“…The consumption of white rice has been shown to significantly increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, especially in Asian (Chinese and Japanese) populations (Hu, Pan, Malik & Sun, 2012). In some parts of Asia, such as Malaysia and Singapore, rice is often flavoured with liquid products of high fat content, such as coconut milk and chicken broth or fried with high amounts of vegetable cooking oil, causing obesity issues (Lani, Matsor, Nasution, Ku & Yusof, 2015;Nidhi et al, 2010;Umachandran, Sawicka, Nasir & Pasqualone, 2018). These problems are ubiquitous to all the major starchbased diets (Lani et al, 2015;Nidhi et al, 2010;Umachandran et al, 2018).…”