Pay attention to your selection of rice. Many diabetics assume that they should avoid all carbs, but this is not true. Diabetics instead need to pay close attention to the glycemic loads of the carbs they eat. The amount of processing the food has received is a good clue as to its glycemic load. Rice is a carb that can be good or bad, depending on its processing. Brown rice has received the least processing, and has a low glycemic load. White rice has a higher glycemic load, while heavily-processed sticky rice has a very high load.