If you are looking to find a healthy alternative to rice on the dinner table, you might want to try quinoa. Even though quinoa belongs to the same family as beets and spinach, when its seeds are cooked it looks a bit like couscous.  It's gluten free, highly nutritional and is known for it's protein content.  Many people classify quinoa as a superfood.  

However, you don't have to stop eating rice if you are looking for superior nutrition.  Rice bran, the hull of the rice kernel, is a healthy alternative to rice, and one of the most nutrient dense foods on the planet.  Many people have never heard of rice bran or know that it's in class of superfoods. While brown rice is considered a whole grain and "good for you" it's not in the same class of nutrition as rice bran.  

Superfoods are the most potent, super-concentrated, and nutrient rich foods on the planet. Superfoods help nourish the brain, bones, muscles, skin, hair, nails, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, reproductive system, pancreas, and immune system and also provide a healthy alternative to rice. They are also known to correct imbalances in the body over time. According to many health and wellness experts, superfoods can reduce the severity and symptoms of nearly every major disease condition known from allergies and arthritis to heart disease and high blood pressure. Other examples of superfoods are bee pollen, acai berries, broccoli, goji berries, and coconuts. These can provide a healthy alternative to rice and many other foods These should be consumed in their natural state. If you can't find it fresh, eat a whole food concentrate which is minimally processed and maintains nutritional integrity.

Rice bran, is water-soluble, highly bio-available (absorbable) to the body, and contains over 120 naturally occurring antioxidants, vitamins and minerals, making it a healthy alternative to rice. All these micronutrients are in perfect proportion to one another and create thousands of chain reactions within our bodies, critical to achieving optimum health. This food synergy works in ways that scientists have not yet begun to fully understand. You would have to consume dozens of supplements to achieve the same result as eating a whole food. There have been several studies done on rice bran that show a positive effect on maintaining and lowering blood glucose levels for both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics. Rice bran is low on the glycemic index which is another reason that it's a healthy alternative to rice.