While all the above-mentioned rice types are weight loss friendly and healthy, you can further minimize the calories in the rice by cooking it a certain way.
According to the researchers from the College of Chemical Sciences in Colombo, Sri Lanka, a simple cooking trick could cut down the calorie content of rice by 60 percent.
Rice contains both digestible and resistant starch. Digestible starch is something that gets absorbed quickly and transforms into sugar, adding to the calories in the body. On the other hand, the human body lacks the enzymes to break down resistant starch, which is why it does not transform into sugar, rather it passes through the small intestine, gets metabolized and helps in improving gut functions.
The researchers at the Sri Lankan institute found that cooking a cup of rice with a teaspoon of coconut oil for 40 minutes, then refrigerating it for 12 hours after it is cooked, reduced the caloric value of the rice.
Sudhair James, the lead author of the study said, "We discovered that increasing rice resistant starch (RS) concentrations was a novel way to approach the problem."
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6 weight loss friendly rice varieties (and how to further minimise its calories) - Times of India
