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> People like to eat white rice, because they've been doing so for thousands of years with no ill-effects

As pointed out, human society is wealthier and we're eating more white rice than ever. Since its considered 'superior' to other cereals, we eat it to the exclusion of other cereals. In Japan, for instance, eating too much white rice almost sank the Japanese navy [1]

[1] - https://medium.com/war-is-boring/eating-too-much-rice-almost...