Does cold rice have fewer calories than hot rice?

Scientists believe they have found a way to make rice less calorific - boil it with coconut oil and refrigerate before eating. ... 'Eat rice cold for fewer calories' ... UK researchers have already shown that cooking and then cooling pasta will create a smaller glucose peak - even if you then reheat the cold pasta. read more

UK researchers have already shown that cooking and then cooling pasta will create a smaller glucose peak - even if you then reheat the cold pasta. And investigators from Sri Lanka say the same is true for rice. read more

Cold or hot, it will always be rice and water. Maybe if you cooked it with some bacon grease and refrigerate it for a while then removed the obvious layer of the fat it will, but otherwise, it’s water and rice. read more

“Cooling for 12 hours will lead to formation of hydrogen bonds between the amylose molecules outside the rice grains which also turns it into a resistant starch.” The more resistant starch, the fewer calories we can absorb. The team notes that you can still re-heat the specially prepared rice without accruing any additional calories. read more