ITI Reseachers on how Brown rice could aid diabetes control
Posted on 2009.12.22
The scientists, from the Industrial Technology Institute (ITI) of Sri Lanka, Colombo, studied 23 traditional rice varieties and found that bran — the outer covering of brown rice grains — contains chemicals that inhibit the enzyme responsible for the breakdown of complex sugars into glucose, and thus reducing the amount of sugar available to the body.
