Obese diabetes patients with [non-alcoholic] fatty liver disease and related chronic liver disease ask me if they have to avoid "rice" from their diet.
We are a predominantly rice consuming population, which means, there will be great inertia about getting rice out of the daily diet.
Good news is, there is absolutely no need to avoid rice from diet in people with diabetes, obesity and chronic liver disease.
Rice contains about 80% starch and is generally considered a high glycaemic index food. GIycemic index is a measure of glucose uptake upon digestion (or postprandial glucose), resulting in a sudden spike in blood glucose content.
There is simple hack to enjoy rice with a reduced glucose spike and stress on glycemic status.
Cook rice. But do not eat it immediately.
Refrigerate it at a minimum of 4°C.
That is, let it cool for 24 hours.
Reheat and consume it the next day.
During the cooling of cooked rice, the structure of the starch in rice takes on a crystalline form that can resist enzymatic digestion in the small intestine for up to three hours - that is cooled rice gains "resistant starch" which is digested more slowly and with lower glucose spikes.
So enjoy your daily portion of rice within the calculated calorie content and do not completely remove it from diet.
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