Hi Jacki welcome to the community. We are a very diverse lot, a mixture of Type 1's and 2's and follow many different paths in our response to our condition. Most threads here are responded to by both T1's and T2's. I have found it useful to look at a posters profile to determine what type they are before responding/evaluating what they have to say. Bottom line, the two conditions have almost nothing in common.
Since I already have diabetes a study that concludes brown rice can reduce the risk of getting T2 is meaningless to me. For what it's worth I too loved brown rice and ate plenty of it pre diagnosis. What does have meaning to me is the effect on my blood sugar I observe by testing after I eat. My personal goal is to never exceed 140 (7.8). Unfortunately, I have found any type of grain spikes my blood sugar far in excess of my target. Although some diabetics find they can tolerate whole grains this is not the case for me, and I no longer eat any grain.
Her's a recent thread that discusses brown rice