Eating brown rice instead of white rice may help reduce your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a recent article from WebMD. Experts say that brown rice has a lower glycemic index value than white rice, which means that brown rice makes blood sugar levels rise more slowly than with white rice.
Specifically, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health, say those that ate two or more servings of brown rice each week lowered their diabetes risk by 11% when compared to those that ate brown rice less than once per month. For the study, scientists looked at records for 39,765 men and 157,463 women from three other studies.
Conversely, those that ate five or more servings of white rice each week saw a 17% increased risk in chance in developing diabetes. According to the article, swapping 50 grams of white rice each day with 50 grams of brown rice, lowered the risk of developing Type 2 by 16%. Replacing white rice with other whole grains is also an effective way to lower your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
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