In fact, the rice cooker can split sugar in rice

With prices up to several million VND, do sugar-splitting rice cookers work well for diabetics?

Recently, there are many advertising sites introducing a type of electric rice cooker with special use, that is, it can separate 20-30% of sugar in rice and still keep most of the ingredients. Nutrition such as Protein, lipids, minerals and vitamins in rice.

Thanks to this "miraculous" effect, people with diabetes can eat more rice, reduce blood sugar levels, control emergency situations such as shock, hypoglycemia . The price of each The rice cooker with sugar separator is not cheap, ranging from 3-4 million VND.

So, real damage on the story like? Is the use of electric rice cookers exactly as advertised?

To clarify this issue, PV had a talk with Assoc. Dr. Pham Duy Thinh - Institute of Biotechnology and Food, Hanoi University of Science and Technology.

Assoc.Dr. Pham Duy Thinh - Institute of Biotechnology and Food, Hanoi University of Science and Technology.

According to Assoc. Thinh, it is true that the rice cooker separates the sugar like many introduction . The working principle of this rice cooker is also different from the usual rice seats.

Specifically, to cook rice cooker to separate sugar, the housewife will have to put more water into rice than usual. The cooking process, thanks to the principle of decanting water, the amount of sugar (mixed in rice water) will be separated from the rice to flow into a compartment.

However, according to Prof. Thinh, the decanting of water to separate sugar in rice rice starch is thought to be good but in fact it is not too 'miraculous' as many people think.

' In rice, the sugar content is very small, not worth much . In addition, rice must enter the body to transform into sugar, it is called slow digestion . That is, if a person with diabetes eat a lot, it is harmful due to an increase in blood sugar in the blood.

But the rice cooker separating the sugar will decompose some of the rice in the cooking process, although some of the nutrients remain but also reduce the amount of other good substances in the body, especially vitamin B , which is essential for human health. So people who eat rice from decayed rice will be at risk of malnutrition, energy shortage ' , Assoc. Thinh said.

According to experts, cooked rice or bread contains 50% of complex polyamide in the form of amidone starch. When entering the gastrointestinal tract will be digestive enzymes such as amylase . hydrolyzed into single glucose to be absorbed into the venous blood, then stored in the liver as glycogen, to gradually use between meals in day, get energy for muscle cells and brain activity.

Therefore, if separation and type of sugar in starch, there is a risk of no energy for the activity of cells in the body .

According to Assoc. Dr. Pham Duy Thinh, many diabetic patients often have psychological avoidance of rice, because of which starch, eating more will increase blood sugar, making the disease become more serious. However, this is not true.

Specifically, people with diabetes who want to control the disease and blood sugar should not completely remove the rice but still eat normally, only need to reduce the amount and dosage.

To balance and diversify in eating, in addition to rice, people with diabetes also have many other options such as: rice cake, vermicelli or cast cake . Because these foods through the clarification process have also done Losing sugar in rice, people with diabetes will not have to worry too much.

People with diabetes should not completely remove rice.(Photo: Soha).

'Rice rice is an abundant source of vitamin B, very good for human health and rich in energy. Therefore, we should not give up rice or try to remove the inherently good substances. Instead, only adjust the amount of rice, starch so that it is moderate, not too much to keep the health but the blood sugar level is not high , 'Thinh said.

Some other experts also recommend that the more white the rice is, the better the amount of sugar is absorbed after eating.

Therefore, diabetic patients should be aware that rice milling should only be deceived, so that rice bran remains . Cooking rice with this rice along with a diet rich in green vegetables, fiber and actively mobilizing exercise and sports, walking will not worry about being affected by diabetes.

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