Rice in this country is dangerously high in arsenic.
Arkansas is the worst and Texas next. California has half the amount.
Seems the soils have a lot of arsenic in them from the old cotton days. Arsenic was used to kill pests. Now those fields are being spread with chicken leftovers like feathers and bones etc. that are laced with arsenic. Seems chickens are fed arsenic in their last meal before market so they cannot stand up and fight being rounded up for market. It is easier this way to go in and scoop them up. They are still alive but just cannot stand up.
So what to do? Do not eat chicken of course. And stay away from rice grown in those areas. Seems that Pakistani and rice from India test lowest in arsenic.
You can cut the amount if arsenic in half if you boil it and strain it like you would pasta.
Next turmeric is great for detoxing the body from arsenic. I take 1 tsp turmeric with a dash if cinnamon and a tsp honey in a shaker jar of 8 oz almond milk.
Detoxing the body from metals is so important!! Then give the body the very best nutrition in order to stay healthy.
Just found out that Bangladesh turmeric can have lead in it. Dont buy from them. A simple test for turmeric is to put it in water and let it settle down. I let mine settle for a few hours. If the water is clear it should be okay. If the water is cloudy or dark it has lead in it. Throw it out.
From what I've read, refulgent, there is no difference regarding arsenic levels between normal and organic rice.
Sure, some brands might have lower arsenic levels in the organic variety, but some may have more.
It seems that the biggest factor in arsenic levels, is how much of it was put on the fields in the past, and how much water is put on the rice plants. Rice grown in Texas and Arkansas is grown on fields that used to grow cotton, which had a lot of arsenic put on them, and with flood-field growing practices, the rice plants soak up the arsenic. Now they are working on new varieties that don't need as much water, and that don't absorb as much arsenic.
Here in Japan they only grow one rice crop a year, so the fields are empty for around 8 months. Some farmers will plant little plots of veggies in the rice fields during the fallow months, but most are just left alone. Since they have been growing rice in those fields for centuries, there is basically no arsenic to be found in the rice.
