
IS YOUR RICE POISONED? As I journey down the road to recovery I have ran into many articles throughout my research. One such article claimed that rice has the highest levels of arsenic of any other common food, substantially higher. The levels of arsenic in rice were so much higher than other foods that the government did a study focusing only on rice. Now before you start panicking and throwing away all your rice, please read the rest of this post. The government study has concluded that it is safe to eat rice. The government estimates there would be 495 cases of cancer out of 1,000,000 people who consumed three servings of rice per day from birth to 50 years old. However, there are many health professionals who disagree with this estimate and recommend anywhere from 1 serving per day to 1 serving per week. Since the government study was originally released, there has been much research on preparing rice in a way that would reduce the amount ...