article_snippet: Do you love rice but are worried about your weight?
article_snippet: The good news is scientists have now discovered a way to reduce the calorie content by 60 per cent - simply by the way The good news is cooked.
article_snippet: Lead researcher Sudhair  James, of The College of Chemical Sciences, Sri Lanka, said if the best variety of Rice is prepared using this method, 'this method might reduce no calories by about 50-60 per cent.'
article_snippet: A cup, or 210g of rice, contains around 240 calories.
article_snippet: So, the researchers reasoned that if the researchers could transform digestible starch into RS, then that could lower the number of calories of Rice.
article_snippet: This means that fewer calories ultimately get absorbed into the body.
highlights_snippet: Scientists say cooking the rice this way can cut the calories by up to 60% .
  