New way to cook rice that could halve the calories

[LONDONER]

For those of you who eat rice as a staple food this could be a life saver:

http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-d...riesttp://

[East]

Londoner...the link says the page doesn't exist...do you have another one?

[Rareboy]

Looks like we're still screwed with full calorie rice....the secret remains locked in a 404...

But, here, from I Fucking Love Science....

Impressively, they found that all that was required was two simple changes: adding coconut oil to boiling water before putting in the rice, and cooling the rice for 12 hours before consuming it. This technique led to an RS content around 10 times greater than what is found in traditional rice.

So how does this work? Coconut oil adds fat to the water, which then enters starch molecules during the cooking process, altering its architecture and converting it into a form that’s more resistant to being broken down. Cooling the rice in the refrigerator also facilitates this conversion process. The team chose to add coconut oil since this is widely used in Asian cooking, but it is likely that other oils would achieve the same effect.

Although the scientists have only tested the method on certain rice varieties, which were the least nutritious, they observed around a 10% reduction in calories. If better varieties are used, they think that the technique could reduce calories by as much as 60%. Given the fact that rice is a staple food in many countries experiencing a rise in obesity, this could be a helpful solution to the growing problem.

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-med...es-rice-60

So as I understand it....they have managed with this method to reduce calories by around 10% and only conjecture that they could reduce them by as much as 60%.....

I detect the whiff of scientific bullshit.

And for the third world....the need to refrigerate the rice for 12 hours before eating????

Srsly dudes????

[East]

Well...damn...I was a tad suspicious...

I do love rice....but I will stick with the plan I adopted which is "portion control"...versus cutting calories.

My "diet" is to eat whatever I like...the correct portion. What fits into my fist is what I am gonna get LOL...

[LONDONER]

Londoner...the link says the page doesn't exist...do you have another one?

Sorry, I don't know what's happening. This is the second link that I have posted that doesn't work and I have no idea why. Anyway, glad someone found the article.

[Borg69]

Sorry, I don't know what's happening. This is the second link that I have posted that doesn't work and I have no idea why. Anyway, glad someone found the article.

http://www.sciencealert.com/scientis...caloriesttp://

I believe this red part that you or GS adds is at least part of the problem.

[LONDONER]

http://www.sciencealert.com/scientis...caloriesttp://

I believe this red part that you or GS adds is at least part of the problem.

I just went back to the original that definitely works so, here it is once again in two formats:

http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-d...e-calories

and

http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-d...e-calories

Now both of there work for me.

[Borg69]

All you need to do is get a pot of water boiling, but before adding your raw rice, you add coconut oil - about 3 percent of the weight of the rice you're going to add.

Coconut is a natural laxative... User beware.

[LONDONER]

Coconut is a natural laxative... User beware.

In my constant quest for a natural remedy for diabetes, I took a tablespoon of coconut oil every day for several months. Unfortunately it didn't seem to lower my glucose level neither did it act as a laxative.