News - nveiling Unbelievable Perks of Rice Water!

Don’t throw away the starchy water just yet! The leftover white liquid or starch water that is remaining once your rice is cooked can be used in a myriad of ways. Beneficial for a range of purposes, this natural and easy to prepare liquid is handy to keep around the house.

When it comes to your complexion, rice water contains amino acids, vitamins, and minerals that are known to nourish and repair your skin. Suffering from sunburn? Rice water is the perfect soothe for sun damage, inflammation or redness. For the skin, rice water is said to be an inexpensive and effective beauty balm for cleansing, toning, and lightening hyperpigmentation, sun, and age spots. Many say you can see and feel results after a single use. Helping with smoothing texture and hyperpigmentation and creating a porcelain finish, rice water illuminates, firms, and tightens skin to appear refreshed. It reduces pore size, leaving a powdery, soft feeling behind.

Soak a reusable cotton pad, cotton ball, or the corner of a wash cloth thoroughly in rice water and apply all over your face in the morning and evening. Let your face dry naturally. Going to bed with freshly applied rice water is said to increase benefits. You can also add rice water to the bathtub or to a foot soak.

Rice water is also good for acne since it reduces redness and blemishes, and the starch in the water is said to soothe the inflammation of eczema. One study found that 15-minute baths twice daily in rice starch water can speed up the skin's ability to heal itself when it has been damaged by exposure to sodium lauryl sulphate .

Rice contains natural antioxidants like vitamin C, vitamin A, and phenolic and flavonoid compounds, which may minimize free radical damage from age, sun exposure, and the environment. (Free radicals are volatile molecules that harm cells in the body.)

If you have been keeping up with TikTok hair trends or YouTube, you will find that rice water hair washes can leave you with smooth and shiny hair. In fact, Rice water has been traditionally used across South East Asia and is known for its hair growth and shine-inducing abilities. Not only that, rice water contains several vitamins, minerals and prebiotics that are essential for our gut health. Drinking rice water can also help to soothe digestive troubles such as food poisoning, gastritis and more.