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Some foods are said to be hot in nature e.g, dates, seasame seeds, mango and some foods are cold e.g, milk, curd, lime juice.
Similarlary some cereals such as oats are said to be heat producing food. Can anyone tell me under which category wheat and rice belong to.

Thanks

2006-08-26 23:37:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink Vegetarian & Vegan

5 answers

Wheat and rice belong to heat producing group

2006-08-27 00:40:02 · answer #1 · answered by Auntiem115 6 · 1 1

Wheat and rice are sattcic according to ayurvedic medicine, but I don't know if that's hot or cold, sorry.

2006-08-27 20:55:31 · answer #2 · answered by Joyce T 4 · 0 0

Both Grains

2006-08-27 16:24:07 · answer #3 · answered by Swirly 7 · 0 0

Wheat:

"Food Category Details

Flours (06.2.1)

Description:
Flour is produced from the milling of grain, cereals and tubers (e.g., cassava). Includes flour pastes for bread and flour confectionery, flour for bread, pastries, noodles and pasta, and flour mixes (physical mixtures of flours from different cereal or grain sources, which are different from mixes for bakery goods (dry mixes containing flour and other ingredients, categories 07.1.6 (mixes for ordinary bakery wares) and 07.2.3 (mixes for fine bakery wares)). Examples include: durum wheat flour, self-rising flour, enriched flour, instantized flour, corn flour, corn meal, bran, farina, roasted soybean flour (kinako), konjac flour (devil’s tongue jelly powder, konnayaku-ko), and maida (refined wheat flour)."

Rice:

"Food Category Details

Pre-cooked or processed rice products, including rice cakes (Oriental type only) (06.7)

Description:
Products prepared from rice that is soaked, drained, steamed, kneaded and shaped into cake forms (e.g., Japanese mochi, Korean teuck).1 Crisp snacks made from rice grains, also called “rice cakes” are categorized in 15.1, and dessert-type rice cakes are in 06.5. Category 06.7 would also include processed rice and enriched rice products, such as pre-cooked products that are sold canned, chilled or frozen; and processed rice products sold in retort pouches. This is to distinguish from category 06.1 (Whole, broken, or flaked grain, including rice) that is intended to include only whole, husked, unprocessed cereals and grains."

2006-08-27 06:48:45 · answer #4 · answered by OneRunningMan 6 · 1 2

they are carbohydrates and contain starch.

2006-08-27 06:44:52 · answer #5 · answered by Marushka 2 · 0 3

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