Do the Pros of Brown Rice Outweigh the Cons of Arsenic?
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- Опубліковано 13 сер 2017
- Are there unique benefits to brown rice which would justify keeping it in our diet despite the arsenic content?
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Here’s the 13 videos in the series if you missed any or want to go back and review:
• Where Does the Arsenic in Chicken Come From? (nutritionfacts.org/video/where...)
• Where Does the Arsenic in Rice, Mushrooms, and Wine Come From? (nutritionfacts.org/video/Where...)
• The Effects of Too Much Arsenic in the Diet (nutritionfacts.org/video/The-E...)
• Cancer Risk from Arsenic in Rice and Seaweed (nutritionfacts.org/video/Cance...)
• Which Rice Has Less Arsenic: Black, Brown, Red, White or Wild? (nutritionfacts.org/video/Which...)
• How to Cook Rice to Lower Arsenic Levels (nutritionfacts.org/video/How-t...)
• Arsenic in Infant Rice Cereal (nutritionfacts.org/video/Arsen...)
• Arsenic in Rice Milk, Rice Krispies, and Brown Rice Syrup (nutritionfacts.org/video/Arsen...)
• How Risky is the Arsenic in Rice? (nutritionfacts.org/video/How-R...)
• How Much Arsenic in Rice is Too Much? (nutritionfacts.org/video/How-M...)
• Is White Rice a Yellow Light or Red Light Food? (nutritionfacts.org/video/Is-Wh...)
• Do the Pros of Brown Rice Outweigh the Cons of Arsenic? (nutritionfacts.org/video/Do-th...)
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lol I think it's funny how much this rice series is pissing people off. So one minute you praise him for speaking the truth. The next you're ready to burn him at the stake for saying something you don't agree with? Eat rice if you want or don't. He's just providing you with food for though
Exactly. These people are clinging to their rice almost as badly as meat-eaters to meat.
I love rice, and eats half-tons of it in the cold weather months. I am glad to have the data now to make smarter rice purchasing and eating choices in future. The negative response to this video series from other rice eaters is appalling and surprises me. : (
He's using a tactic of throwing tons of information at the viewer. Most won't look into it, read abstracts follow the dots. So it comes off as being absolute true.
Ze Bunker I never considered that. But if a person is very concerned over this, it would be their responsibility to look into all of that.
tamcon72 yeah I probably won't stop eating rice any time soon tbh. I'll boil it with more water like he suggested. It's sad that even healthy food isn't so healthy anymore :(
Thank you Dr. Greger for making this series. I know countless Vegans rely on rice as somewhat of a staple in our lifestyles, myself included (I typically eat 3-5 cups of various types of rice daily; it's inexpensive, delicious and so versatile), and there's many people pretty much devastated by this arsenic news, but it takes a lot of awareness and responsibility on your part to share this information with all of us. Your only goal is to bring health to the people and that is admirable, commendable and so rare in today's world where health (or more accurately, unhealth), is nothing more than another twisted big corporation fueled by greed and wealth.
An unfortunate side effect to this arsenic in rice series however, as seen in many comments left below your videos, is various people are assuming rice is inherently/naturally high in arsenic and people are using this to "justify" not switching to a plant-based lifestyle; it just seems to be another excuse for some people to not embrace plant consumption. To those people I ask that you remember that rice does not naturally contain such high levels of arsenic, rather it is due to the pollution and contamination of man-made pesticides and chemicals which have tainted the soil where these rices and other crops are grown.
This isn't a Vegan issue like so many people are spouting, this is a human issue, one which has been created (unsurprisingly) by man, as nearly all other problems we suffer have been. Such a silly Animal, man.
Eat rice. Don't eat rice. Dr. Greger is merely giving us tools which will help us avoid unnecessary consumption of arsenic. It's up to the individual person to decide which course of action to take after the education.
Very well said.
Summary, because people aren't really paying attention:
- Both organic and conventional rice, brown and white, contain high amounts of inorganic arsenic both naturally and due to contamination.
- Organic rice doesn't magically turn inorganic arsenic into organic arsenic. (Someone actually thought this.)
- Due to the large amount of rice in an average serving, this amounts to a lot of arsenic exposure.
- Arsenic consumption causes a very measureable increase in cancer risk, as well as other risks not yet surveyed.
- A large proportion of the arsenic can be washed and/or soaked off, but in the case of white rice, much of the nutrient is also lost because the fortifications are on the outside of the grains and not inside.
- Rice produced in certain areas have lower arsenic content than others.
- It *should* be possible for industry to reduce arsenic content, but regulations and financial support are currently lacking.
- Brown rice decreases certain risks while increasing others (due to arsenic), therefore, in the long term, it appears to be a net-zero in terms of health, if not in terms of individual disease risk.
- Important to note that Dr. G doesn't say anything about brown rice somehow mitigating the damage that arsenic causes; it simply heals the left arm while scraping the right.
- If you like other grains, stick with those and reduce rice consumption; if not, just know that you could be eating other grains that provide a net positive rather than a net zero.
But this is about rice produced just in USA? what about Brazilian rice
The REAL problem is that we live in a sewer of our own making.
There are areas where the natural concentration of arsenic in groundwater pockets is significantly higher, affecting rice grown there, which is a super accumulator of Arsenic. One example is in areas along the Mekong river in Cambodia. So, even if we cleaned up our own act - much needed - the problem would still persist elsewhere.
There's so many grains out there I encourage people to mix it up and try other grains in place of rice.
Imagine going to a Thai or Indian restaurant and asking for oats with
your curry instead of rice! Vegans already have a hard enough time
eating out. This series of videos is blown out of proportion and
discourages potential vegans.
You guys forget that all Dr Greger wants to do is present the best available evidence whether certain food is healthy or not. As he says it:
"It’s up to each of us to make our own decisions as to what to eat and how to live-but, we should make these choices consciously, educating ourselves about the predictable consequences of our actions."
Or just eat less grains in general?
sdushdiu comment of the day
Yea, and next week some jackass will come along and tell us those grains are also lethal. Greger and anybody out there who is actually interested in helping people (instead of just getting clicks) needs to stop telling us that rice is harmful, avocadoes are harmful, olive oil is harmful and every other fucking thing that could conceivably be eaten is harmful and tell us *WHICH FOODS ARE LEAST HARMFUL* or WHICH FOODS HAVE THE LEAST EVIDENCE GOING AGAINST THEM.
The whole grain that I find very similar to rice, that Dr. Greger actually made mention to in this video, is quinoa. Just imagine brown rice meeting grits, and that's a ball park of what you are going to be getting. I find that it really does work very well in standing in for rice. Please, ignore the haters, and keep the very good information coming, Dr. Greger.
Drake Sheets yep i already knew about this rice arsenic business after watching a BBC documentary that covered it a few months ago. I googled it, saw it was indeed an ongoing issue and instead of eating a mix of rice or quinoa depending on the dish, cut rice out completely and just eat quinoa (except for breakfast, then it is oats). Yes, personally i find it does cost a bit more but it was super easy to do and is enjoyable. Worth it :)
B Mary, you and I are definitely birds of the same feathers, in regards to quinoa. As far as an excellent blood pressure lowering oatmeal dish, infuse a heaping helping of a potassium containing dried fruit (I usually use the minimum of a half of a cup of raisins), and swap out the water that you would normally add to the oats to make the oatmeal, with a potassium containing juice. Just to throw some options out there, grape juice, pomegranate juice, pineapple juice, orange juice and grapefruit juice all typically contain potassium, just double check the nutritional label to be sure.
Some fruit juices, however, I find are typically void of potassium, such as: apple juice, and any clear not darker colored juice that I have come across. Everyone out there, high blood pressure leads to strokes, heart attacks and brain or other deadly aneurysms, so eat food rich in potassium and low in sodium, to stop these deadly conditions, before your living or dying ends up being a coin flip. I know, instant oatmeal is so convenient, but take a look at just one tiny packet's sodium, not for this health concerned individual!
I will give you a way to prepare your oatmeal, in just a few extra minutes longer than from a packet of prepackaged oatmeal. Get yourself a big container of the quick oatmeal. Ensure that it outlines this on the label, mine say something like, "one minute oats."
Next, get yourself a huge container or ten, of your preference of potassium containing dried fruit, and however many bottles of your preferred potassium containing juice. First, I put my potassium containing juice in a pot on the stove, and then I add in my potassium containing dried fruit. In about three minutes, once it is at a rolling boil, I then pour the boiling liquid with fruit, away from me, and into a tempered glass bowl that contains my oatmeal. !!!!WARNING!!!! Please ensure that the bowl that you are pouring the boiling liquid into is tempered, otherwise very serious injury could occur!
Another thing that I do to ensure that my bowl does not shatter instantly, is I pour the liquid into the bowl in the sink, directly onto the oatmeal, rather than the bowl itself. You could get around this entirely, and just pour your quick oatmeal into the pot. So, a few extra minutes, if any, and a phenomenal health benefit.
Potassium even aids in kidney function, so, don't forget about including foods into your diet that contain this very vital nutrient. Much love to my fellow human siblings out there, and whomever hasn't converted to a much healthier and a much less cruel way of eating, why wait?
We whom are Vegan welcome you, and the enslaved miserable animals thank you for considering their great many lives. That isn't even beginning to mention how you are putting a foot forwards to keep us on this planet. Just ask Google how much of the planet Earth's oxygen is generated by phytoplankton, and then realize that animal agriculture creates quite vast dead zones in the ocean, and follow that logically through to it's eventual conclusion, and you will see that if things continue on the path that they are on now, we don't have long at all left.
Maybe a few more quite miserable centuries, on planet Earth, before it becomes a barren wasteland.
Hyperborea2012, too funny!-{D Nobody should ever not allow themselves the luxury of laughter. Thank you for reading, which I gathered by the specifics of your funny joke.
Please, never allow your beautiful humor to wither or die.
Yea, Dr, Greger, please keep telling us that everything we thought was healthy is actually lethally so we'll all go back to eating Big Macs and Dominoes Pizza.
Quinoa is expensive in ny unfortunately
Not the poverty food it used to be
Just watching "what the health" saw you're in it. Awesome documentary awesome work. Hope this doc will reach as much people as possible. Once again proud to follow a vegan lifestyle. Spread the message! Good job!
Lol at the people disliking the video because it's telling them something they don't like.
I've been going with barley and lentils (works in the rice cooker, natch) or oatmeal and fruit more, and it's tasting very good! These two tend to be the cheapest replacement. With plenty of other whole grain options to choose from, a reduction or even elimination of rice is perfectly possible.
I'm a big barley fan as well. We don't seem to be a big club though
Dr. Greger: an important part of your audience is outside the USA, could you please make it clear if people outside the USA should also worry about arsenic in their rice ? Thanks.
Rice isn’t grown in the US so yes one would assume apply it applies worldwide
This is indirectly addressed throughout this series on arsenic.
The answer is yes. Rice absorbs a disproportionate amount of arsenic in the soil compared with other crops, and has been used to clear soils of arsenic. Parts of the US - the South particularly - have twice the arsenic contamination of Asia, but Asian countries still have arsenic contamination in their rice (as does Europe and Australia). And since Asians also eat a much larger amount of rice than the average American, their consumption of arsenic is potentially greater (especially in Japan where they also eat a lot of seaweed, which is also contaminated with arsenic).
The video ‘Which rice has less arsenic: black, brown, red, white, or wild?’ in this series has a comparison chart, and mentions that the arsenic levels in Europe are also significant.
If you have a quick Google or search on PubMed, you’ll see there is plenty of studies and articles looking at arsenic in rice, and they aren’t all concerned with the US. I found one looking at rice eaters in the UK, for example.
Thanks for telling it how it is Dr Greger, even when we don't like how it is. Your impartiality is crucial. I wonder if it would help if we grew rice the way that Masanobu Fukuoka suggested. Useful information as always.
so much information that so many of us are totally unaware of...thank you!
Again Very informative video. Im building my diet and food habbits as the videos go.
I don't see a problem with Dr Greger sharing this information. He is simply stating facts, then making some reasonable suggestions.
I'm not cutting off all rice, but I'm reducing rice for more quinoa and potatoes... :D
I wish Dr. Greger would do a series of all the other contaminants in rice,not just arsenic. What about the other heavy metal and chemicals in synthetic fertilizers? What about the various types and percentages of pesticides found in rice. If rice uptakes more arsenic than any other crop,I am certain it uptake more pesticides as well.
If there was no "arsenic in rice" series and in a decade or two a significant amount of vegans ended up sick due to eating rice and rice products, we would be asking ourselves why nobody warned us.
Olhildr Hundreds of millions of ‘vegans’ have been eating rice-based diets for many, many hundreds of years now....
Thanks for the great work!
So much butt hurt in the comments. Sorry Dr. Gregor doesn't just continually confirm your bias. He states the science. If you can't accept that then why are you even here?
One of your other videos spoke about how a diet that involved a variety of whole grains -- including brown rice -- was more beneficial that any single grain alone. I love rice, and my digestive system seems to handle it better than other grains, so I still eat a variety of brown, red, black, and wild rice, but I try to temper it by mixing it up with other grains too.
Very good way to round out the series.
this whole series is extremely interesting
Thanks for this. Do we know the arsenic levels of the other grains?
I thoroughly rinse my organic brown rice, soak it over night and then rinse it again. I do not boil the rice in a large pot of water, rather I cook it in the rice cooker. Soaking over night changes the texture of the rice and I like it a whole lot better. I will reduce my weekly consumption of brown rice, but I'm not going to give it up.
One thing I would like to note is that whilst soaking does remove a large percentage of arsenic, it also removes a large percentage of the nutrients also. I think I read somewhere you actually lost a higher percentage of the nutrients like folate, etc. than you did arsenic.
I got so sick of this recurrent argument and the doubts it causes that a couple of years ago I swapped the rice out and barley in and have never looked back since!
Thank you!
Hey Dr Gregor, thank you so much for your constant hard work and friendly presentations of real medical science.
Even if you don't want to give up rice, I highly recommend pearly barley as an alternative. Goes with just about everything you can think of.
I'm over here just laughing at my fellow vegans cause there are so many grains and grains like quiona are cheap if you know where to buy but yeah I could buy a 5lb bag of organic quiona from Costco for $10 rice isn't needed I been a gluten free rice free organic vegan before Dr gregers videos on rice it's just funny how people think rice is irreplaceable just like meat eaters think meat is irreplaceable
I eat brown rice all the time. When I took a blood test for arsenic it showed I did not have a problem with arsenic. However aluminum and plastics do seem to a problem at least potentially as far as their buildup in the blood stream is concerned.
I really like my brown rice, but I'll often combine it with a mix of different whole grains. I might want to get in the habit of cooking it separately with more water and draining it though, in order to reduce arsenic.
This showed that in one study whole wheat did not have the benefits of brown rice. I have replaced all my rice for Farro a while back. I would love to see a comparison to all the whole grains in this series: I eat LOTS of oats, whole wheat berries, who Rye berries, hulled barley and quinoa. I would love to know which ate the best health wise.
Ooh never heard of Farro before. Thanks for mentioning it. Consumer Reports appears to conclude that it outperforms brown rice in the nutrition department, but I agree I'd be interested in what studies Dr. Greger can find on them. Gonna try that along with quinoa.
dr greger, what about the arsenic levels in italian rice varieties like carnaroli and arborio? you haven't mentioned them.
Thank you for this valuable information. Spread the word, stay healthy!
Black or pinto beans along with quinoa or potatoes is my "go to" meal. I will eat rice when I eat out, but rarely at home after learning this. Thanks Dr. Greger.
Good information but that one study when a high saturated fat food was chosen, that was cow pus, blood and hormone filled dairy(cows milk) with an unfertilised hen period(egg) so I'd be interested to see what sort of protective effects the brown rice or oats would have against vegan junk food and so on too.
Thanks can you do some more videos on rice I don't like arsenic.
I have switched from California rice to Thai rice due to arsenic in US rice.
What about the arsenic levels in rice from other countries / regions?
Can you tell us the arsenic content of all grains please? What about corn meal, cous cous, etc.
Is there the same amount of arsenic in black rice or red rice?? Wow, I think I will just get rice out of my diet. I just bought black rice... and I was planning to try red rice next. Not now! Arsenic should be on the label...the food industry is killing us - That should be the name of a book or something. Thanks for the info Dr. Greger. Love all the facts you share. There are many people living longer and happier lives because of you.
Dr Greger is simply just assessing the safety of rice and deciding whether it is fine to eat it.I know many vegans also use spirulina but he has videos on why blue algae is unsafe due to biotoxins.
Is the risk from arsenic in rice the same in other countries? These studies seem to be predominately in the USA
I dont know of a "milling" process in jasmine rice- I may be wrong. The quality of sake is due to the milling process of rice, but the rice most people refer to as jasmine rice does require any processing. There may be other reasons why people who consume "white" rice, as a staple, suffer from illnesses caused by diet "alone" .
Could you talk about the facts about bromelain,papain and bioflavonoids pealse??
This is exactly the feeling I had when I realized I can no longer consume meat or dairy. I will react with logic and not as an ardent omnivore who is unwilling to give up bacon.
Aw dang, anyone have a grain recommendation that's similar tasting and cheap?
Whole rye or wheat berries, oat groats, buckwheat, quinoa...
Keto diet?
I can get organic quinoa for about the same cost & it has a similar texture, ie, it's an acceptable substitute for chili & rice or beans & rice. Beans & quinoa works just as well & chili & quinoa was my lunch yesterday.
Durianrider wasn't triggered enough. Another rice video needed.
I used to be in love with brown rice but got away from it and now it just doesn't seem as good to me -- and I can't tell if it's just because the gut microbiome troops aren't skewed toward it anymore so they're not craving and rejoicing as much, or if it's the method of preparation now with all the rinsing that's sweeping away all the good flavor, or if it's because now I've fallen in love with barley, buckwheat, and oat groats which I hadn't been exposed to years ago so the standard has been raised
Michael, do you know if it's just the rice from the United States? Because i live in Brazil...
How do you cook the rice to make it more safe ?
Turns out the Calif short grain rice i've been eating for 25 years is fairly high in arsenic according to Consumer Reports. So I've switched to red rice from Asia. I eat more oats these days than rice anyway. It's really a shame that "we" did this to ourselves by dirtying our nest so to speak.
what about eating whole rye grains instead of whole brown rice grains?
I consume white short grain Australian rice pretty much every day (often twice a day). What methods of cooking rice is he referring to that make it safer?
And can anyone provide any research/resources on Australian white rice and it's toxicity as these studies have been centered around the US.
i cant find the link for you now but i did see that australian grown rice has pretty high levels of arsenic, however rice imported from other countries had much less arsenic, namely pakistan and india. so just make sure your rice comes from there
Razvan Sedekiah does soaking it leach vitamins and minerals???..
got a question: I have been buying & using all along only Organic Brown Rice with No pesticides pledge- Is it wrong ⁉️
What are the lower arsenic varieties of rice?
I wonder what the arsenic levels of rice is when it is grown in other parts of the world, specifically Australia, where I am from.
I believe he made a video on that topic. Not sure if Australia was in the mix but California and Asian rice faired better than rice from the American south. It was mostly do to pesticides in the soil from cotton production and chicken manure fertilizer. I think Australia rice is probably safe if it's grown without those two things.
~He did not mention that some brown rice varieties have less arsenic than other ones. California brown rice and Basmati brown rice from the Indian Himalayas foothills have less arsenic. More arsenic is in brown rice from the Arkansas and Texas areas.
~Also soak brown rice in water overnight in the fridge (also add a little bit of vinegar to that), drain, then cook brown rice anywhere from 5 to 1 “to” 10 to 1 ratio of volume of water to rice and once cooked then drain the water. These steps reduce the arsenic drastically.
Since the arsenic content in rice is almost certainly connected to the bioavailabilty in the soil, it would seem that soil health, quality and attendant sources of arsenic pollution would be important. From a brief scan of studies I've found it seems pesticide use, atmospheric arsenic, from industrial processing plants, water run off from degraded soils etc, all contribute to considerable arsenic pollution.
I have looked at general studies on which countries produce the lowest arsenic contaminated rice, with conflicting results.
Whereas some suggest flooded paddy field rice lends itself to contamination, another gave the orde as US, European, Thai, Indian and Pakistani rice as the least contaminated.
Didn't include China or Indonesia where paddy fields are most frequent. It seems too general for specific forms of contamination and soil health.
In Europe, organic labels used to include a soil association stamp of approval. I don't know if it still does and whether heavy metal contamination is assessed.
Anyway I eat a lot of Indian sourced basmati brown rice and feed it to my dogs, so this is an issue that is important to me, since our live of it makes it a cheap staple food.
We need a comparison between all whole grains then, to see which one has least amount of arsenic, is it oats ? quinoa ? wheat ? barley ? I'm not talking about where is the most arsenic in the ground, I'm curious which grains absorb the lowest %.
I mix brown rice and quinoa together already
Curious about arsenic level of rice in South East Asia
Thought experiment to follow: the video stated the 10% reduction in cancer risk shown by other whole grains was absent from rice. This is thought to be due to the arsenic content. Okay, but... 👇👇
Remember Dr. Greger's videos on green tea? He said 5 cups a day produces a 25% reduction in all cause mortality. So, maybe you could continue eating your rice but add some more green tea to your diet? Two small cups would create a 10% reduction in all cause mortality (and hence, cancer risk), similar to whole grains.
In a similar vein, remember Dr. Greger's video on miso soup? To recap: salt increases stomach cancer rates. But soy protein lowers that risk. So they found a net zero effect regarding miso consumption and cancer risk. The same went for blood pressure-the soy protein negated the hypertensive effect of the salt.
To sum up: If you really like rice (and who doesn't), you could think of the positive effects of whole rice cancelling out any potential risk from the arsenic. And/or, drink tea to bump up your cancer protection.
Just some thoughts 😛
I will transition to barley and other grains. I think I will like other whole grains just as much as I like brown rice once I get used to them.
Olhildr wow, I think its just you and me.
Quinoa is very similar to rice,but much more nutritious. It's more like bits of rice. It's also the only grain I know of that contains all essential amino acids.
Firstly, I love these videos and think Dr Greger is to be commended on them. What a wonderful contribution. I do think there is an over-emphasis on using endothelial function studies as the arbiter of whether something is good for you. I can tell you as an MD that when it comes to overall health - there are other facts that one has to look at. So it depends on what end point you are looking at. There is no reason to eat brown rice especially now or before. Asian cultures have avoided it for centuries for a reason. I don't care what it does to endothelial function. It affects mineral, protein, and fat absorption and is definitely not a health food.
Does all this videos apply to Brazilian reality?
Hey dr greger thanks for helping me get the most out of my vegan diet, you have really helped guide me to a healthier lifestyle. But I was wondering have you ever thought about teaming up with a vegan chef and comming up with some weekly meal plans with recipes that would help people get a nutritious and varied diet without having to be a dr or a trained chef. Would love to hear your thoughts and thanks again for the bringing all this information to light
You or your studies assumed that saturated fat is a problem. The “artery buster” meal was a quart of haggan das, chock full of sugar. How do you know the fiber from the whole grains didn’t regulate out the sugar from the ice cream? How do you know that the milk on the ice cream didn’t cause a problem because of a milk sensitivity? Were the participants screened for milk sensitivity? Could this have caused a similar problem with the raw wheat and gluten sensitivity?
does organic brown rice by "Minute Rice Ready to serve rice" have less arsenic?
no
For all of you rice lovers.....did you know that it is possible to remove 80% of the arsenic from rice by soaking it overnight, then rinsing well before cooking in a very large amount of water (which you then drain away once cooked). Dr Gregor - are you aware of this? If so, please do a video on it so that we can all start eating rice again.
Oops... Just noticed that you have...thanks
This was 4 yrs ago. Any updates?
Brown rice is the least of our problems!
What about black rice or red rice? Surely, the additional antioxidants would tip the scale toward the beneficial side, wouldn't they?
My question is this: If arsenic is a problem, then why don't people/cultures that eat the majority of their calories from rice have cancer rates that are through the roof, or even get cancer for that matter?
Isn't he talking about American rice only?
If you follow Dr. Greger, he said he was going to be doing a series on rice. No need to unfollow the man because he did what he said he was going to do. Also, he's not saying don't eat rice. Just make sure you choose your rice wisely and try to get out the arsenic out best you can. Are there better options than rice, maybe so. It seems some people hear what they want and get turned off so quickly. Try to listen to everything before passing judgement.
Here is my take. American rice has the arsenic due to long ago fertilizer used. Studies showing minimal health benefits were from Asia. Rice from outside the US is meh. Rice from inside the US is nah. Organic kale salad with walnuts, pecans, red onions, garlic powder, a dash of pepper and salt, veganaise/guavamango jam dressing is still dope af. Seriously, the veganaise/guavamango jam dressing was an epiphany today.
I am a bit confused. Brown rice was the only rice mentioned to have the heart disease risk lowering (i.e. artery functioning improvement) mentioned here; but, the video concludes with, "moderate risk [by eating less rice] and...choose the lower arsenic [rice] option." Is there a low/lower-arsenic BROWN--the only one with stated benefits--rice option/s!? If so, how do we know for sure, and where do/can you find it? Thank You for any further guidance!
Japanese eat a lot of rice yet have one the highest life expectancy?
How about new crop rice?
Don't heaps of plant based foods improve endothelial function? So as long as you eat whole foods it doesn't matter that oats don't improve endothelium function?
And what if you eat steel oats over rolled oats?
Doc doesn’t say very much about quantities consumed and I see at least one of the studies was done on Chinese men - who eat a LOT of rice from who knows what source! (Am I getting the wrong end of the stick here?)
Personally I am not going to worry about having brown rice that has been rinsed before cooking, in one to three meals a week.....
I've been eating brown rice almost every day for the past 2 years, should i worry about anything?
It's a slow process;the amount of arsenic in rice is a non lethal dose,unless you eat big salad bowls of rice. The human body is very complex and filters many toxins,it also accumulates many toxins. Arsenic from rice is a slow death process,it may take years,it may take decades for you to experience severe damage from eating rice,but is that a risk you are willing to take? Maybe rice is the cause in such high numbers of people getting cancer? The majority of people in this world eat rice,and cancer cases have been on a stead incline world wide,but especially in America.
Selenium is in brown rice. I'm allergic to walnuts so it is one of the only sources of selenium I can get.
Christian Parkes Ⓥ oatmeal is high in selenium according to chronometer
Isn't the arsenic rice problem a US one?
Not even bothered it's like worrying about which toast leaves the most crumbs in the toaster it just doesn't matter.
Any studies on Farro?
Is brown Basmati consider brown rice?
Good that i mostly eat gluten then, haha :)
and also the rice i eat is from either india or thailand.
Ahhhh! Does this mean this rice series is finally over? WOOHOO!
Arsenic never sleeps.
You thought you'd have to watch rice videos forever.... until now
All it did was left me as confused as ever.
Is it not possible to grow rice low in arsen, or is it just part of the plant? Makes me so sad :/
Wash the rice before cooking to reduce the arsenic, pesticides, etc.
Whole grain rice, such as brown rice, is easy to clean.
what about black rice?
But dude I love rice. I like Oatmeal. I'm allergic to wheat. I don't really know what quinoa is to cook with it. But rice has a unique taste I want in my weekly diet.
I've noticed in the comment section that you have on one hand, people who payed attention to the information given and on the other hand, people freaking out who clearly need to re watch the videos.
Rice isn't bad always and forever... it's mostly American rice that has higher levels of arsenic. The rice has even more arsenic in the southern areas of North America. Rest assured, Dr G isn't a part of some bullshit anti rice conspiracy.
Jeez, some of you need to calm down and keep up.
I think people would be surprised about all the other good grains there are
In a typical super market rice is the only dried whole grain one can buy.
NGC6144 try the ethnic grocer or isle
Other grains are usually more expensive, rice is very cheap.
NGC6144 must depend on the country then because idk where you are but i am in the UK (which i realise is fortunate) and in my nearest supermarket (a sainsbury's, not very large) we have dried quinoa, bulgur wheat, semolina, cous cous and pearl barley as well as rice and pastas.
Southern California, USA. From time to time, there might be a small box of some other grain but for the most part the only whole dried grain is rice and there is beans and pasta galore. Well, I forgot oats but that is cut/processed in some way. If one wants wheat kernals or practically any other whole grain one is going to have to order it.
all these comments from 3 years ago about people hating becuase they don't like what he said yet i can't find a single hate comment and the video only has 67 dislikes all these years later comparative to 2.3 thousand likes...
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ugh just bought an 8 kilo bag of rice. dang...
Ok, I guess I’m doing fine then because I eat a variety of whole grains! Good to know!
Eat California rice like Lundberg, is what I take from this series