As we all know, 75% of the ingredients in rice are starch. Starch is metabolized into various sugars, mainly glucose, through the action of enzymes in the human body.
In my understanding, no matter what kind of rice cooker it is, as long as it is made of rice, then 75% of the starch is nothing else. It enters the body's digestion and must be turned into sugar.
What core technologies does Gree Electric have that can prevent starch in rice from being converted into sugar?
The sugar-free rice cookers on the Internet are worth a lot of money, even the cheap ones are as high as 1,399 yuan. But with such a high price, judging from user reviews, the product is still recognized by quite a few users and has been sold well on major e-commerce platforms.
Sugar-free rice cooker IQ screening
Let diabetics eat rice repeatedly. What kind of black technology is this?
After searching the Internet and consulting experts, the hackers learned that rice contains two starches: amylose and amylopectin. Amylose has a single-chain helical structure and is not easily digested and decomposed by enzymes, so its sugar-increasing effect is relatively low. The structure of amylopectin is like a pile of branches, which is easy to combine and decompose with enzymes, and can be quickly digested and decomposed into sugar, so it has a strong sugar-increasing effect.
The so-called "sugar-free rice cooker" is to half-boil the rice, then wash the rice with water, dissolve the amylopectin in the water, wash the water and starch, and then steam it in the pot. The remaining amylose is low in sugar. Theoretically, this type of rice with higher amylose content would be better for diabetics.
However, this is only a theoretical effect, and no authoritative organization has conducted scientific research experiments. For example, what about the taste of steamed rice, the solubility of amylopectin in water, and the nutritional loss of rice after this "washing"?
The main ingredients in rice: 75% starch, 7-8% protein, about 1.2-1.8% fat, and the rest are vitamins, trace elements and water. If 75% of the starch is completely dissolved in water and discarded in the rice soup, then only 25% of the main nutrients are left in that bowl of rice. Is steamed rice still called rice?
However, in the noisy commercial propaganda, most users will not think of these common sense. They will just think that there is nothing wrong with saying this to such a large company and such a famous boss.
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According to Article 17 of the Advertising Law of the People's Republic of China, except for advertisements for medical treatment, drugs and medical equipment, any other advertisements involving diseases are prohibited. Therapeutic functions, medical terminology or the tendency to confuse promotional items with pharmaceuticals and medical devices.
Dong Mingzhu’s speech at the meeting, “Make sure you open your meal so that your blood sugar does not rise,” is suspected of violating the law.
Except for Gree Electric, JD.com’s Supor, Daewoo and Hyundai have not provided test reports from authoritative organizations and recognition from medical departments, which cannot prove that these products can indeed help control blood sugar.