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"Refined" includes flower and sugar, but not whole starches. I'm not sure where white rice falls, as I have heard that too much white rice is also unhealthy.
by ynniv 17y ago
"Refined" includes flower and sugar, but not whole starches. I'm not sure where white rice falls, as I have heard that too much white rice is also unhealthy.
- tptacek 17y agoAccording to the spreadsheet 'carbocation posted from the National Cancer Institute, white rice has almost as bad a glycemic impact as white bread.
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- xiaoma 16y agoAnd yet, amongst the developed countries, it is those who eat rice at nearly every meal (Japan, Korea, HK, Taiwan) that have the lowest rates of obesity, heart disease diabetes and similar lifestyle diseases.
- tptacek 16y agoThose rice-centered Asian diets are also very low in fats. It's supposedly the combination of large amounts of carbohydrates and any significant amount of fat or sugar that causes the problem.