So the
high rice intake by itself was not enough to cause either of diabetes or obesity.
According to a study involving 2,000 Japanese men and women, a
higher rice intake is associated with better sleep.
The FDA says
rice intake for infants, primarily through infant rice cereal, is about three times greater than for adults relative to body weight.
The upper level
of rice intake did correlate with a slight increase in CHD, however, but not a major one.
In these 3 prospective cohort studies of US men and women, [they] found that regular consumption of white rice was associated with higher risk of [type 2 diabetes], whereas
brown rice intake was associated with lower risk.»
If the rise in meat consumption is to blame, then why do the biggest recent studies in Japan and China associate white
rice intake with diabetes?
It was recently shown that replacing half of a child's
rice intake with Golden Rice provides them with 60 per cent of their daily vitamin A requirement.
We love paella but we're trying to lessen
our rice intake so this is perfect.
Rice intake was far more prevalent in our study, perhaps reflecting temporal differences or incomplete ascertainment of rice - containing products in the 2002 survey.
If you can't always follow these guidelines for safer rice keep
your rice intake to about 1 serving a week (especially for kids) and no rice for babies.
I am limiting
my rice intake for one reason, because of arsenic content.
They could have cited this study showing «brown
rice intake -LRB-[two or more] servings [a] week...) was associated with a lower risk of diabetes.»
And, as Ned Kock's masterful (and under - appreciated) series of stats posts on the China study data suggests,
rice intake is associated with a reduction in cardiovascular disease while wheat flour intake is associated with an increase in cardiovascular disease.