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  • mph323
    mph323 Posts: 3,565 Member
    mph323 wrote: »
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    Are you asking this question in the context of one meal (which I hope you've eaten already or this thread will take a sudden turn), or in the context of a frequent diet staple? Are you eating any protein? Is this a real question?

    Yes real question sometimesyoudont have the best choice to eat in life so you must make decision so I needed to ask someone besides family. No protein, I just want to see if it's better to eat a lot of fries and possible risk inflammation and diabetes, plus i crease risk of chemicals or eat more rice and increase risk of diabetes even more but without fried grease covering it .

    You know you don't get diabetes from eating starches, unless you're eating so much they're causing you to gain weight. I still don't know if you are talking about a single meal or a daily staple.

    eta clarity

    Um a meal

    If it's just now and then, eat whichever you like more and enjoy :)
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  • mph323
    mph323 Posts: 3,565 Member
    mph323 wrote: »
    mph323 wrote: »
    Are you asking this question in the context of one meal (which I hope you've eaten already or this thread will take a sudden turn), or in the context of a frequent diet staple? Are you eating any protein? Is this a real question?

    Yes real question sometimesyoudont have the best choice to eat in life so you must make decision so I needed to ask someone besides family. No protein, I just want to see if it's better to eat a lot of fries and possible risk inflammation and diabetes, plus i crease risk of chemicals or eat more rice and increase risk of diabetes even more but without fried grease covering it .

    You know you don't get diabetes from eating starches, unless you're eating so much they're causing you to gain weight. I still don't know if you are talking about a single meal or a daily staple.

    eta
    What about the diabetic index

    You mean the glycemic index? That isn't something you need to worry about if you're not insulin resistant.
  • mph323
    mph323 Posts: 3,565 Member

    mph323 wrote: »
    mph323 wrote: »
    mph323 wrote: »
    Are you asking this question in the context of one meal (which I hope you've eaten already or this thread will take a sudden turn), or in the context of a frequent diet staple? Are you eating any protein? Is this a real question?

    Yes real question sometimesyoudont have the best choice to eat in life so you must make decision so I needed to ask someone besides family. No protein, I just want to see if it's better to eat a lot of fries and possible risk inflammation and diabetes, plus i crease risk of chemicals or eat more rice and increase risk of diabetes even more but without fried grease covering it .

    You know you don't get diabetes from eating starches, unless you're eating so much they're causing you to gain weight. I still don't know if you are talking about a single meal or a daily staple.

    eta clarity

    Um a meal

    If it's just now and then, eat whichever you like more and enjoy :)

    But what would you eat mph?

    I'd eat the rice because I like it better :)
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  • mph323
    mph323 Posts: 3,565 Member
    mph323 wrote: »
    mph323 wrote: »
    mph323 wrote: »
    Are you asking this question in the context of one meal (which I hope you've eaten already or this thread will take a sudden turn), or in the context of a frequent diet staple? Are you eating any protein? Is this a real question?

    Yes real question sometimesyoudont have the best choice to eat in life so you must make decision so I needed to ask someone besides family. No protein, I just want to see if it's better to eat a lot of fries and possible risk inflammation and diabetes, plus i crease risk of chemicals or eat more rice and increase risk of diabetes even more but without fried grease covering it .

    You know you don't get diabetes from eating starches, unless you're eating so much they're causing you to gain weight. I still don't know if you are talking about a single meal or a daily staple.

    eta
    What about the diabetic index

    You mean the glycemic index? That isn't something you need to worry about if you're not insulin resistant.

    But insulin resistance can occur.

    Sure, but it's not caused by eating starches. It's generally triggered by genetics or being overweight.
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  • mph323
    mph323 Posts: 3,565 Member
    mph323 wrote: »
    mph323 wrote: »
    mph323 wrote: »
    mph323 wrote: »
    Are you asking this question in the context of one meal (which I hope you've eaten already or this thread will take a sudden turn), or in the context of a frequent diet staple? Are you eating any protein? Is this a real question?

    Yes real question sometimesyoudont have the best choice to eat in life so you must make decision so I needed to ask someone besides family. No protein, I just want to see if it's better to eat a lot of fries and possible risk inflammation and diabetes, plus i crease risk of chemicals or eat more rice and increase risk of diabetes even more but without fried grease covering it .

    You know you don't get diabetes from eating starches, unless you're eating so much they're causing you to gain weight. I still don't know if you are talking about a single meal or a daily staple.

    eta
    What about the diabetic index

    You mean the glycemic index? That isn't something you need to worry about if you're not insulin resistant.

    But insulin resistance can occur.

    Sure, but it's not caused by eating starches. It's generally triggered by genetics or being overweight.

    Your kidding me where did you get that from? If I may ask what is


    https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/symptoms-causes

    "Overweight, obesity, and physical inactivity

    You are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes if you are not physically active and are overweight or obese. Extra weight sometimes causes insulin resistance and is common in people with type 2 diabetes. The location of body fat also makes a difference. Extra belly fat is linked to insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, and heart and blood vessel disease. To see if your weight puts you at risk for type 2 diabetes, check out these Body Mass Index (BMI) charts."
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Okay, still not sure if serious, but for one meal on occasion, it does not matter.

    However, if we are talking about something regular, where the entire meal is fries or rice (as you said when I asked before), my answer is that you don't actually live in a world where those are the only two choices and neither is a good balanced choice for a meal. (I am assuming that the other meals are not protein and veg based and this is just a weirdly structured day.)

    What would I eat? Neither. I would make sure my day allowed for meals with more protein and vegetables.

    Beyond that, I don't really like rice that much (heresy, I know), and fried potatoes are, IMO, only rarely worth the calories, so I'd have roasted potatoes as a side dish with some vegetables and some kind of higher protein food.

    One exception is that I do like beans and rice, so I might have rice with beans and vegetables as an option sometimes.

    Hope that helps!
  • bigmamabird
    bigmamabird Posts: 55 Member
    The rice mix would probably fill you up and keep you full longer than the fries. You'd probably also have enough from a bag of rice and a can of sauce to do another helping. So if you're looking purely at a cost effective measure to fill you up, I'd go with the rice.
  • Tried30UserNames
    Tried30UserNames Posts: 561 Member
    I'm not an enormous fan of french fries and on occasions I eat them, I prefer to avoid BK or McD fries because they make me smell like a fast food restaurant is living in my pores for the next week, so I wouldn't choose the fries.

    I don't love rice, but it's okay. I do love tomatoes, even canned ones, but I don't think I could choke them down if you mixed them with rice. That's just not a combination I'm in love with. Maybe add some beans or lentils and that combination sounds much more appealing, perhaps with some hot spices. I love butter. It's probably my favorite thing. But why would you mix it with tomatoes?

    I guess I'd have buttered rice and then maybe puree the tomatoes with some herbs to make a tomato soup (I think there may be such a thing as tomato rice soup, but that sounds repulsive to me). So I choose the second option.

    If it's a budgetary concern, what do french fries cost? About a dollar? Tomatoes are about a dollar a can, too, with rice being just a few cents and butter a little more. I think for a dollar a meal or even a dollar a day, I could find something more appealing than either choice.
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