According to Dr. Do Thi Phuong Ha, National Institute of Nutrition, on Lao Dong Newspaper, most Vietnamese people have the habit of eating a lot of rice, eating rice helps them feel full for a long time and have enough health to be active all day.

However, most people do not know that rice contains a lot of sugar. Therefore, eating a lot of rice can cause high blood sugar levels. This is also the main cause of dangerous complications, affecting health as well as quality of life.

According to information from the Institute of Food Safety, although white rice is one of the foods containing many nutritional values, eating too much can affect your health.

Is eating white rice bad for your health?

Here are some of the harmful effects of eating too much white rice.

Prone to metabolic disorders

A study on the harmful effects of eating too much white rice in Korea showed that people who regularly eat white rice for a long time have a higher risk of metabolic diseases than other groups. Eating too much white rice also has a high risk of obesity or lipid disorders.

Causes weight gain and obesity

Eating too much white rice can also cause excess energy which can lead to obesity.

susceptible to diabetes

According to nutritionists, eating a lot of white rice in Asian countries is one of the bad habits that causes diabetes.

The first harmful effect of eating too much white rice is the production of glucose. If you are a sedentary person, this amount of glucose will accumulate and cause diabetes.

Scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health studied 350,000 people for 20 years and concluded that eating a bowl of white rice every day increases the risk of diabetes by 11%. This is also the reason why Asian countries have a higher rate of diabetes than European countries.

Easily tired, lethargic

If you often feel tired, lethargic or work more slowly, it may be because you ate too much white rice in your previous meal.

When you eat too much white rice, part of this rice will be converted into energy for the body, the remaining excess energy will be accumulated in muscle groups. The large amount of energy accumulated in muscle groups causes excess energy and reduced movement.

Makes you feel fake hunger

False hunger is a state where you are full but still want to eat more. This feeling appears when you eat too much starch in a day. This causes your weight to increase rapidly and you are at high risk of some metabolic diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure.

Mental disorders, frequent irritability

When you eat too much rice, your body will have to secrete more insulin hormone to stabilize blood sugar. Too much insulin hormone in the blood will make you irritable, even unable to control your actions, some more severe cases can cause serious psychological disorders.

Always have appetite

Even though white rice provides the body with excess energy, if you do not eat enough of the nutrients, you will always feel hungry, which makes it impossible for you to control your weight.