Diabetes risk from eating too much white rice, experts warn
Researchers claim swapping brown rice for white rice could reduce person's risk of developing diabetes
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By Matt Hallam. |  |
Monday, 14, Jun 2010 09:00
Researchers have today said swapping brown rice for white rice could significantly reduce an individual's risk of developing diabetes.
The study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) found that eating five or more servings of white rice per week was associated with an increased risk of type two diabetes.
In contrast the researchers found eating two or more servings of brown rice per week was associated with a lower risk of the disease.
The behind the study estimated that replacing 50 grams of white rice (around one third of a typical daily serving) with the same amount of brown rice would lower risk of type two diabetes by 16 per cent.
The same replacement with other whole grains, such as whole wheat and barley, was associated with a 36 per cent reduced risk.
Qi Sun, who did the research while at HSPH, said: "Rice consumption in the US has dramatically increased in recent decades.
"We believe replacing white rice and other refined grains with whole grains, including brown rice, would help lower the risk of type two diabetes."
The study will appear in Archives of Internal Medicine.