{"id":12961,"date":"2023-07-10T09:40:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T04:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12961"},"modified":"2025-04-01T23:11:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T17:41:25","slug":"new-wheat-variety-pbw-rs1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/new-wheat-variety-pbw-rs1\/","title":{"rendered":"New Wheat Variety (PBW RS1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About PBW RS1:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It contains <strong>high amylose starch content.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Resistant starch (RS) won\u2019t cause an immediate and rapid rise in glucose levels.<\/li>\n<li>The high amylose and resistant starch, instead, ensure that glucose is released more slowly into the bloodstream.<\/li>\n<li>Amylose <strong>starch content<\/strong> known to reduce risks <strong>of type-2 diabetes<\/strong> and cardiovascular diseases.<\/li>\n<li>Food prepared from its whole grain <strong>flour also have lower glycemic index<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>What is Type 2 Diabetes?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the condition in which the <strong>human body doesn\u2019t use insulin well<\/strong> and can\u2019t keep blood sugar at normal levels.<\/li>\n<li>It develops over many years and is usually diagnosed in adults (but more and more in children, teens, and young adults).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>What is glycemic index?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a rating system for foods <strong>containing carbohydrates.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It shows <strong>how quickly each food affects your blood sugar<\/strong> (glucose) level when that food is eaten on its own.<\/li>\n<li>Punjab Agricultural University develops new wheat variety to keep blood sugar, obesity in check<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is Insulin?<\/h3>\n<p>Insulin is a hormone that plays a crucial role in regulating blood sugar levels in the body. It is produced by the beta cells of the pancreas, specifically in the islets of Langerhans. Insulin acts as a key that allows glucose (sugar) to enter cells, where it is used for energy or stored for future use.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/education\/pau-develops-new-wheat-variety-to-keep-blood-sugar-obesity-in-check-8822510\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Punjab Agricultural University develops new wheat variety to keep blood sugar, obesity in check<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Wheat Variety (PBW RS1)  contains high amylose starch content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12962,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12961","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}