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White rice consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: meta-analysis and systematic review

BMJ 2012; 344 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e1454 (Published 15 March 2012) Cite this as: BMJ 2012;344:e1454

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Re: White rice consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: meta-analysis and systematic review

An enlightning analysis. Sad that it has not caught the general media attention. If this was published in the lay press it should work wonders and save millions of lives and save healthcare costs in the poorest of the nations.

It is surprising why the food industry dishes out white rice instead of brown rice.White rice is less nutritious, more expensive to produce and lacks fibre. But paradoxically in the markets brown rice is rarely seen and is prohibitively expensive, even in developed countries.

We need more publicity for this, like we had for trans-fats.

Competing interests: No competing interests

18 March 2012
Nithin Kumar
Anaesthetist
Srinivas namratha
Uhns
Stoke on Trent ST46QG