Is white rice truly 'empty' calories? This is the staple food of Japan, yet they have...?

At at typical home dinner in Japan, a typical family member might eat two bowls of rice. Each bowl would be 150 grams of refined white rice. 150 grams of refined white rice has 3.5 grams of pro…

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