The study is to determine whether eating fermented rice every day improves metabolic health. This retrospective study was conducted in order to compare two groups of people’s daily dietary consumption of fermentation rice and their metabolic health in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The study observed patients in between the age of 35-60, from various departments, including neurology, cardiology, dermatology, gastroenterology, etc., who visited the tertiary care facility at one of the largest hospitals, SSKM, located in Kolkata from March 2022 to October 2022. Dietary. A validated questionnaire was developed to know the presence and amount of fermented rice in participant’s diet. HEI-2015 (Healthy Eating Index 2015) was used to determine the dietary quality of two groups. Then a semi food frequency questionnaire was developed. Then Man-Whitney U, Goodman Gamma, JonckhereTepstra Test were performed to know whether there was a significant difference between the two groups in terms of biochemical and clinical indicators. Goodman-Krushkal gamma test were also performed to examine the association between consumption of fermented rice and the prevalence of obesity, hypertension, cardio vascular disorders, and type II diabetes. This research is the first to demonstrate how elder persons who regularly consume fermented rice experience improved blood lipid levels and favourable impacts on body weight maintenance.

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