Posts Tagged ‘white rice’

Yes, brown rice is a whole grain. U.S.research wizards suggest that eating more brown rice and less white rice will lower people’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes. This also means that a diet with more whole grains and less refined grains will lower people’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

I hope these guys got their degree at Harvard, yes they did.  How astute of them to realize the whole natural form of a food is better for you than a refined version.

Brown Rice Secret Revealed

The reason for their observation was that a National Institutes of Health sponsored study led up to these finding in the June issue of the journal Archives of Internal Medicine. The lead author was Dr. Qi Sun who worked on the study while at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and is now an instructor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, both in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sun, whose work was supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from the Unilever Corporate Research, told the press that this was the first study to compare links between white and brown rice consumption and diabetes risk among Americans, who are eating more rice now than they did a few decades ago.

The reason that is given for the difference is unrefined grains have more nutrients and fiber, which slow the sugar spikes.

Government Guidelines

The US government’s guidelines recommend that Americans get at least half their carbohydrates from grains including rice. Americans are eating more rice, but the choice is usually white rice. Senior author Dr. Frank Hu professor of nutrition and epidemiology at HSPH, said:  “From a public health point of view, whole grains, rather than refined carbohydrates, such as white rice, should be recommended as the primary source of carbohydrates for the US population.”

Think Again

Unilever is on a mission to let you have all the refined food they can manufacture, with some whole grain brown rice thrown in for good measure. Hello, all studies show the importance of a whole food diet. This can include whole grains, but if the truth be known you can include or not include them and avoid diabetes.

Unilever has the biggest market share and is dominant in the food sector. The firm produces a variety of goods in the snack foods, fats and spreads, sauces and seasonings and beverages sectors.

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Food

All you have to do is remove all food with high fructose corn syrup, wrapping, and a long shelf life. This is how you stay healthy, and do it your own way.  Any health secret revealed from main stream studies are a watered down recipe for healthy living. Most health conditions are preventable, the key to a healthier you is to realize all manufactured processed food is not food.