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White Rice versus Diabetes Mellitus
White rice is a food that has a high sugar content. Unfortunately if consumed too much white rice and not accompanied by sufficient exercise, the level of glucose in the blood will increase so that it can trigger a person’s risk of diabetes. Therefore, if there is a sentence ‘A Day Without Rice’, particularly in Asia, health practitioners actually see much benefit to public health. It’s hard to change the mindset of people about rice. In fact, until there is a saying that ‘not eating its name if it does not eat rice’. White rice does taste better than brown rice, sweet potatoes, wheat, or corn. But, you know by changing your staple diet of white rice to brown rice or other grains such as wheat will reduce your risk of getting diabetes?
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), estimates that replacing 50 grams of white rice (only a third of the number of daily servings) with red rice in the same amount will reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes by 16%. Replacement of the same with other grains, like wheat and barley, can lower the risk by 36%. Based on studies at the site of the journal Archives of Internal Medicine, online edition of June 14, 2010, brown rice is superior to white rice because it contains fiber, minerals, vitamins, and phytochemicals. Nevertheless, brown rice often do not produce elevated levels of blood sugar.
Types of carbohydrates such as yams, maize, cassava, oatmeal, wheat bread, brown rice is a complex carbohydrate and low sugar levels full longer hold up to 6 hours. These complex carbohydrates can be stored in the liver and muscles as glycogen (a substance prior to glucose). If the body lacks energy, glycogen reserves is to be broken down into glucose for energy. Complex carbohydrates contain less sugar but more high-fiber, so it gives more benefits, both for women, men and children. So now your choice, choose the white rice that has the risk of diabetes remains a staple food for you, or gradually switch to sweet potatoes, maize, cassava, oatmeal, wheat bread, brown rice which are less palatable but more health benefits
