How To Cook Rice To Remove Arsenic

How To Cook Rice To Remove Arsenic. Rice contains naturally high levels of arsenic, a toxin which can be fatal to humans, and experts have revealed the best way to remove it from the crop during cooking. Scientists call for further research on how to remove arsenic in areas of poor water quality and regional rice varieties.

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Dr Andy Meharg a professor of molecular biosciences at Queens University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, said that due to how rice is grown, they have ten times the amount of arsenic than any other food crops. University of Sheffield study shows cooking rice in a certain way removes more than half of the naturally occurring arsenic compared to rinsing alone. Fortunately, in recent years, several methods have been identified that reduce the levels of inorganic arsenic in rice.

However, some of them also remove the nutrients present in the rice, which is however not the desired effect.

Rice contains naturally high levels of arsenic, a toxin which can be fatal to humans, and experts have revealed the best way to remove it from the crop during cooking.