Thursday, September 27, 2012

arsenic in rice

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2012/11/arsenic-in-your-food/index.htm#chart

Above is a link to a chart for the levels of arsenic in rice. It also says, "Change the way you cook rice. You may be able to cut your exposure to inorganic arsenic in rice by rinsing raw rice thoroughly before cooking, using a ratio of 6 cups water to 1 cup rice for cooking and draining the excess water afterward. That is a traditional method of cooking rice in Asia. The modern technique of cooking rice in water that is entirely absorbed by the grains has been promoted because it allows rice to retain more of its vitamins and other nutrients. But even though you may sacrifice some of rice's nutritional value, research has shown that rinsing and using more water removes about 30 percent of the rice's inorganic arsenic content."

1 comment:

Robin said...

Thanks for posting this Kim-I will be rinsing my rice!