Is it really the best bang for your buck regarding cost/satiety ? I have switched to purely brown rice from pimco and the cost different is minimal , 23 pesos per pound white rice and 28 pesos per pound with brown rice.. I feel like I can eat half the amount of brown rice and be just as full as if I had eaten double the amount of white rice..
I would think that other carb sources here are a better bang for your buck but it just seems like white rice is so dominant.. what about plantains (fairly popular, not as much as white rice though), batatas (delicious white sweet potatoe that is cheap as HECK), Yuca, Yautia, and the list goes on with low cost high quality carb sources. The only answer I can find is the convenience of white rice, but when it comes down to not having enough money to eat for some, why would convenience even factor in? You would never be able to eat the same amount of batata (pricewise) as you would white rice, it would just be too much.
I would think that other carb sources here are a better bang for your buck but it just seems like white rice is so dominant.. what about plantains (fairly popular, not as much as white rice though), batatas (delicious white sweet potatoe that is cheap as HECK), Yuca, Yautia, and the list goes on with low cost high quality carb sources. The only answer I can find is the convenience of white rice, but when it comes down to not having enough money to eat for some, why would convenience even factor in? You would never be able to eat the same amount of batata (pricewise) as you would white rice, it would just be too much.