Method of cooking white rice is the problem

It is not so much a case of white rice being unhealthy as the method of cooking it being unhealthy (Sheng Siong to offer discounts on healthier rice products; Aug 22).

I grew up in the 1970s and saw how my late mother cooked white rice: In a pot, and when the rice was cooked, she drained the starchy water out, which was used to water the plants.

Nowadays, all homes have a rice cooker, and the water is not drained out, hence white rice is high in starch.

Perhaps we could one day use rice cookers that drain the water out automatically, thus making white rice healthier. Until then, as a type 2 diabetes sufferer since 2006, I opt for the traditional way of cooking rice.