Sri Lanka's scientists have brought out a new 'low calorie' method of cooking rice to Prevent diabetes

Sri Lanka's scientists have brought out a new 'low calorie' method of cooking rice to Prevent diabetes

The risk of diabetes than those who eat less rice, doctors said. But the Sri Lankan scientists have discovered a new way to cook rice, rice, thereby lowering the amount of calories in half the risk can be reduced.

Rice is the staple food of millions of people. But among those who eat rice are more at risk of suffering from diabetes.The scientists said, the calories found in white rice starch, which increases the amount of body fat and carbohydrates.

According to scientists,we will get about 200 calories from a cup of rice.

Two Sri Lankan scientist Dr. James sudahira and Pusparaja tabaraja - the country's College of Chemical Sciences who has studied this.They say, the new rice cooking method, that is possible to reduce the amount of calories in half.

On Monday, the American Chemical Society's national meeting, they expressed the preliminary results of the study.

What is the procedure?

Researcher Sudahira James says, "The first cup water to hatch, and the amount of rice that will cook it for about three percent of its coconut oil should be in hatch. After that add the rice in the boiling water. After cooking put the rice in refrigerator 12 hour, leave to cool. "

Researcher Pusparaja said the rice cooked with coconut oil to cool for 12 hour, and after that as a result of the starch of rice change its chemical nature, and it reduces the amount of calories.

Percent in the amount of calories from variety rice varies from 10 to 60 per cent.

He said, the less amount of calories mean it decreased risk of diabetes.

They have so far tried in Sri Lanka's 38 species of rice.