Eating more white rice may up the risk of type 2 diabetes, especially for Asian populations, researchers said.Patients who ate the greatest amounts of the grain had a 27% greater risk of developing the disease than those who ate the least, and the relative risk was higher among Asian patients, Qi Sun, PhD, of Harvard, and colleagues, reported in BMJ.

via Medical News:Diabetes Risk: White Rice Joins White Bread – in Primary Care, Diabetes from MedPage Today.

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