BACKGROUND & AIMS A fiber-rich diet has a cardioprotective effect, but the mechanism for this remains unclear. We hypothesized that a fiber-rich diet with brown rice improves endothelial function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS Twenty-eight patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at a single general hospital in Japan were randomly assigned to a brown rice (n = 14) or white r...

BACKGROUND/AIMS There are inconsistent associations between white rice consumption and diabetes and dyslipidemia, perhaps due to the nature of samples studied and quality of diet data. METHODS Using regionally diverse data from adults enrolled in the China Health and Nutrition Survey (n = 7,878) with diet data from three repeated 24-hour recalls and fasting blood to derive diabetes and dyslip...

To study the effect of amylose content and Pre-germinated brown rice (PGBRL) on blood glucose and lipids, streptozotocin induced diabetic rats were fed on two cooked Egyptian rice varieties Giza175 high amylose 24.49 % for brown and 29.63% for white and Giza 181 low amylose 18.18 % for brown and 21.07 % for white. Pre-germinated brown rice (PGBRL) prepared from rice low amylose by immersing in ...

Consumption of white rice predisposes some Asian populations to increased risk of type 2 diabetes. We compared the postprandial glucometabolic responses to three newly-developed crossbred red rice variants (UKMRC9, UKMRC10, UKMRC11) against three selected commercial rice types (Thai red, Basmati white, Jasmine white) using 50-g carbohydrate equivalents provided to 12 normoglycaemic adults in a ...

Assessment of genetic diversity and individual relationships in rice (Oryza sativa) germplasm collections seems to be necessary for future rice breeding program. In order to understand genetic relationships of 30 rice genotypes, nine morphological traits, seven physicochemical properties and twelve RAPD primers were used for study of 30 rice genotypes. Among morphological traits, numbe...

We report successful Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of a popular rice variety White Ponni, a non-basmati indica rice (Oryza sativa L.). Scutellumderived calluses of White Ponni were transformed with Agrobacterium strain LBA4404 (pSB1) harbouring the binary vector pMKU-RF2 with rice chi11 gene. Five independent transgenic White Ponni plants were ge nerated from hygromycin-resistant callus...

16 Background: Previous in vitro and in vivo studies have demonstrated that storage of cooked rice at 17 4 °C for 24 h and reheating to 65 °C significantly reduced starch digestibility and postprandial 18 glycaemic responses. Moreover, the effect was greater for parboiled rice compared to other rice 19 varieties commonly consumed in New Zealand. This study aimed to evaluate consumer preferences...

OBJECTIVE Varieties of red raw rice are widely believed to have a better nutritional quality. The physiological effects of consuming different varieties of rice may not be so. The glycaemic index has been developed as an indicator of the physiological effect of foods. It is the glycaemic response of a 50 g carbohydrate portion of food expressed as a percentage of that of a standard. The objecti...