of milled rice compared to brown rice mixed with other whole grains (Jang et al.,
2001), so the difference between brown and milled rice cannot be easily deciphered.
Rice samples were also not controlled i.e. commercially available white rice was taken
at random and not milled from the same batch of brown rice. Hence the variety and
physicochemical properties of the rice samples may have differed. Cooking conditions
for both rice were also widely different with no given basis for such conditions.
Therefore, this study determined the rate of starch digestion and blood glucose
response in healthy and diabetic volunteers to brown and milled rice prepared from
the same batch and variety of rough rice and cooked based on their physicochemical
properties.