How to reduce Arsenic in rice
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- A method to reduce arsenic in rice. Rice accumulates arsenic during cultivation. A new study reports a cooking method cutting arsenic in rice by 2-4x.
A common concern with rice is the arsenic content. Arsenic occurs naturally in soil and water but gets concentrated 10X in rice.
Is there a way to reduce arsenic, to get rid of arsenic from rice?
Washing/soaking reduces arsenic but only in white rice, and it also removes nutrients. Cooking rice in an excess of water and discarding eliminates arsenic and also nutrients. Boiling in less water and letting the rice absorb it keeps nutrients but also keeps the arsenic.
Parboiling: cook rice in excess water for 5min, discard, add fresh water, cook until water is absorbed. Arsenic in rice reduced 2-4x.
White rice has less arsenic to begin with. Milling removes the bran, which contains most of the arsenic.
Parboiling removes the most arsenic and preserves nutrition. Reduction in arsenic with this method meant the amount of rice considered safe to eat was increased by ~4x for white rice and ~2x for brown rice
due to the arsenic, recommended daily limit for safety is less than a cup of cooked rice (80-140g) for adults and a couple tablespoons (10-40g) for children (daily average)
with parboiling: safe daily limit = 1-2 cups (180-500g) for adults, (~1 cup for brown, 2 for white rice); ~1/4cup to ½ cup (20-150g) for children, depending on age.
some types of rice have less arsenic than others. basmati rice from California, India or pakistan has less; rice from Arkansas, Louisiana or TX has the most. rice-based foods like rice cereal or rice milks also contain arsenic.
FDA set a limit for arsenic in commercial baby foods.
Arsenic from rice is a concern but keep things in perspective. Instead of stressing out over exact amounts of rice, a simple plan is to have rice sometimes but not lean on it as a daily staple
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I had absolutely no idea arsenic was even found in rice... Thanks for the lesson!!
Not only arsenic.
@@masterlightjames950what else ?
@@jaketrat3725 nickel and other heavies.
I love it when science provides a quick solution we can apply to our daily lives! that's what we're all about. special thanks to my brother in law Lee Ware who first alerted me to this study
Hey! Awesome video! I actullly didn't know about the difference in arsenic level based on where the rice is grown!
You learn something new everyday!
Omg i eat rice (brown & white) every single day as asian. Thanks for great information.
And yet you are still here !! So not a huge deal huh. Billions of asians been eating ot for millenia and not too many problems....
The parboiling method is news to me. Thanks for the info!
I keep coming back to this video. The peace of mind ... I need that. I have almost completely stop rice - for years now. I miss it.
You're the best ! Every time it's so interesting !
You really explain things well, and give us informations we can rely on, based on studies :)
You taught me how to use google scholar to find studies, the different types of scientific evidence, so much information about nutrition to adapt my daily living, my way of cooking
I'm so grateful !!
Great channel! I learned a lot from you. Thank you!
Here's a question: why does washing/soaking removes nutrients while cooking rice in excess water for 5min and then discard the water preserve nutrients?
Without watching this, I can tell you basically boil rice in the pasta method rather than the absorption method. Secondly, use white rather than brown rice, and thirdly, buy rice not being grown in the cotton fields of America that previously had arsenic put upon them.
What an awesome video I learned so much! Thank you!
I can't eat gluten... rice is my carbs. Im small as is. Love the rich distroying anything and everything. Including food source.
I always buy parboiled rice.
Not so great for people with celiac disease which limits the choices a fair bit. A super video and review of the literature. More encouraging than most.
Oh great. I've been eating 250g of cooked brown rice 5 days a week for ages. I guess time to try quinoa.
My feeling when i just ate 150g of rice while not parboiling😭
no worries, apply next time! :)
Thanks a Lot Sir. ..Easy Remedy..!
Thank you. Very informative.
Glad it was helpful!
OMG ! Had no knowledge of this , thanks for the info. I`ll definitely be taking more care cooking rice from now on.
Edit - is it safe to eat rice that's been in my cupboard for several months ?
Maybe some reassuring. Many if not most people in Asia eat rice 3 times a day.
Japan also.
And they are among the longest living people on the planet.
Use the pasta boiling method, lots of water.
Yes you lose some of the nutrients. But it should not be a problem if you eat other foods as well.
Uncooked white rice, unlike brown rice, has an indefinite shelf life if stored properly.
@@Ve-suvius Thanks for answering my question
@@ianrobson9601
My pleasure 👌😊👍
do you rinse and clean the rice first if you do it in this method or go straight into the boiling water for the 5 minutes?
I have heard strange things about rice and potatoes. I have seen videos that say, if you cook and then cool rice it reduces its calories. However what if you reheat the rice or potatoes? It would easily to digest so, the calories would be absorbed again at the same rate? And if you cook those starch’s in coconut oil it also reduces the calories absorbed?? That doesn’t seem right?? Can you help clarify this confusion?? Thanks
I was wondering if soaking the rice in baking soda or vinegar help??? 🤔
Is that daily recommended limit based on cooked or dry weight? (I’m assuming cooked but just wanna make sure)
Dr. Carvalho a question: I have come across brown parboiled rice in stores. If I were to purchase them instead of the brown rice - since it is already parboiled, can I eliminate the first step and just cook it with enough water - until water is absorbed?
good question. I don't know the details of how it's parboiled industrially... I imagine it's better than not parboiling at all. whether they do it in enough water and long enough to strip the arsenic I don't know but I imagine it'll have some effect.
I've always liked rice, but now that I eat fewer carbs I have found it effortless to do without it. Any flavored rice dish you make (Mexican, curry, Chinese fried, Cajun, etc.) can be made easily and very convincingly with cauliflower rice. Rice is not all that nutritious and can be problematic for those wishing to control spikes in blood sugar. Rice is cheap, I'll say that for it, but IMO it's hardly worth the bother.
that's fine, cauliflower is bomb! :)
Amazing video as always, i eat rice regularly with every veggie that i can so this comes extremely useful.
Have u ever heard about resistant starch?
sure. the GI people seem to recommend it
literally eating white rice as im listening to this :o next time itll be parboiled!
i have a 3 day rotation for rice, so rice only 2 times a week, bulgur and split red lentils for the other days.
no rice from americas.
now i should think of boiling the rice another way, i use a lots of water and boil for 40 minutes then rinse.
love the rotation!
I give brown rice to my dogs with their doggie food. They love it! So what the crap? ONE MORE THING TO MAKE US NUTS!! Is there anything safe to eat any more????
Is there anything that you can consume that would rid your body of arsenic at a greater rate, like cilantro does for heavy metals?
I would guess fiber?
good to know
Thanks for Sharing making baby food
Just soak the rice over night. Why did you not suggest it?
I’m confused everything I have read said brown rice has way more?
Any suggestions on producing a drier, fluffier rice after the second cooking? I always end up with a wetter, stickier rice. I've thought about using even less water, but I don't know if that affects the ability of removing the arsenic. Or does it even matter with the second cooking? I saw another video that used only 1/2 cup of water, but that person had presoaked the rice first, so maybe they were able to use less water that way, but I'm not sure.
See if the way it's shown in this video can help you (she used 1/2 cup of water only: ruclips.net/video/Iu7EE7FpvJE/видео.html
after boiling the rice and draining the water, remove the rice from the pot, then add oil and heat the oil, then fry the rice in the oil for 30 secs while stirring, then add the new water.
can you put you channel on Romble as well....thx
Blue Moon Acres organic New Jersey grown rice is grown differently and, as a result, has very low arsenic levels ( Blue Moon medium brown: 17ppb vs Lundberg short: 168ppb)
Milled fresh weekly so no rancidity issues. Limited availability. Shop online.
i've been boiling it like pasta for as long as i remember. still alive, so i must be doing something right, right?! 👍
A new video! Yeeeey!
every Monday like clockwork ;)
Dr. John McDougall just unsubscribed. ;)
hahaha does he say no concerns ever? (not sure)
@@NutritionMadeSimple He acknowledges the arsenic issue, but believes focusing on it sends the wrong message to unhealthy people learning to eat healthy, whole foods as per his Starch Diet, i.e., it scares them away unnecessarily. He chided Dr. Greger for his rice/arsenic videos too.
@@NutritionMadeSimple John Mcdougall doesnt agree. 😉
ruclips.net/video/4LOVLoWqD7E/видео.html
Ensure rice isn't a staple? This makes my celiac compliant diet harder ...
If arsenic containing rice was such a problem, wouldn't there be an excess of cancers in the cultures that consume it daily? Wouldn't we have noticed by now that excess?
good question. tough to isolate these factors in country v country data bc so many factors change (and therefore hard to attribute any diffs in risk to a specific effect) but direct tests are more sensitive and have suggested increased risk, e.g. ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP1065
bottomline, it's not the #1 dietary concern but if one can easily cut the arsenic by 2-4X with no downside, why not? :)
The cultures that consume it daily tend to consume rice with lower levels of arsenic. Rice from Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana has an alarming amount of arsenic contamination, a result of historical cotton farming in these areas. Pesticides such as lead arsenate were used back in the day by the thousands of tons. It's still in those soils today. it will still be there a hundred years from now.
i strain the rice several times of the course of cooking it after parboiling and i cook it in a hug pot with only a little rice i probably remove close to 100% of the arsenic bit thats the price i pay for enjoying rice regularly
Good! What is a “hug pot”.?
@royjohnson465 Its a type of pot that contains arsenic in its metal so that way it absorbs it creates an ion channel and absorbs it from the rice whole foods sells it
@@Datacorrupter234 ~Thank you for taking the time to explain that to me. I did a couple searches on “hug pot”, but I still cannot find it?
@@royjohnson465 i think only whole foods sells it
I stopped eating rice at all.
What about organic rice, white or brown?
Is it not safe to cook batches of white rice in my instant pot then?
it's fine. the pot works like any other pan. just add the quick boil + discard water step in the beginning if you want to reduce the arsenic. Or don't do it and just eat it more sparingly
Can someone tell me what song he plays at the end of all his videos?
The original song is Unsteady by X Ambassadors. :)
@@Callistea thanks
Why does rice have so much arsenic?
ruclips.net/video/4LOVLoWqD7E/видео.html
@@Julottt 😆
@@Julottt Thanks.
my understanding is that rice is a staple diet in Asia, but your video states a one cup limit/day.
Tell me if we eat white bread bad, if we eat rice bad, red meat bad vegetable contains hormone bad so we have to learn to eat air😂😂😂
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Well. Now my rice is mooshy! What do I do?
after you discard the water (the parboiling part), you add new water (not too much) and cook until the rice absorbs it
How do the Asians get by with 3 rice meals pre day??
Asians seem to eat mostly white rice. Do U know why?
I’d rather die with my rice cooker than go through the hassle of parboiling but thanks for the info
hahaha fair enough
😒👉 A little arsenic goes a long way
Avoid rice from america and eat semi-polished rice (half-milled), best of both world and i find it tastier and easier to digest and dont eat it everydays anyways.
California rice is fine, but otherwise you are right.
Way to support USA
farmers!
Ugh...
@@janniejeanjellybean3803 I'm french. 😉
@@janniejeanjellybean3803 Just eat rice grown in California! Problem solved.
@@someguy2135 ~ parboiling solves the problem too. I learn something new everyday! Lots of good info on this video 👍👍
Thanks
White rice is better than brown rice. And if you are already eating plenty of other whole grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables and eat 50-100 or more grams of fiber a day, it makes zero difference at that point if you choose white over brown. Brown rice doesn't taste good and has too much arsenic.
Semi polished rice (half whole), best of both world and taste better than white rice, try it.
@@Julottt I'm not sure if I've seen it before. Does it taste more like brown rice or white rice?
I just ate around 900-1000 grams dry weight of white jasmine rice in one meal.
The taste of white rice is definitely better than that of brown rice.
And not quite a bit too.
@@Ve-suvius half milled rice is better, try it and it still have fibers.
Sad they sell this and we have to deal with it smh.
So you’re actually buying food you know contains arsenic and teaches you how to remove arsenic once you bought them. Don’t eat rice. Problem solve.