Was reading an article about rice and it seems that black rice has a "low" GI of 35. Anyone tried it - and maybe tested against a CGM or finger prick?
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Black Rice - apparently has a low GI
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Low GI or not, at 75 grams of carbs per 100 grams, I'd need a whole lot of insulin for it.
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Far too many carbs! 
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Too many carbs and it’s not that nice to eat - (in my opinion)
Have you tried it?
Yes high in carbs, but the figure is uncooked. I can usually tolerate about a 1/4 cup of cooked brown rice. Maybe this will work better for me. I enjoy chewy rice too which I suspect this is.
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Yes a few times in my past before T2, that’s how I know it’s not nice to eat
I’m a chef by trade so have tasted most things, it’s more than chewy it’s crunchy and quite chalky - the best way to eat it is in a mix of rices & grains - not very palatable on its ownHa ok.. maybe i'll buy a smaller quantity to give it a go mixed into a salad or something. I'm thinking that to have such a low GI for the carb count, it must be full of fibre.Yes a few times in my past before T2, that’s how I know it’s not nice to eat
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Yes it’s very fibre dense to the point I would go very easy on it to start with, it can give you tummy troubles, having it sprinkled on a salad sounds like a nice idea if your going to give it a try
Eating 75 grams of carbs to get 2.2 grams of fibre inside you seems counterproductive to me.
Good question. I wonder why it has such a low GI then. Perhaps the fibre content somehow changes once it is cooked? Resistant/retrograded starch? The above nutrients are for uncooked product. Gonna try it if I come across some of this rice at a good price.
Wild rice, which I think is similar, compared with other types of rice, wild rice is significantly lower in carbs, with 32 grams of net carbs in each 1 cup (164 gram) serving of cooked wild rice. I can tell you that my 1 table spoon of cooked wild rice sent my blood sugars over 12 mmol/ls from a base of 7mmol/ls. It stayed around 10mmol/ls for several hours after. Everybody is different in what you can tolerate. Rice, regardless of type sends my BS up.
