The Study
Glycemic Response to Black Beans and Chickpeas as Part of a Rice Meal: A Randomized Cross-Over Trial
This study showed that when healthy women ate beans with rice, their blood sugar didn't spike as high as when they ate rice alone. But it only looked at one meal — it doesn't prove eating beans every day will keep you from getting diabetes.
Analysis score
Maximum 90 for a randomized controlled trial.
Where the score came from
This study tested if adding beans to rice makes your blood sugar rise less after eating.
Where does this study sit?
Reviews of RCTs (Meta-analyses)
Max 100Randomized Trials
Max 90Reviews of Cohort Studies
Max 85Cohort Studies
Max 72Reviews of Case-Control Studies
Max 63Case-Control Studies
Max 58Cross-Sectional & Case Series
Max 50Expert Opinion
Max 546 / 100
Quality score
Participants are randomly assigned to treatment or control groups, minimizing bias. The gold standard for testing whether an intervention causes an effect.
Key takeaways
Summary
Based on the study abstract and findings.
- 1Yes — even a half-cup of beans helped slow down the sugar spike from rice, which could help prevent energy crashes and long-term health risks like diabetes.
- 2When people ate rice with black beans or chickpeas, their blood sugar was lower at 60, 90, and 120 minutes than when they ate rice alone.
Score breakdown, methodology, conflicts of interest, evidence analysis & raw study data
Publication
Journal
Nutrients
Year
2017
Authors
D. Winham, A. Hutchins, Sharon V. Thompson
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