Is Eating Rice (With High Arsenic Levels) Safe?

[willbewhatiwill]

I have stopped eating rice (and its products like rice noodles, rice flour, etc) for nearly a year now. I do no feel good and healthy after eating rice, as rice contains more arsenic that any other crops grown for food.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/high-levels-of-arsenic-in-rice-why-isnt-it-regulated-in-our-food-9836900.html reported, “Rice has, typically, ten times more inorganic arsenic than other foods and, as the European Food Standards Authority have reported, people who eat a lot of rice are exposed to worrying concentrations. What sets rice apart is that it is the only major crop that is grown under flooded conditions. It is this flooding that releases inorganic arsenic, normally locked up in soil minerals, which makes it available for the plant to uptake. Chronic exposure can cause a range of health problems including developmental problems, heart disease, diabetes and nervous system damage. However, most worrying are lung and bladder cancers. Bottled water in the EU is around 50 times lower in inorganic arsenic water concentrations than rice. Therefore, you would need to drink five litres of water to get the equivalent arsenic dose of eating a small 100g (dry weight packet) portion of rice. Brown rice is higher in inorganic arsenic than white as arsenic is concentrated in the bran that is removed by milling to produce white rice. Sourcing rice from regions with lower grain inorganic arsenic concentrations – for example, basmati rice is two to three-fold lower in inorganic arsenic than rice from the European Union or from the US. Cooking rice in a large excess of water also helps to remove inorganic arsenic”.

[albaqwerty]

one of my sons is a scientific geek and suggests that your post is full of arsenic.

[237SJ]

"I suffered" Yes, sure you did. Would you like to tell us how you suffered exactly?

[Mamyalynne]

Possibly, Diddly is possibly the best answer.

[willbewhatiwill]

diddlydo,

Unfoundedly, it is absolute frank straight-forward truth that I fear eating rice (and its products) for abut a year now. Can't you detect the real fear I have when I write on this topic? I do not get prizes for getting lots of responses.

[woofgang]

will, is English your first language?

[willbewhatiwill]

I meant: Unfortunately, it is absolute frank straight-forward truth that I fear eating rice (and its products) for abut a year now. Can't you detect the real fear I have when I write on this topic? I do not get prizes for getting lots of responses.

[willbewhatiwill]

woofgang,

Of course English is my first Language & I have GCE O level (now called GCSE) in English Language. I have already corrected the spelling. Have you got GCSE in English Language?

I did not check carefully my typo errors before posting it.

[Tilly2]

This is getting daft now.

[tonyav]

I only eat rice from packets with a picture of '' Uncle Ben'' on them, do they contain Arsenic in them.

[willbewhatiwill]

tonyav: "I only eat rice from packets with a picture of '' Uncle Ben'' on them, do they contain Arsenic in them".

I certainly do not believe this, unless you give me documentary evidence. If true, I shall definitely eat rice again.

[albaqwerty]

simple answer, stop eating rice.
Stop eating whatever you fear.
Quite straightforward really I'd have thought.

[tonyav]

I certainly do not believe this, unless you give me documentary evidence. If true, I shall definitely eat rice again.

I have absolutely no idea whether Uncle Ben's rice contains arsenic or not, however it hasn't killed me yet.

[willbewhatiwill]

albaqwerty,

As I said several times already, I have stop eating rice (& any rice products, like rice flour) for around a year now.

[Mamyalynne]

I don't eat tripe any more.

Mind you, that's because I dislike it.

[tonyav]

Send it down to me, Mamya. Our dog will eat it.

[albaqwerty]

don't you mean you have stopped eating rice for over a year?

So why on earth post such drivel?

Mamya, tried tripe once, didn't like it, didn't feel the need to try it again.

[willbewhatiwill]

albaqwerty.
Yes, 'stopped'. I should check properly before posting.

[EcclesCake]

I just wish it was just eating rice that you had stopped doing, seems I'm not alone either.

[albaqwerty]

the best edit facilities are your own eyes before you hit the 'answer now' button

Would you please stop hitting the 'answer now' button at times?

[willbewhatiwill]

albaqwerty,

Ok, point taken, friend.