Prediabetes by Harold Gunatillake   Script: Prediabetes is the steppingstone to full blown diabetes If you are a non- diabetic you are blessed to be free with your dietetic habits, but over-indulgence may catch you in some other ways for the same risk factors, such as heart disease, high blood pressure and so on. So, do not be complacent being free of diabetes, to consume high glycaemic foods. High glycaemic foods are those carbs that have a GI of over 60. These include round grain rice like samba, also called shortgrain, or any other white rice has a GI of 73 when glucose is based as 100. Boiled brown rice has a lower GI of about 68 and over. This difference is, the brown outer covering in brown rice referred to as bran delays digestion with slower absorption. The other common high GI foods are potatoes, white bread, foods ...

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