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Friday, March 30, 2012

White Rice Consumption Associated With Higher Diabetes Risk.

MedWire Share to FacebookShare to Twitter (3/29, Robertson) reports, "Increased white rice intake is associated with a significantly elevated risk for type 2 diabetes, especially among Asian populations, show the results of a meta-analysis Share to FacebookShare to Twitter " published in the British Medical Journal. "Even for Western populations with typically low levels of rice intake, relatively high white rice consumption may still modestly increase the risk for diabetes." According to the study, "a total of 13,284 incident cases of diabetes occurred during follow-up periods ranging from four to 22 years."

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