Flowers and Brown Rice

She brought me flowers and some brown rice

I’m not kidding

She had read one of our Facebook posts

The one about brown rice

And actually tried it

She then brought me a bag with flowers

I smiled

“I’m here because I read your post”

“I actually tried brown rice

Not as bad as I had imagined”

“I used spices I typically cook with to season them”
She continued

I told her my own tricks too

How I make mine with tomato based stew and spices like curry, thyme, ginger, cilantro and habanero

Why my “obsession” with brown rice?

It has more fiber, more nutrients and is a healthier alternative to white rice.

Also because it can help with diabetes and make for less need for more medications

So here’s to you… to us making better health changes … brown rice included


In health,
Dr. O

Author

Dr. Tolulope Olabintan MD, AAHIVS, FAAFP, dipABLM Dr. Tolulope Olabintan is the Co-Founder and Medical Director of Livingspring Family Medical Center. She is a Christian, Family Physician, writer, mentor, mother and wife. She takes joy in empowering her patients and readers to live their fullest lives possible. She helps patients live long and well as she believes that the quality of life is just as important as the quantity of life. She is also a foodie and loves the colors teal and orange. Dr. Olabintan completed her medical degree at UMDNJ Rutgers Medical School in 2007. Dr. O went on to finish her Family Medicine Residency from Albert Einstein College of Medicine Family Medicine residency where she also served as a Chief Resident. She then went on to complete a women’s health/surgical obstetrics fellowship at St Francis hospital in 2011. She is a board-certified Family Physician, Lifestyle Medicine, a HIV specialist and a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians.