I don't understand this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38910848
If this is as it's presented then why aren't billions of people in India and South East Asia tumbling over with arsenic poisoning? After all, it's one of their staples.
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I don't understand this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38910848
If this is as it's presented then why aren't billions of people in India and South East Asia tumbling over with arsenic poisoning? After all, it's one of their staples.
If it ain't fit to eat don't let it go on sale as food.
Boiling rice in a lot of water only to throw said water away removes all soluble minerals and nutrients whereas getting just the right amount means nothing is lost. Get rid of the arsenic upstream.
We need to stop giving a s**t about certain things and just go on with our lives. There are others out there doing it and they don't benefit from some of the things we have here in the West yet they still thrive (one way or the other...).
I remember my grandmother always used to soak rice overnight before using it in cooking "to remove the bad things in it".
Apparently doing this removes all but a midges of nasty elements.- this was confirmed recently in a program called "trust me I'm a doctor" on the tellybox.
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Oops sorry just clicked on the link and realised it was he to whom I referred.
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Originally Posted by Glamdring
"The consequences of arsenic poisoning have been seen most dramatically in Bangladesh, where populations have been exposed to contaminated drinking water.The result has been described as a "slow burning epidemic" of cancers, heart disease and developmental problems."
In their tests, I don't understand why they didn't also check the result of washing the rice before cooking.
It's a good point but tbh if you're in the UK and you are dependent on rice for "soluble minerals and nutrients" I think you have a little more to worry about than potentially elevated levels of arsenic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saint-Just
I buy Uncle Ben's Basmati. Yes okay it means I'm lazy but its the right portion done in the two minutes i can be bothered to devote to cooking rice. I just won't wallpaper my jail cell with arsenic-laced wallpaper like Napoleon supposedly did.
I suffered the most awesome trots after reheating a tuna risotto once.
It left my body so fast, I actually achieved zero gravity for a moment, all in the safe confines of my bathroom. Mind you, Andrex shares have since gone up!
It put me off rice for ages
Is there anymore information you could share on your ordeal, i don't think we had nearly enough there?! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by messym
I suspect the cause of your misfortune was much more likely to be the tuna than the rice.
Not if rice had started to fermentQuote:
Originally Posted by watchcollector1
Yes, cooked rice left at room temperature for a few hours (like those rice salads you see at parties) is a notorious cause of food poisoning.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saint-Just
Indeed,Bacillus cereus is the culprit usually, I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Newbear
occurs when rice is left out/reheated etc
Mrs Goat is an environmental health professional and has encountered it many times
Wouldn't that be rice wine?Quote:
Originally Posted by Saint-Just
I bloody whined after, I can tell youQuote:
Originally Posted by Harry Smith
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So it was the contaminated drinking water? Am I missing something here? 6 cheap whisky and 3 beers later........Quote:
Originally Posted by hogthrob
No studies in India,China, SE asia? Of all the countries Bangladesh is chosen, call me a conspiracy theorist.....
Why is Moseley specifying "inorganic " arsenic, is there any other kind?
Yes, Arsenic can form organometallic compounds.Quote:
Originally Posted by sestrel
Paul
So nuking 2 day old Chinese food is a good or bad thing?
I'm with the OP. I'm 37 and oriental. Eaten rice most days of my life and I'm still standing. We normally rinse the rice out twice and then cook it using the absorption method.
Same with reheating rice too. Never been a problem.
Is there such a thing as 2 day old Chinese food? It never lasts longer than next day breakfast for me and most times I have it cold from the fridge.Quote:
Originally Posted by KNog
You're a conspiracy theorist. Let me DYRFY (do your research for you). A quick Google reveals:Quote:
Originally Posted by 72bpm
Why the problem is particularly bad in Bangladesh: How the West poisoned Bangladesh
Further reading, if you're interested:
Food Standards Agency: Arsenic in rice
Food & Drug Administration: Arsenic in Rice and Rice Products
That's a separate issue. Reheating rice can release toxins so care should be taken. I rarely leave any on the plate so it isn't a problem!Quote:
Originally Posted by KNog
This is interesting reading. My wife is Thai and eats rice EVERY day, often reheating it the following day.
Never had any issues.
So it was the water!!! The plot thickens! Rice is a water intensive crop.Quote:
Originally Posted by hogthrob
In the uk I shifted a lot of rice out of my diet .
Potatoes are a better bet and mash can be alternated for rice as an accompaniament in a lot of dishes . Probably more nutritious as well.
Funnily enough I'm sat in Mumbai and rice is actually the healthy option as the alternative is roti/nan whihc is carb and fat heavy.
The average life expectancy in India is considerably lower than the UK ( about 63 was mentioned to me) environment is obviously incredibly toxic in the big cities with the smell of burning plastic never that far away. However given the prevalence of rice in the diet I suspect the arsenic thing may also be a factor.
I used to quite like that Ebly , pearl barley stuff . Haven't seen it for years though.
Yet rice is a staple of Japan and their life expectancy is higher than the UK.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr.D
If the only factor was arsenic in rice, could be that arsenic soil levels are greatly different in the two countries.Quote:
Originally Posted by hafle
It is possible, and anything can be grown well, or poorly. I'm personally inclined to believe that this is just another scare story, like we see every other day of the week. Plenty of cultures eat plenty of rice and seem to do just fine, so I'll just keep on happily eating it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingstepper
Me too, and Indian food cold for brekkie!Quote:
Originally Posted by JasonM
That's it, I'm off to the takeaway tonight.
I reckon it's a conspiracy by the Spud Marketing Board....
(I'm also from a culture that eats rice like it's going out of fashion)
As I do with curry. Cracking breakfastQuote:
Originally Posted by JasonM