W.A.L.T write about rice and what it is good for.

Athlete and Rice.

Growing, selling and eating rice is integral to the culture of many countries. In China, it has been suggested that rice has been raised for 3000-4000 years, where it gradually rose to become an important part of life. China’s rural culture has developed around the growing of rice, and foods made from rice are the basis of festivals such as the Land Opening Festival, which marks the start of the rice cultivation season, and the Spring Festival. So why is rice so important?

Rice is a main ingredient in meals and will keep you strong and healthy. When people think about unhealthy, refined foods they often think of one color: white. And oftentimes this unhealthy, white food has a healthy brown counterpart. White sugar and brown sugar, white flour and whole flour. Although it may be true for most foods that white version is unhealthier than the brown version, rice seems to be one of the only exceptions. As a cereal grain, it is the most widely consumed staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in Asia. It is the agricultural commodity with the third-highest worldwide production, after sugarcane and maize, according to 2012 FAOSTAT data.

Rice is an important source of food for the athlete and will keep up their energy and stamina.