Heart-y good rice
RICE, despite its popularity among many consumers, has high sugar content that can affect heart health.
Excess sugar increases blood pressure, “bad” cholesterol and triglyceride (a type of fat found in blood) levels. One bowl of rice is equivalent to 10 teaspoons of sugar and a teaspoon of sugar contains approximately 16 calories.
The consumption of added sugar can lead to the formation of cavities in teeth, cause weight gain and does little for one’s health as it lacks nutrients such as fibre, vitamins and minerals.
This realisation about the effect of rice should compel people to monitor their rice intake.
Making rice healthier
The key lies in the way rice is cooked to remove its sugar content. To achieve this, the researchers at Grayns Labs USA Inc and Ascenteus Research have developed the Grayns Rice Cooker, which uses an innovative technology to remove sugar from rice with its four-stage cooking process known as RevoCook.
Rice is a carbohydrate and it contains two starches – amylose and amylopectin. However, rice is high in amylopectin and low in amylase and this causes the rapid rise of blood sugar levels.
People traditionally cooked rice with lots of water, which they threw away to discard the unhealthy starch that dissolves in the water during the cooking process.
This differs from the typical rice cooker found in most homes, which cooks rice without dissolving and discarding the unhealthy starch, leaving the sugar to be consumed with your bowl of rice.
This explains the intense sleepiness one experiences post-lunch as sugar peaks prompt a flood of insulin into the body, shocking the body from a state of hyperglycemia to hypoglycemia.
Here is where Grayns Rice Cooker positions itself as a frontier in healthy rice cooking.
Similar to how our forefathers traditionally cooked rice, Grayns dissolves the amylopectin in rice so that consumers can enjoy their favourite carbohydrate without the sugar.
As a result, rice will have a lower glycemic index (GI) and this means you will not only be full and energetic for longer but rice will be made healthier for consumption.
With Grayns, you will no longer need to worry about keeping rice as a staple part of your diet at the expense of your heart.
By removing sugar from rice, Grayns Rice Cooker allows you to enjoy rice the way our forefathers have, keeping it wholesome, hearty and delicious, and good for your heart.
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