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A low-calorie plant-based diet >much of it from plant-based material like the Japanese sweet potato, their staple food, in contrast with the rice-heavy cuisine
by wcummings 10y ago
A low-calorie plant-based diet
>much of it from plant-based material like the Japanese sweet potato, their staple food, in contrast with the rice-heavy cuisine of the mainland.
- clock_tower 10y agoI get what the author's saying -- that white rice is pure carbohydrates, while sweet potatoes are a healthier mix -- but it's phrased pretty strangely. What exactly is rice, if not a plant?
- geomark 10y agoIsn't glycemic index (GI) an important measure of the potential negative effect of the carbohydrate? Some varieties of rice have a surprisingly high GI. Jasmine rice, for example, has a higher GI than pure glucose, a sad fact for me since it's the favorite rice where I live. Other types of rice have much lower GI. When it comes to sweet potato versus rice, cooking method makes a big difference in GI: Jasime rice = 109, baked sweet potato = 94, boiled sweet potato = 44 [1] [1] https://www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/blog/glycemic-index-confusion/ https://www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/blog/glycemic-index-c...