Rice bran is the part of the rice kernel that is removed from the rice in the milling process of making white rice. While its high quality nutritional value is well known, it was deemed unusable by the food and drug administration. This was because the rice bran ferments or goes bad very quickly. Because of this, 16 millions tons of Rice Bran was either turned into the soil, burned or discarded. It was the planets biggest unused food source. Until now.

16 Million tons of a highly nutritional food source has been made available where there once was none. This has great possibilities to help allot of human beings. This very nutritious food stuff is found all over the world and can be included in hundreds of ways to help areas in the globe suffering from starvation and malnutrition.

Vitamin E has been widely studied for its potential health benefits. The beneficial elements are called tocopherols and tocotrienols. Antioxidant properties seem to be more abundant in tocotrienols and are being more deeply scrutinized in scientific research.

The best form of TRF comes from rice bran oil, which is contained in the outer grain hull of rice. Its properties inhibit the activity of HMG-CoA reductase, an enzyme involved in cholesterol biosynthesis. But taking any form of Vitamin E for a long time can be harmful, so the idea was to find the minimum dose of TRF that provided the maximum antioxidants and effectively lowered cholesterol. This was found to be about 560 IU for a person of 154 pounds.

inventions by Patty McPeak and her team made available the process and equipment that deactivates the enzyme responsible for making the rice bran go bad. This process takes place right after the rice bran is stripped from the brown rice kernel in the milling process. As a result, Rice bran now has a shelf life of 2 to 3 years. This makes it possible to integrate rice bran into almost anything we eat.

Patty McPeak's first product using the rice bran she made available is called Rice n Shine. A tasty, heart happy meal replacement shake. It comes in 2 flavors. Chocolate and Vanilla. It is a meal replacement drink that is selling now. There are many products that will be coming out in the near future from many wanting to take advantage of Rice Bran.hese are just the first implementations for the use of rice bran, but we can assume, the future for this food source and what it can do for man kind is very promising.