Talk:Black rice

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Blood tonifier

What is a “blood tonifier”? It seems to be another of those bogus health-sounding claims for a condition that exists only in the minds of those marketing a ‘cure’ (supplement, practice, device) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.19.216.78 (talk • contribs) 19:46, 21 October 2006‎ (UTC)[reply]

Sounds more like a bad translation of some folk tradition, likely meant to say that folk tradition attributes tonic qualities to it, "helps get your blood pumping", that sort of thing. Most cultures have dishes that are believed to perk people up when they're down or sick (western europe's/north america's chicken soup, eastern europe's honeyed milk, japan's rice gruel made with milk; that sort of thing), or dishes claimed to enhance virility or endurance (oysters, rare beef steaks, eels), etc... and though a large part of the benefit is emotional, there's generally some sound nutritional rationale behind it as well. 208.127.80.210 (talk) 16:29, 19 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Article subject

Is this article on black rice in general or forbidden rice in particular? It seems to go back and forth a lot. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.191.68.194 (talk) 04:15, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Including Iron

The page says 'including iron' too many times. 24.61.36.87 (talk) 15:05, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No squid?

I was told black rice is colored using a sack of black ink that's extracted from a squid. Was someone messin' with me? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.117.162.26 (talk) 15:45, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, I seem to recall that there are black risotto dishes are made in just that way. However, ‘naturally black’ rice does also exist. Ian Spackman (talk) 06:52, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, Italians do make pasta noodles and also risotto using squid ink. However, Black Rice is black due to the presence of antioxidants called anthocyanins- pretty much the same anthocyanins founds in blueberries. Actually pretty healthy stuff. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.240.229.133 (talk) 04:13, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Use of the term Forbidden Rice

This article uses the terms black rice and Forbidden Rice interchangeably. This is not correct since the term Forbidden Rice is the trademark of Lotus Foods Inc. Perhaps somebody is interested in starting a new page on the company? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leeidiot008 (talk • contribs) 16:18, 2 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I hear what your saying, however, the term "Forbidden Rice" has, in my opinion, become more mainstream. I see it everywhere from articles to games to blogs and even mentioned on talkshows and news reports. Keep in mind never have I seen or heard any of them mention that it is a trademarked term, as it apparently is. My point. I feel the term has slipped into being more of a mainstream term and is interchangable, and I even think it might lose it's protected statues in the next few years and become an untrademarked term. Deepintexas (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:35, 27 August 2010 (UTC).[reply]

Mainstream != generic. 205.238.208.115 (talk) 15:44, 26 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Blanca Isabel rice needs sources

The only source I can locate for Blanca Isabel rice is one article in the LSU newspaper. It appears to be available for sale locally in Louisiana but I'm unable to find any mainstream news or magazine articles about it. The USDA research appears not to have been published yet. The Blanca Isabel commercial web site is not a reliable source and I removed the links to it. It may be premature to include this variety in the article. Jojalozzo 04:32, 12 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like an advert to me, and should be probably be deleted. 92.14.24.19 (talk) 02:09, 10 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]