I am about to embark on a radical new weight-loss diet. Want to hear the rules? Beans on toast, leftover pasta and potatoes, and reheated rice. I sense you raising an eyebrow, but let me assure you.

Carbs aren't known as a traditionally healthy food, but they transform when chilled. Cooling pasta, potatoes, and rice changes their structure and turns them into resistant starches. This makes them ...

Rice, as far as side dishes go, seems healthy enough. But if you're on a diet, adding 200 calories from a cup of white rice to the rest of a meal can tip the scale in the wrong direction. The rub: a ...

Oaklander is a senior editor at TIME. A cup of white rice has about 200 calories—not insignificant, considering it’s most often used as a small part of a larger dish. But there’s an easy, natural way ...

The humble bowl of leftover rice sitting in your refrigerator might possess surprising health properties that fresh rice cannot claim. This ordinary leftover, often overlooked or discarded, undergoes ...

In recent years, Okinawa has recorded the dubious distinction of having the highest obesity rate in Japan. Preventing obesity-related diseases is an urgent issue. A new research project has been ...

Rice is one of the most important staple crops and an excellent starch-provider. Resistant starch (RS) has shown beneficial effects on diabetes, weight management and inflammatory bowel disease.

Resistant starch is digested more slowly than simple starch, which can keep your blood sugar levels stable and have positive health effects. Resistant starch occurs naturally in whole grains, beans, ...

Often, when we have a lot of unwanted weight to lose, we can feel stuck by the seemingly impossible task at hand. It can feel like only a total lifestyle overhaul could ever cause the scale to budge.

White rice often gets blamed for weight gain, but experts say it’s not the rice itself — it’s how much, how often, and what ...