Does brown rice raise your sugar?

Brown RiceBrown rice is classified as a complex carbohydrate. Complex carbohydrates, such as brown rice, millet, steel oats and legumes, take longer to digest. A longer digestion time prolongs your sense of fullness and helps keep your blood sugar levels within normal ranges.

However, simple carbohydrates, including white rice, soda, candy and white flour, are digested faster and tend to increase blood sugar levels quickly. Furthermore, refined or processed carbohydrates, such as soda and white rice, have few other nutrients, which can decrease overall nutritional value.

Less Sugar ReleaseAll carbohydrates cause an influx of glucose into your body. Brown rice provides a much lower sugar release when compared with other forms of rice. In fact, brown rice released 23.7 percent less sugar when compared with milled rice, according to a 2006 article published in the "International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition." By releasing less sugar, brown rice helps prevent high blood sugar levels.

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/472295-brown-rice-and-blood-sugar/#ixzz1mnm4jfkc