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 https://www.livemint.com/Money/YfToF624eHmRfj5Xcu3naM/Organic-paddy-cultivation-improves-yield-wages.html Kochi: Paddy farmers in Kerala’s rice granary Palakkad district have been successful in experimenting with organic paddy cultivation—their maiden crop has a buyer who has offered them a premium. Around 20 farmers have come together under the banner of the Vadakkencherry Padasekhara Samiti for cultivating paddy on a 50-acre plot in Vadakkencherry panchayat in the district. They have been in paddy cultivation for the last few decades but this season they decided to switch over to organic cultivation, bidding goodbye to chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Harvesting has just begun and the reaping process is fully manual, involving around 25 workers daily. The process is expected to get over next week. The farmers are happy because the yield from an acre is more than four tonnes when the average yield under conventional paddy cultivation has been roughly 3.5 tonnes, says R.N. Ram...

Reported Glycemic Index of Samba Masuri rice is 51 whereas Sona Masoori rice registers 72.(Can someone clarify this?) Higher GI food items are generally not recommended for consumption by diabetics. They can contribute to increase in blood sugar levels and make medical management of diabetes more intensive and sometimes challenging. Low GI Food items are good for those who are  trying to lose weight due to low calories . It is also easy to digest. While basmati is good for those who have high blood sugar levels due to its low glycemic index, it also has a number of varieties and is priced slightly higher.

Glycemic index and glycemic load offer information about how foods affect blood sugar and insulin.  The lower a food's glycemic index or glycemic load, the less it affects blood sugar and insulin levels.  Here you'll find a list of the glycemic index and glycemic load for more than 100 common food items. Courtesy : Oregon State.edu -https://extension.oregonstate.edu/sites/default/files/documents/1/glycemicindex.pdf

What is Glycemic Index? The glycemic index is a system of assigning a number to carbohydrate-containing foods according to how much each food increases blood sugar. The  Glycemic Index Foundation (GIF)  classifies the GI of foods as low, medium, or high: low GI is 55 or less medium GI is 56–69 high GI is 70 or greater It is recommended to increase the food intake with low-GI food items and avoid High GI food items. What is Glycemic Index Diet? A glycemic index diet is  an eating plan based on how foods affect your blood sugar level .  What is a good Glycemic Index Diet? A healthy, low glycemic diet should comprise mostly low GI foods, such as:  Fruits : apples, berries, oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit. Non-starchy vegetables: broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, spinach, tomatoes. Whole grains: quinoa, couscous, barley, buckwheat, oats. Why to follow the Glycemic Index Diet? Food with a high glycemic index (GI) raise blood sugar quickly an...