Okay, is it just me, or did the two posts just contradict each other 100%
on the point of what rice vs.  corn does in a food?
 
Linda forwarded:
>The problem with rice is after it is consumed it raises blood glucose
>levels.  This higher glucose level after a meal will stimulate the pancreas
>to release insulin to lower the glucose level.  This overstimulation of
>the pancreas (to produce insulin) may be what is causing insulinomas.
>When you compare the carbohydrate sources- rice causes the most increase
>in glucose and the highest insulin response, corn produces less glucose
>and less of an insulin response than rice.  Sorghum produces the least
>glucose and even less insulin response than rice or corn.
>
>So using corn and sorghum instead of rice is great news for ferrets with
>insulinomas, and it may prevent non-insulinoma ferrets from developing
>insulinomas in the future."
 
 and then Trish wrote:
 
>Rice is more easily digested than corn, and therefore, it is likely that
>ferret gain more benefit from rice than from corn.  P&G tells us that
>their switch to corn keeps blood sugar more stable.  That may be true in
>cats and dogs because their digestive tracts are equipped to handle
>complex carbohydrates, but it only makes digestion harder on the ferret,
>with no benefit.  To put it another way, using corn instead of rice allows
>for controlled releasable carbs for cats and dogs...but for ferrets it
>only means less digestibility.  The ferret's digestive tract cannot
>metabolize complex carbohydrates."
 
If I am reading that right, Trish's information directly contradicts info
from the doctor.  I get the whole part about Corn Is Bad, but it's the
rice I am worried about, as I have an Insulinoma boy.
 
They both can't be right. Corn Bad, yes, but Rice Bad/Good?
 
Julie
[Posted in FML issue 3005]