Monday, June 4, 2012

White Rice Causes Diabetes (Maybe)

Bad Luck Asian people of Planet Earth.  If you eat white rice there's a small increase in the likelihood of your developing type 2 diabetes.  On the bright side however, eating brown rice means that there will be a small decrease in the likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes.  


Maybe mush them up in the bowl together next time?  That should balance you out.  The nutritionist at the Medical Research unit in Cambridge does point out that this study "does not show or prove that white rice consumption causes diabetes", which makes me wonder why they bothered with the thing in the first place.  


Source:  Independent (U.K.)