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Basmati Rice
On 12/6/2013 2:03 AM, GysdeJongh wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
>> "GysdeJongh" <JonghSevenHundredElevenAtPlanet.nl> wrote in message
>> .. .
>>> W. Baker wrote:
>>>> clinicaltrials > wrote:
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>>>>> ;1875781 Wrote:
>>>>>> Amira Basmati Rice is rice grain
>>>
>>>> All this may be true, but why is it of interest todiabetics, who
>>>> much control their carb intake, meaning only occasional or tiny
>>>> amuntf os rice so why spend all this time and bandwidthon it in
>>>> this group?
>>>
>>> Imprisonment often improves metabolic control in prisoners with type
>>> 2 diabetes; however, the reasons for this remain unclear. Here, we
>>> investigated the metabolic control of male prisoners with type 2
>>> diabetes in Japan. During imprisonment, mean fasting plasma glucose
>>> and hemoglobin Alc (HbA1c) levels dramatically decreased from
>>> 184+/-74 to 113+/-38mg/dl (p<0.001) and 8.4+/-2.1 to 5.9+/-1.2%
>>> (p<0.001), respectively. In addition, 5 of 18 prisoners (28%)
>>> treated with insulin and 17 of 34 (50%) treated with oral
>>> hypoglycemic agents were able to discontinue their treatment and
>>> maintain good metabolic control. Most prisoners in Japanese prisons
>>> work 8h a day 5 days a week, consuming a high dietary fiber diet
>>> including boiled rice with barley, "Mugimeshi". These findings
>>> suggest that a well-regulated lifestyle and long-term intake of high
>>> dietary fiber may have beneficial effects on metabolic control in
>>> patients with type 2 diabetes. PMID: 17208326
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>> I read a book about some ballerinas in France in earlier times who
>> were imprisoned. They said that the diet they got in the prison was
>> far better than what they could get at the time on the outside. Their
>> father had died and their mother was an alcoholic. They did
>> get paid to be in the ballet and they also worked at a laundry. But
>> pay for women in those days was very paltry. Meals were described on
>> the outside as a small roll for breakfast if they were lucky, a piece
>> of cheese for lunch and one in a while a chicken for dinner.
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>> In prison, they didn't get a lot of meat but they had beans almost
>> daily. I can't remember now if there was rice but there were a lot
>> of other vegetables and they said the portions were large.
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>> Here, at least from what I have seen on TV, some prisons have stuff
>> like honey buns available at the commissary but one can only buy it
>> if they have money in their account and if they don't have
>> infractions that prevent them from buying. Such things are also
>> traded among prisoners. But... The meals provided, which might not
>> be the most appealing, are nutritionally complete and don't include
>> sweets. So it is likely that the inmates are eating a better diet
>> than they had before. OTOH, I have seen some pretty big female
>> inmates on those shows who do love their honey buns.
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> I like to cook Basmati rice in a steam pan. Cook 5 min in the lower part
> just under water. Then 5 min in the upper, sieve, part. Then add a tuna
> steak and a tin of black beans in the same upper part on the rice and
> steam for 6 min more.
>
> My idea is move a lot and eat less of better food.
+1
> Worked for the last 5 years
Wouldn't work for most folks here for a week.
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