fills a belly, but provides neglable nutrient value to a humans diet.
The article comments... "even if their bellies are full every day".... I can assure you that most children rarely ever get a belly full of rice. I see children being served in a communal bowl, the equlivant of about 1/2- 3/4 of a cup a rice per person in a bowl. The sauce is little, and rarely contains much more than a few pieces of onion and a little tomato(Paste) in the sauce as the base. A sack of rice keeps people alive, but that is about it. "Malo" is the Bambara word for Rice. This is an interesting article.
"We learned white rice is not healthy and we strip away a lot of the vitamins and nutrients during the processing. So countries like Mali that have people who depend heavily on white rice, and don't have access to meat or vegetables or other sources or nutrition, have serious nutritional problems, even if their bellies are full every day. (Salif Romano Niang.Co-fouder of "Malo")
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