Brown rice contains magnesium, fiber, and other nutrients that can help reduce health issues like asthma, high blood pressure, and colon cancer. Rice provides vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants and can aid bowel health, blood sugar levels, cholesterol, and blood pressure. Recent rice processing innovations include soft drying of high moisture rice, curing rice for partial parboiling, enzymatic bio-polishing of brown rice, making rice biscuits, crisped rice snacks, and microwavable puffed rice. Vitamin fortification of rice and quick cooking rice have also been developed.