Metabolism rises for 14 hours after hard exercise. Pretty cool study from David Niemanâs group at Appalachian State, just published online at Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. Weâve all heard the various theories about how exercise pumps up your metabolism so youâre burning extra calories throughout the day.
Ordinary Japanese rice, or uruchimai (ç²³ç±³) is the staple of the Japanese diet and consists of short translucent grains. When cooked it has a somewhat sticky texture such that it can easily be picked up and eaten with chopsticks.
(See About rice cookers .) You can cook non-Japanese style rice and other grains in a rice cooker too. Japanese rice, or japonica rice, is a very particular variety. For traditional Japanese dishes you simply cannot substitute long-grain rice, jasmine rice, basmati rice, Carolina type rice, and so on.