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Thoughtful Christmas Gifts for Diabetics Who Enjoy Rice and Turkey – By Dr Harold Gunatillake Finding the perfect Christmas gift for someone with diabetes can be a meaningful way to show you care, especially considering their dietary preferences. Gifts that enhance the cooking experience with rice and turkey can make meal preparation more straightforward and enjoyable. The Relationship Between Rice and Diabetes: Assessing the Risk Rice is one of the world’s most widely consumed staple foods, especially in Asia, where it constitutes a significant part of the diet. Rice consumption in Asia accounts for 90% of global rice consumption, making the region the largest staple consumer. Among the countries with the highest rice consumption per capita in Asia are Laos and Cambodia. Research indicates that higher consumption of white rice is associated with an increased risk of developing diabetes, with the strongest association observed in South Asia. In other regions, ...

Dec 20, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Dr harold Gunatillake Tagged Dr. Harold Gunatillake, Rice, Rice and Turkey

The dietary fiber you need for better health.- By Dr Harold Gunatillake Website: www.Doctorharold.com The socioeconomic crisis in Sri Lanka has enabled the people to go on a plant-based diet and become healthier as a nation, as meat and fish are out of reach of the common person. Dietary fibre is that part of plant material in the diet which is resistant to enzymatic digestion and includes cellulose, noncellulosic polysaccharides such as hemicellulose, pectic substances, gums, mucilages, and non-carbohydrate component lignin. Fibre is found in Carbs. Now what is fiber? Dietary fibre is found in wholegrain cereals and fruit and vegetables. Fibre is made up of the indigestible parts or compounds of plants, which pass relatively unchanged through our https://youtu.be/a0Dc3WAiJ2s Website: www.Doctorharold.com stomach and intestines. Fibre is mainly a carbohydrate. The main role of fibre is to keep the digestive system healthy. High protein-containing foods also have high fiber. Lentils ...

May 24, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Dr harold Gunatillake Tagged "SRI-LANKANS", beans, Carbohydrate, dietary fibre, fiber, foods with fiber, fruit, Health, high-fibre foods, Nuts, peas, Rice, seeds, vegetables

“THE PRICE OF RICE” – by Des Kelly Definitely not nice, is the price of rice AND other foodstuff, so very important for everyone in Sri Lanka to even exist. It is almost impossible for anyone to share the sorry details of what is really happening there, at the moment, so, my thanks go out to Charley Schokman for sending out this true story. This will give e’Lankans everywhere, a chance to see how our homeland is struggling at the moment. Desmond Kelly. (Editor-in-Chief) e’Lanka. How do they survive? Sunday Times, May 1, 2022 People fed up as essential food items soar in price by 200-500 percent Essential goods have shot up in prices by 200-500 percent compared to the period when the present government took over in 2019, statistics reveal. Rice, dhal and sprats are no longer affordable essential items. Dhal, which was sold at a price of ...

May 4, 2022 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged Chicken, coconut oil, dhal, domestic gas cylinder, Red raw rice, Rice, rof. W. M. Semasinghe, sprats