Hi,
I have been plant based for 3 years and normally need to eat every hour no matter what I eat as I get hungry again. Recently I started eating thai glutinous rice just steamed with water and I found it would keep me satisfied for up to four hours afterwards. I also find it more enjoyable to eat.
But everyone keeps telling me it will make me fat. I can't find any information from any plant based sites about it. All I could find was this:
"Hulled sticky rice is white in color, but unhulled it might be black or purple. These latter varieties are more rare and expensive, and often used in desserts."
"Starch is made up of two components: amylose and amylopectin. While long grain rice contains both starch components, sticky rice only contains amylopectin, with an almost negligible amount of amylose. When hot water interacts with amylopectin-heavy sticky rice, the starch molecules separate, turning the rice soft and sticky."
Smithsonian Magazine says that sticky rice takes longer to digest than regular rice, which makes it great food for monks to eat as their single meal of the day. Buddhist monks in Laos, Smithsonian Mag explains, typically eat just one meal a day, and people give rice -- typically sticky rice -- to monks as donations. Sticky rice is favorable because it will keep the monks fuller, longer."
https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry ... _n_6084408Can I eat it all the time like brown rice? Or is it more of a sometimes food?
Someone from a fb group suggested I ask you. I searched the forums but couldn't find anything.
Thanks.