White rice consumption is correlated to carb consumption especially strongly in Asian (Chinese and Japanese) populations.
This study re-analyzed four studies from four countries — China, Japan, Australia, and the United States — to see how the incidence of diabetes diagnosis related to
white rice consumption within each country.
Therefore,
white rice consumption should be made an important confounding factor in all scientific studies that try to connect fish consumption with diabetes risk.
«The fact the cohorts used to determine this study's conclusions (BMJ published meta analysis) failed to consider incredibly relevant diabetes confounders like family history of diabetes, socioeconomic status, and dietary consumption patterns, including the dietary consumption of other categories of refined grains, makes quantifying the effect on diabetes development due to
white rice consumption from this data set impossible.
The research showed there was no statistically significant increase in cancer risk for increased rice consumption in general, and a possibly small decrease in risk for increased
white rice consumption.
If you paid close attention, you would have noticed Dr. Greger didn't challenge either of those findings, but rather dismissed them with a glib, «but is that because, or despite,
their white rice consumption?»
To sum up, contrary to Dr. Gregers disingenuous assertions, a low - fat plant - based diet with regular
white rice consumption actually cures diabetes, and the research shows that even among Americans who consumed 5 + servings of white (arsenic - contaminated US - grown) rice a week actually had a lower relative risk of developing the most common forms of cancer.
This is significant since
white rice consumption in the US has increased in recent years — all while diabetes rates climb.
In China and Japan, but not in the US and Australia,
white rice consumption is a marker of carb consumption.
This chart (source) shows actual rates of diabetes compared to
white rice consumption.
A 2012 study claimed that
white rice consumption was associated with a higher risk of Type 2 diabetes, and this if often used as a reason to avoid rice.
So the fraction of those with metabolic syndrome diagnosed as diabetic will increase with
white rice consumption in China and Japan, but will be uncorrelated with
white rice consumption in the US and Australia.
Not exact matches
«Therefore, the risk from
consumption of products made from
rice bran such as
rice drinks is much higher than from raw, but polished (
white)
rice,» the Committee on Nutrition points out.
I was surprised by this study when it first came out since historically, Asian countries with high
consumption of
white rice still had low incidence of diabetes.
If anything, it indicates that actual incidence of diabetes was lowest in countries with high
consumption of
white rice:
An excellent way to manage your insulin levels is by decreasing your carbohydrates
consumption: in particular, you need to cut down on carbs that have a high glycemic index, typical examples being bread, potatoes and
white rice.
Most of their
rice consumption is
white rice, which is a refined carbohydrate.
To keep both blood glucose and insulin levels low, carbohydrate
consumption should be restricted to about 400 calories per day — the amount in 0.3 pounds of cooked
white rice, or 1.3 pounds of sweet potatoes.
We also extracted data on the fiber contribution from vegetables, fruit, and bread and cereals and on the
consumption of main carbohydrate - containing food groups: vegetables, potatoes, fruit, bread and cereals [comprising breakfast cereals, bread (
white or other), pasta, and
rice], plus foods high in refined sugars or refined starches (soft drinks, cordials, sweet biscuits, cakes, buns, scones, pastries, confectionary, sugar, honey, jams, and syrups).
Rice currently feeds almost half the human population making it the single most important staple food in the world, but a meta - analysis of seven cohort studies following 350,000 people for up to 20 years found that higher consumption of white rice was associated with a significantly increased risk of type 2 diabetes, especially in Asian populati
Rice currently feeds almost half the human population making it the single most important staple food in the world, but a meta - analysis of seven cohort studies following 350,000 people for up to 20 years found that higher
consumption of
white rice was associated with a significantly increased risk of type 2 diabetes, especially in Asian populati
rice was associated with a significantly increased risk of type 2 diabetes, especially in Asian populations.
Long - term
consumption of total
rice,
white rice or brown
rice was not associated with risk of developing cancer in US men and women.
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.»
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Consumption of meat and dairy products (can trigger autoimmune response and causes hormonal imbalance), refined, junk and processed foods, refined sugar,
white flour products, high glucose (high fructose) syrup, stimulants (including coffee, tea, green tea, cola, etc., nutritional deficiencies,
white pasta,
white rice, processed foods, stress, lack of exercise, etc..
If Dr. Greger's real concern was the arsenic in
rice potentially increasing cancer risk, then, based on the science available, he would advise less brown
rice consumption and substitution with
white rice instead.
But that's not the whole story, since the 2016 International Journal of Cancer article looked at total as well as
white and brown
rice consumption.
By contrast, in the NHS II study there was a much smaller difference in red meat
consumption between the
white and brown
rice eaters — and the
white rice eaters actually had a slightly lower incidence of diabetes.
And, «[l] ong - term
consumption of total
rice,
white rice or brown
rice, was not associated with risk of developing cancer in US men and women.»
Harvard University researchers, for example, found that regular brown
rice consumption was associated with lower type 2 diabetes risk, but consuming
white rice was associated with higher risk.
Higher
consumption of
white rice is associated with a significantly increased risk of type 2 diabetes, especially in Asian (Chinese and Japanese) populations.
Deeper examination, he says, shows that heart disease and other diseases of civilization appear to result from increased
consumption of refined carbohydrates: sugar,
white flour and
white rice.
This effective and groundbreaking program steers you away from overhyped (and insulin - producing) starches such as potatoes and pasta,
white bread and
white rice, carrots and corn — and leads you toward a sensible
consumption of delicious foods once considered taboo.