Other minerals found in a cup of basmati rice include calcium, 19.50 mg, copper, 0.20 mg, potassium, 83.85 mg, and zinc, 1.23 mg. Vitamin B is necessary for breakdown of carbohydrates into glucose. It also affects functions in the brain and stabilizes mood.
This of course was nonsense, but the client believed him. So, the answer to your question is simple. Water does not flow upstream. It follows gravity. There are however, several rivers, such as the Nile and the McKenzie, that flow North.
Rivers flow downhill to sea level (generally speaking; some end in other bodies of water or join another rver). They flow with gravity from a higher elevation to a lower. The Nile rises on the western flank of the Great Rift Valley (many people consider Lake Victoria to be the source) and the Blue Nile joins the White Nile at Khartoum. The land falls away towards the north, thus the river flows north until it reaches the Mediterranean Sea at the Nile Delta. Direction of flow of a river is determined by elevation of the drainage basin, not geographical (North, South etc.) direction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile#Course.