How Much Arsenic in Rice Is Too Much?

Strategies to reduce arsenic exposure from rice.

This is the 11th in a 13-video series on arsenic. If you missed the first 10, watch them here:

Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution!
-Michael Greger, MD FACLM

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[ravishingrick]

Thank you all at nutritionalfacts for putting out this extensive series on arsenic in rice in spite of the fact that rice is a loved staple among the whole food plant based community. It is an unpopular message, that many don't want to accept. You guys are doing the right thing in giving this a lot of attention and exposure, hopefully this series will lead to changes and regulations that will bring the concentrations of arsenic down to acceptable levels and in the mean time raise awareness among the community and lead us all to make well informed choices about the consumption of rice. I for one have limited my rice consumption after seen the first couple of videos in the series and am looking to experiment with other starches so I can completely eradicate rice from my diet.

[ger]

You are one of the best doctors and nutritionist in the world

[ViolettaVie]

Thank you for this video series. My 2 year old has DS and is susceptible to celiac disease so I've been feeding him a gluten free diet. Only for the past few months he has been enjoying beans and rice or rice pasta so I stopped giving those to him. Other than that he has had gluten free oatmeal consistently or foods with quinoa in it. So we will stick with the quinoa.

[susanvalkai]

Barley is a close mouth feel to rice. It's like a puffy chewy pasta. Also low in arsenic in the Consumer Reports page.

[pickledbeaker]

Looks like the take away from this is not to overload on any food but keep a diversified diet to spread the risk

[mrbr]

I've already moved away from Rice thanks to your videos. I am experimenting with other whole grains and I seem to favor Bulgar so far. But I also like Quinoa a lot. I eat them with a mix of fresh steamed veggies, spices, and a little Avocado. I don't really miss Rice much, and I'd rather not knowingly eat anything that contains that much poison.

[oqbncec]

Damn it Dr Gregg i already have a phd in arsenic and rice with all your arsenic videos, lol

[odizzido]

Best info in the video for me, drink tea with my meals. My iron is too high.

[SuperAtheist]

I love white rice!
It's to die for.


LITERALLY!

[misterx]

3:40 - Could other chelating-agents help like oxalic acid in spinach?

[dahrrera]

Dr. You should definitely give us viewers a video about all different grains or pseudo grains (that give us health benefits) we can consume in our diet instead of rice, or maybe to add in our diet to make it much more nutrient rich! Because I know there are a lot of different (healthy) grains out there that I don't know about and I would love you to tell us

Thank you

[blobos]

Can't wait for the next two videos. In case I miss the next Q&A and since Dr.Greger doesn't answer comments here, can someone ask if it's still better to eat red rice if I pour out the excess water? The water is red, and the red is where the anthocyanins are.
 I live in Hong Kong so cutting out rice is near impossible.

[ginduf]

So the easiest way to avoid arsenic would be to know the source and eat only rice grown in India, California, Pakistan or in any other areas that weren't contaminated with arsenic based pesticides in the past. When in doubt, boil and drain it like pasta (Indians normally do that with basmati rice so it stays long and fluffy).

[wread]

Can you please make a video on MOLD MYCOTOXINS in high moldy foods including beans, peanuts, corn, dried fruits, apple cider vinegar, coffee? They cause inflammation and disrupt the immune system. I want to eat more beans for the potassium and cholesterol lowering benefits but they are on the top of the list for moldy foods. I am wanting to know if the mold can be washed off of beans. Thank you.

[marilynvmua]

I really wish these videos were in Spanish so I can show my family and they can see that I'm not crazy lol specially the how not to die video which opened up my eyes!!!

[bailey]

That's it, I'm not eating rice. 😂

[johanaeguia]

is about the rice in EEUU? what happens with rice here in Argentina? thanks

[freediverhd]

Is arsenic in rice one of the top 10 causes of deaths in the US?

[jimlyons]

Blue Moon Acres organic New Jersey grown rice has exceedingly low levels of arsenic (our medium grain brown:12ppb) is milled fresh weekly and is available in five varieties. Shop online

[gloriage]

First, thank you for your effort on continuing gathering and sharing nutrition information. It pushed me to read more paper and studies. But as an Asian who consumes rice on a daily basis, I felt there is no study or meta analysis showing long-term rice consumption on healthy population and cancer causation. Linking arsenic poisoning with rice consumption and disease causation while lacking scientific-based research including showing convincing evidence, probable evidence, and possible evidence might be leading towards to fear-mongering. There are so many factors might related to different kind of diseases. Using one case from celiac disease patient to fit this video's narratives might be causing further confusion as well as fear-mongering to the general public who didn't get large amount of training and practices on scientific thinking.

I will continue eating rice but I will pay more attention on the origin, as well as adapting other whole grains and beans in my daily meal.

Fingers crossed! Valar morghulis!