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White rice link seen with Type 2 diabetes

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Health researchers said on Thursday they had found a troubling link between higher consumption of rice and Type 2 diabetes, a disease that in some countries is becoming an epidemic.


Further work is need to probe the apparent association and diets that are notoriously high in sugar and fats should remain on the no-go list, they cautioned.


"What we've found is white rice is likely to increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes, especially at high consumption levels such as in Asian populations," Qi Sun of the Harvard School of Public Health told AFP.
"But at the same time people should pay close attention to the other things they eat.


"It's very important to address not just a single food but the whole pattern of consumption."
In the British Medical Journal (BMJ), Sun's team said the link emerged from an analysis of four previously published studies, carried out in China, Japan, Australia and the United States.
These studies followed 350,000 people over a timescale from four to 22 years. More than 13,000 people developed Type 2 diabetes.
In the studies carried out in China and Japan, those who ate most rice were 55 percent likelier to develop the disease than those who ate least. In the United States and Australia, where consumption of rice is far lower, the difference was 12 percent.


Participants in the two Asian countries ate three or four servings of rice a day on average, compared to just one or two servings a week in the Western countries.


White rice is the dominant form of rice eaten in the world. Machines produce its polished look by hulling and milling, leaving a grain that is predominantly starch.


Brown rice, by contrast, has more fibre, magnesium and vitamins, and a lower "glycaemic index," a measurement of sugar content, than white rice.


http://ca.news.yahoo.com/white-rice-seen-type-2-diabetes-says-study-233837784.html
 
Not surprising. White rice is about as pointless a food as you can get. Like pasta, white bread, it's damn near devoid of anything good for you; has no fat, protein, vitamins, minerals. It's simply gut filler, an excessive amount of which will increase blood sugar substantially, requiring a strong insulin response. In fact, I'd not take issue with a person saying that a scoop of ice cream is more healthy than a serving of white rice. At least it may have a little fat and protein.

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right, it has nothing to do with the fatty pork, low on veggie diet people can now afford to eat. People can afford better food now and not labour as hard as before. I don't need a study to tell me this leads to more diabetes.
 
sdifox said:
right, it has nothing to do with the fatty pork, low on veggie diet people can now afford to eat. People can afford better food now and not labour as hard as before. I don't need a study to tell me this leads to more diabetes.
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Why would fatty pork lead to diabeetus and not blood-sugar spiking simple carbs like white rice?
 
Doppel said:
Not surprising. White rice is about as pointless a food as you can get. Like pasta, white bread, it's damn near devoid of anything good for you; has no fat, protein, vitamins, minerals. It's simply gut filler, an excessive amount of which will increase blood sugar substantially, requiring a strong insulin response. In fact, I'd not take issue with a person saying that a scoop of ice cream is more healthy than a serving of white rice. At least it may have a little fat and protein.

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lolz, don't know if u serious...
 
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Doppel said:
No, you don't, because you probably actually think something like rice, pasta is a beneficial food item. A lot of people don't realize how worthless these foods are though so don't feel bad.
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it's beneficial because it provides energy through carbs. It's not the best choice, but it is not useless. If you try to obtain all your energy through fat and protein you'll get high cholesterol, tryglycerides, and gout/renal failure. this study was making the point of a population that consumes excessive amounts and that there are better sources of carbs
 
brainhulk said:
it's beneficial because it provides energy through carbs. It's not the best choice, but it is not useless. If you try to obtain all your energy through fat and protein you'll get high cholesterol, tryglycerides, and gout/renal failure. this study was making the point of a population that consumes excessive amounts and that there are better sources of carbs
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Ignoring the fact that some entire populations live on little other than fat or protein, the carbs in white rice are pretty much crab; it is better to get it elsewhere. Pasta, bread also are highly refined and at the bottom of the carb totem pole.
 
so white rice and red meat is bad and gives you cancer and whatever else they're saying? sounds like i'll be dying early. it's just taking those shit-in-a-diaper, rolling in a wheelchair years off my life. i don't really need those years, you can have'm.
 
I believe it. Diabetes runs in my family and none of the family members were in bad shape.. but they did grow up eating white rice everyday in Korea
 
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brainhulk said:
it's beneficial because it provides energy through carbs. It's not the best choice, but it is not useless. If you try to obtain all your energy through fat and protein you'll get high cholesterol, tryglycerides, and gout/renal failure. this study was making the point of a population that consumes excessive amounts and that there are better sources of carbs
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:awe:
 
dbk said:
I believe it. Diabetes runs in my family and none of the family members were in great shape.. but they did grow up eating white rice everyday in Korea
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Yet, I don't know anyone in my mother's or father's family tree or any other Asians I know that have a history of diabetes.
 
Doppel I'm with you on this. The enriched/bleached rice and flours are worthless. I'd take a scoop of ice cream over the white rice. Whole wheat pasta is a far superior option, or brown rice. Both are full of complex carbs, protein, and fiber!
 
Doppel said:
Ignoring the fact that some entire populations live on little other than fat or protein, the carbs in white rice are pretty much crab; it is better to get it elsewhere. Pasta, bread also are highly refined and at the bottom of the carb totem pole.
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Ignoring the fact that some entire populations live on little other than white rice...

see how that works? I can say the opposite thing of you and have it be true also.
 
Asian population have a higher risk of diabetes type 2 than western population - does this study take into account of that? Now is that genetics or diet?
 
As an Asian, I grew up on white rice... can't complain when parents cooked. But once I got old enough to buy and cook my own food, rarely ate it again with the exception of brown/multi grain rice on occasion or sushi which I rarely eat.
 
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