A buddy of mine at work told me about this stuff. It's made from the root of some Japanese plant, and is 100% galactomannan. It has no calories and no carbs.

I ordered a six pack to try it off of Amazon and made seared tuna over "rice" with wasabi, soy, and sriracha. It was really good and scratched the itch I was having for an Asian meal.

the texture is more risotto-ish than rice, but with a little imagination I couldn't really tell the difference. They make pastas out of this stuff too, but I haven't tried them.

I try to keep very low carb, so rice is something I don't eat, but I love Asian/indian dishes and I miss the rice.

This isn't a bad substitute. And, eating a very low carb, low residue diet, I can always use the extra fiber.

Is that like shirataki noodles? I've had the noodles before. Don't think they get digested at all...let's just say it looked like I had eaten a bunch of worms the next day.

I personally prefer doing the cauliflower rice, although more carbs and calories.

Yes, the same stuff.

I think the cauliflower rice just tastes like cauliflower.

Interesting, think I will give this a try. Thanks

I do low carb, and most foods I don't miss much...but rice is something I really like with asian food, chili, and meals with gravy.

Interesting.

I eat rice specifically for the carbs, but this could still be something I'd be interested in trying.

Interesting- so you get full with no calories?

Sounds like a pointless food, I am going to eat it for the texture knowing I am going to poo it all out.

Pointless food?!?!?

My God it must be nice to not struggle with weight.

For what it is worth, there is a satisfaction with being full. For some people pointless food would be a Hod send

I wake up every morning early as well, to either w/o, go to my main job, or train somebody. I also watch everything I put in my mouth and while I LOVE beer, went cold turkey to stay low carb.

THAT being said, not everybody has that will power and anything that can aid in them losing weight, getting healthier while avoiding chemicals or drugs is a great thing. Once people get over that hump, they don't need those aids any more. My boss lost 100 lbs with diet alone and now craves little to no sweet (was drinking a liter of Diet Coke a day).

So, you don't have to apologize for yourself, but you can understand that not everybody has that strict willpower.

Well, I bought some off Amazon and gave it a shot. Not a fan. The taste/smell is whatever...it basically has no flavor which is fine. But I just found the texture too off-putting and unnatural. At no point could I fool myself that I was eating something resembling rice. I tried it both with chili and just mixed with some cabbage and soy sauce.

Anyway, it was worth a shot...always willing to try something new.

try being asian and low carb...hard as efff...


the shirataki rice is no where near a good sub for rice...

Perhaps this trick might be of use to some of y'all:

http://time.com/3754097/rice-calories-resistant-starch/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/03/25/scientists-have-figured-out-a-simple-way-to-cook-rice-that-dramatically-cuts-the-calories/?utm_term=.8b6a56c0a4b2