Useful findings for people with diabetes

Scientists have found an important finding, useful for diabetic patients as well as the prevention of this dangerous disease, related to the benefits of combining rice with food other.

In fact, rice is a food that raises blood sugar very high when the glycemic index (GI) reaches 96 - this is the reason why diabetics have to limit rice in their daily diet. . Meanwhile, in many Asian countries, including Vietnam, rice is a staple food, causing many people with diabetes to be in trouble.

Professor Jeyakumar Henry, Director of the Center for Clinical Nutrition Research (CNRC) of Singapore, said the center's research started in 2014 with the popular dish here is chicken rice. The results of the study, published in the European Journal of Nutrition, show that when combining rice with chicken breast, peanut oil and vegetables, the GI index is only 50.

When eating rice with chicken, it is best to drink soup.(Artwork: diabetestreatmentguide.org).

According to scientists from the center, when eating rice with chicken, it is best to drink soup (chicken broth, chicken soup .) before eating because this helps reduce the body's response to sugar. The reason is that chicken soup is rich in amino acid - an acid that stimulates the body to release insulin.

Besides, the researchers also experimented with chicken juice and found that this water rich in amino acids has a strong effect on reducing blood sugar. If you drink chicken juice about 15 minutes before eating, blood sugar after meals will decrease by about 1/3.

Further studies by CNRC have concluded that eating rice with protein reduces GI . In addition to chickens, fish and other meats are also very useful. For people who do not like chicken, it is best to combine rice with tofu . This combination will produce the best GI results.

In addition, other studies by CNRC have shown that drinking soy or milk when eating also reduces blood sugar, although soy juice in the CNRC study contains sugar.

GI is worth from 0-100. If the GI is at 55 or below, that is a good GI, from 55 to 70 is an average, and above 70 is a high level.