On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:29:46 -0000, "Ophelia"
> wrote:

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> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On 11/21/2013 3:03 AM, sf wrote:
> >> On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 19:09:09 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> >
> >>> "Nancy Young" > wrote
> >
> >>>> She pretty much lives on tofu and rice, so this is kind of a
> >>>> surprise.
> >
> >>> Too many carbs can do that!
> >>
> >> Yeah, it was the rice... no joke, Nancy.
> >
> > Thank you both, I will tell my mother that and to ask her
> > doctor.
> >
> > Being Japanese, she thinks rice is what you eat.
>
> As always, it is what you are raised eating. I think it might be an awful
> wrench if she is denied it now

She won't have to stop it completely, just change the type she uses
everyday and cut back on the amount. Ask dsi1 what a typical amount
of rice is for Hawaiians to eat and that's pretty much the case for
Japanese and Pacific Islanders too.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.