Black rice is a little-known grain crop, which is the staple food for a third of the world's population - prevents inflammation that is responsible for allergies, asthma and other diseases. Black rice bran suppress the production in the body of the substance of histamine, which causes internal inflammation.

Scientists have checked the effect of the extract of black rice on skin inflammation in laboratory mice. When biologists injected the extract into the diet of rodents, it reduced the inflammatory processes of the skin by about 32 percent, and also reduced the production of certain substances that promote inflammation.

The composition of brown rice did not produce similar effects, say the US Department of Agriculture. When researchers fed mice with food containing 10% of black rice bran, they experienced a reduction in swelling associated with allergic dermatitis, a common type of skin irritation. According to experts, black rice has valuable anti-inflammatory and antiallergic food ingredients and can be used as a therapeutic agent for the treatment and prevention of diseases associated with chronic inflammation.

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