*Sigh*....this is the latest bizarre effort to track causes of Type II
diabetes, and a great example of problems with trying to determine causes
and correlations.

"Now a new study from researchers at
Harvard<http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/170/11/961>
reports
that Americans who eat two or more servings of brown rice a week reduce
their risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by about 10 percent compared to
people who eat it less than once a month. And those who eat white rice on a
regular basis — five or more times a week — are almost 20 percent more
likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than those who eat it less than once a
month."

So - wait for the punch line - those who ate *two* servings of brown rice
were compared to those who ate *five* servings of white race - and the white
rice eaters *were more likely to develop Type II diabetes.*  No comparison
of other diet variations likely in those who routinely ate brown rice?  Or
of course, two servings of brown rice vs. *five* servings of white.
*
*
How much is wrong with this conclusion?  (Where to start?)

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/eating-brown-rice-to-cut-diabetes-risk/

Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Plymouth State University
New Hampshire

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