I’d have to digup stats but I think USA had higher diabetes due to everything being sugar, at least carbs like rice have to be digested and aren’t instant sugar bomb
Oh, for sure. The US diet is horrible IME. Loads of sugar, salt, fried / hydrogenated oils in ultra-processed food. Absolutely crazy.
Meanwhile, the problem with white rice is not that it has simple carbs, but that it’s little more than just starch, which has a fast, deleterious effect on blood glycemic levels. So for the cultures that eat white with almost every meal, it can be a real problem.
Looks like various studies show a link, but also wildly variable situation.
Such as south Asian population haveling diabetes correlation between even low rice intake while in didn’t affect Chinese population… But high rice consumption 70% or more of calories did.
Maybe Chinese genetics are different and tolerate it better.
Too many variables maybe.
There’s probably a link of exercise, like decades ago being poor and burning off your rice sugar by walking and toiling the land was fine, but sitting in front of Netflix probably sucks for rice consumption.
Okay!
But… I mean, Sven-- we can try to get after this stuff specifically, but please try to understand that in terms of research studies, I’m a complete idiot.
I’d have to digup stats but I think USA had higher diabetes due to everything being sugar, at least carbs like rice have to be digested and aren’t instant sugar bomb
Oh, for sure. The US diet is horrible IME. Loads of sugar, salt, fried / hydrogenated oils in ultra-processed food. Absolutely crazy.
Meanwhile, the problem with white rice is not that it has simple carbs, but that it’s little more than just starch, which has a fast, deleterious effect on blood glycemic levels. So for the cultures that eat white with almost every meal, it can be a real problem.
Looks like various studies show a link, but also wildly variable situation.
Such as south Asian population haveling diabetes correlation between even low rice intake while in didn’t affect Chinese population… But high rice consumption 70% or more of calories did.
Maybe Chinese genetics are different and tolerate it better.
Too many variables maybe.
There’s probably a link of exercise, like decades ago being poor and burning off your rice sugar by walking and toiling the land was fine, but sitting in front of Netflix probably sucks for rice consumption.
Okay!
But… I mean, Sven-- we can try to get after this stuff specifically, but please try to understand that in terms of research studies, I’m a complete idiot.