How many times do you eat rice in a day?

@reflectingmonkey why do you avoid pasta? that's my substitute for rice too.

@SW-User I have spent my life studying nutrition and mental health mostly because I have a condition , which might be hypersensitivity to hypoglycemia, and I suspect that the depression I went through during my youth was due to this. when I started controling carefully my carbohydrate consumption my depression disappeared. I suspect that the rising number of people diagnosed with depression in the last 20 years might be due to this. I have observed in me that eating sugar one day will cause that the next 2-3 days I have depression symptoms. I have observed that eating pasta as a meal, not so much when a small amount is added to soup, does the same effect as eating sugar: the next day I feel week and depressed. my interpretation of this is that pasta is a very processed type of carb and when eaten disolves very fast and enters the bloodstream too fast and causes a sudden jolt in blood glucose levels. also, because of this fast absoption, I find pasta, contrary to other carbs, has a similar addictive quality to it where is feel awesome when you eat it but , soon after, you want more, causing a type of cycle of consuming and wanting more similar to such drugs as cocaine or cigarettes.

@reflectingmonkey hmmm...interesting. thanks for the info. I'm a pasta fan though...yeah, sometimes I feel depressed but when I start to cry, I try to gear towards positive thoughts and battle with my mind. points taken, enlightening.