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Here are Four Simple Ways to Eat White Rice While Managing Blood Sugar

There is no need to eliminate this cost-effective dietary staple

Ange Dim
ILLUMINATION
4 min readJul 31, 2022

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I eat white rice all the time.

It’s not accurate to blame white rice for making us fat or causing problems with our blood sugar — how and what you eat with rice makes all the difference.

Some research suggests that cooked and cooled before consumption lowers blood sugar spikes after a meal.

Better yet, when you allow the rice to refrigerate for 24 hours before heating it again, you activate its resistant starch.

Resistant starch is a non-digestible carb that benefits your gut health and blood sugar management.

Keep that in mind when you eat rice.

We can go one step further and add the right foods with rice to make it a complete meal that’s nourishing, gut-friendly, and helps stabilize our blood sugar.

You can try the experiment yourself by having rice off the stove, and then when it’s been refrigerated and re-heated 24 hours later.

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Ange Dim
Ange Dim

Written by Ange Dim

Multi-passionate creative who's immersed in health, wellness, exercise and loves creating healthy recipes. Low carb Recipes: https://bit.ly/4cHgO8r

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