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Doesn't white rice cause significant glucose spikes though? A huge chunk of the planet eats it in significant portions... ?

meiraleal 2y ago
The chunk that is famous for skinny-fat people and high Diabetes Type 2.
bdcravens 2y ago
Yes. I'm diabetic and eating a relatively meal with rice in it (think sushi) absolutely spikes my blood sugar (it's not uncommon for filling sushi meal to have as many carbs as 4 or 5 candy bars) I'm speaking only to carb content; the discussion of whether it's healthy on a holistic basic is a much larger conversation.
- darkwater 2y ago
  But sushi rice is usually prepared with extra sugar, it's not plain rice.
spacebanana7 2y ago
Depending on the type of white rice, yes. However eating rice with high fat/protein foods can reduce the sharpness of the spike. And rice is rarely eaten alone.
fredrikholm 2y ago
In an otherwise healthy adult, no. In diabetics, maybe. Your body adjusts its insulin production to match the food you're digesting. Diabetics need to calibrate this manually, which is error prone as there's more variables than just what you ate (stress, sleep, hormone cycles, prior meals...). The problematic aspect of foods with large amounts of easily digested carbohydrates is that the immediate demands for insulin are higher which might pose a problem in diabetics (unless they are treating hypoglycemia, in which its desired).
- officialchicken 2y ago
  > In diabetics, maybe. Sushi rice causes me (type-1) to spike. Other kinds of rice (jasmine, pilaf, etc) behave more like normal carbohydrates.
  - maccard 2y ago
    The first recipe[0] I found has 4g of added sugar per serving of rice, fwiw. That's probably why. [0] https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/99211/perfect-sushi-rice/ https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/99211/perfect-sushi-rice/
  - whizzter 2y ago
    Not surprising since iirc you wash away parts of the normal starch and then add sugar as a binder.
- maxerickson 2y ago
  Your body produces insulin exactly to stimulate absorption of the increased glucose. Your blood sugar won't stay high if you are healthy, but there is certainly sugar digested from the rice entering the bloodstream.
pas 2y ago
portions matter and of course as industrialization, relative food abundance, and sugar sweetened drinks proliferated all over the world obesity did (and does) too

meiraleal 2y ago

The chunk that is famous for skinny-fat people and high Diabetes Type 2.

bdcravens 2y ago

Yes. I'm diabetic and eating a relatively meal with rice in it (think sushi) absolutely spikes my blood sugar (it's not uncommon for filling sushi meal to have as many carbs as 4 or 5 candy bars) I'm speaking only to carb content; the discussion of whether it's healthy on a holistic basic is a much larger conversation.

darkwater 2y ago
But sushi rice is usually prepared with extra sugar, it's not plain rice.

spacebanana7 2y ago

Depending on the type of white rice, yes. However eating rice with high fat/protein foods can reduce the sharpness of the spike. And rice is rarely eaten alone.

fredrikholm 2y ago

In an otherwise healthy adult, no. In diabetics, maybe. Your body adjusts its insulin production to match the food you're digesting. Diabetics need to calibrate this manually, which is error prone as there's more variables than just what you ate (stress, sleep, hormone cycles, prior meals...). The problematic aspect of foods with large amounts of easily digested carbohydrates is that the immediate demands for insulin are higher which might pose a problem in diabetics (unless they are treating hypoglycemia, in which its desired).

officialchicken 2y ago
> In diabetics, maybe. Sushi rice causes me (type-1) to spike. Other kinds of rice (jasmine, pilaf, etc) behave more like normal carbohydrates.
- maccard 2y ago
  The first recipe[0] I found has 4g of added sugar per serving of rice, fwiw. That's probably why. [0] https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/99211/perfect-sushi-rice/ https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/99211/perfect-sushi-rice/
- whizzter 2y ago
  Not surprising since iirc you wash away parts of the normal starch and then add sugar as a binder.
maxerickson 2y ago
Your body produces insulin exactly to stimulate absorption of the increased glucose. Your blood sugar won't stay high if you are healthy, but there is certainly sugar digested from the rice entering the bloodstream.

pas 2y ago

portions matter and of course as industrialization, relative food abundance, and sugar sweetened drinks proliferated all over the world obesity did (and does) too