Before anyone else tells me "Asian cultures have been eating rice for years," YES, and if you watch the video, you'll learn that arsenic is not necessarily a worldwide problem - it depends on HOW the soil and water has been treated in the location where it is grown. WATCH the video before you comment! OK, rant over. 😘

Now I'm curious about sweet potatoes. Don't leave me hanging like that.

good to see you again and thank you for all the great info ! Love

Thank you for all the information you are awesome!!!

The fact that there is arsenic in baby food but no longer allowed in chicken feed is crazy.

Thank you Nicole for all your hardwork putting these videos together.

Excellent video & thanks for sharing 🙌🏾

Whew Thx for doin th research Sis

I like your videos and this one is hand down one of your best with information, studies and pathos. I’ve heard of this arsenic concern with rice and I am glad to have more information and alternative ways to prepare rice. Thank you

I love the way you talk ❤️❤️

I have heard about this yrs ago that why I now eat only basmati white rice that I soak for 1 hour then rinse a few times .best rice in my opinion. thanks for sharing your knowledge on this.

Presents an excellent opportunity for many African countries where pesticides and herbicides are never used to grow organic rice for export.

Indeed, a filipina here we ate rice bfast, lunch, dinner or even in between those three 🫢🤭❤ Anyway, more on "How does it grow" videos Nicole. I love it🙏

A source I trust. That cotton field history makes so much sense. Great video 👍

You are one of my favourite channel on youtube altogether. Each new episode is a delight and super informative ! Thank you so much and keep the great work ☀💚🥦

Nowadays, it seems that nearly everything we ingest is horrible for human health. But there is good news: only a few weeks of total abstinence from eating and drinking is guaranteed to abrogate any ailment, infirmity, affliction, and health concern - permanently.

Could you do a video about arsenic and other toxins in cheap spices? Especially great value wal mart brand

I love sweet potatoes...... eagerly anticipating the follow up episode.

thanks so much, Nicole... its so important to know these things... the poisoned baby food story is just unbelievable... and your tips at the end are so helpful 💖

How can we tell where the rice is grown either California or S. Carolina? I don't usually see labels on rice bags showing where it's grown.

This is interesting new things to me. To my understanding cassava also contains arsenic, so we should not eat it raw or medium done. I has to cook perfectly welldone hence the arsenic will be gone. It is also the same case with the rice? I mean if we rinse it and cook it correctly and the arsenic will be gone?

Is the parboiled type (e.g. « Uncle Ben’s ») any better in terms of lower Arsenic?

Check out Blue Moon Acres organically grown New Jersey rice. Exceptionally low arsenic levels. Five varieties, milled fresh (makes for an important difference) every week.

Rice are grown in water because they get way more productive and need less herbicides. When it comes to arsenic, we should only worry when those levels of contamination are high as it is impossible get food free from arsenic, fortunately the rice produced in Brazil are considered safe , but we must be careful with rice produced in a few Asian countries, so the problem isn't the rice but where it is planted

So if you buy your rice from Asian grocery stores which sell rice grown in places like India where arsenic wasn't used (specially tons of it), may be we are better of? 🤔

I've heard soaking rice overnight with bentonite clay is good for reducing arsenic too. Sweet potatoes (like spinach) are pretty high in oxalates as well.

I buy a specific basmati brown rice from California… it seems to test a lot less for arsenic and lead.

It's so funny I remember as a kid the mainstream USA recommendations was not to wash rice because you supposedly lost nutrients but all my Asian friends soak/washed their rice so my family did like they did because we assumed they knew better. I've always have washed rice my whole life and I still do, so when this whole Arsenic scare happened I wasn't worried. I also noticed a long time ago I had trouble digesting brown rice so I gave up on it. More good news for me.

Here's a trick my dad taught me, boil the water before cooking the rice about 4 to 6 cups to 1 cup of rice, boil rice in water for 5 min, dump water THEN add appropriate amount of water per amount of rice.

I always take organic brown rice .

I love the information 🤟

We have brown rice in stuff bell peppers more than anyone I know. 😋 We always use brown rice and hopefully the vitamins in our bell peppers are protection from cancer. And I have skin cancer. I'm telling wife to rinse twice You have nailed your hair look today 👌. Always the best speaker of the KZfaq University and If you don't get a TV job it's probably your choice. Always great videos and a chance to learn. Thanks

You are always a pretty girl, but your new hair looks is my favorite yet I'm for brown rice less carbs

I heard rice was also contaminated from arsenic once used in chicken production.

I eat organic brown rice grown in California By the Lundberg farms. Known for low arsenic levels in their rice!

Thank you for this knowledge! Now this is part of my employment location decisions. Hope you don't get bothered by the 'keyboard warriors' in the comments!

When you cook brown jasmine rice like pasta, are you pouring out nutrition as well as arsenic?

Interesting. You reminded me that our community college (2-year, state-owned) got the money together to purchase land and build a nice campus 10 years ago. This being America, they were looking for a big footprint for parking lots and easy on/off the corridor freeway/highway. One site under consideration was tested as too toxic. It was just farmland. The final choice was land that had never been used. What are the regulations that allow farmers to work that land but then not allow it for a public institution? Your video makes an interesting point about life on this planet. People are far too lax in their attitudes towards toxic substances like spending lots of time in or near idling cars with all the exhaust. I also want to point out that you encouraged eating dandelions, and I did and it was wonderful. I also love making stingy nettle tea, but recently I picked something that looked like it, and it burned my throat tremendously. FYI, that's the feeling you'll get in your throat when you are drinking poison. About a week later, I was feeling normal again. My point is that most of the plants out in Nature are poisonous, and most of us have not experienced the poison. I got to learn the hard way. How does your throat feel after drinking arsenic?

You only say arsenic is present, are the amounts shown to be harmful? And what exactly are the differences elemental arsenic has depending on its source?

What is arsenic?

Funny thing is, a lot of long lived people especially on south east Asia, japan, Korea, constantly eat rice their whole life.

Consumer reports listed the amount of arsenic in rice, organic and inorganic as well as how much in each rice brand. I think I made a copy on my computer somewhere.

From tamil nadu , a state where rice is exported! Years before we had the best soil, the best river bed made the soil so healthy with minerals and gave the best rice. Kaveri river made the entire basin such a rich source of soil and the rice was so Amazing then,

Is there a simple method to check a food item for level of arsenic?

So many 5star amazon reviews on organic rice because they were produced here in the US😑.. gotta love 'Merica

Quinoa?

Welp at this point ill just take my chances. We all gon die anyways

Thank god We use a lot of rice from China here in Puerto Rico.

Please do a video on heavy metals and other toxins found in foods.

So avoid US rice is what I'm hearing. I had no idea the arsenic came from cotton fields where Black people used to be slaves. Id assume that cause a lot of death and trauma. Will research that history more. Thank you for sharing this. Great insight and info.

There's arsenic in rice, but how much is there in a typical serving and how many servings would I need to eat before my body is negatively impacted by it? The Consumer Reports article states that a baby can eat rice cereal one meal per day and adults can eat 2-5 servings of rice a week without side effects in absolute worst case scenarios. For most, eating unrinsed, non-soaked rice shouldn't be an problem. If you're eating basmati or soaking your rice, it's likely you can eat rice every day without consequences--even if your rice contains the highest levels of arsenic of any cereal grain in the USA. I'd imagine the gov't hasn't rung the alarm because the levels of arsenic aren't worth worrying about. The health risks (malnutrition, etc.) associated with people abstaining from rice, or avoiding feeding it to their children could be much higher.

So basmati is 100% free of arsenic????

Great

For me the nutrition and flavor of brown, out weights the arsenic in white.

Is rice sourced from India mostly free from Arsenic?

This woman is very easy on the eyes 🤩😘🤩😘

Well done, good video. This also applies to apples and apple juice. The best thing is of course to avoid arsenic. However, one solution is to eat Canadian lentils with your offending food. Canadian lentils have high selenium continent. Selenium binds with arsenic in your gut and becomes innocuous. Not ideal but one solution. correction, Canadian grown lentils have high selenium content.

Yes whatever it is sad because you can't grow rice like some states or like overseas

Okay I have to know what's wrong with sweet potatoes? Please do a video on sweet potatoes

Dude. I was gonna have rice for dinner today. 😖 i just bought 2 bags of birdseye wild rice with corn carrots & peas. My fav 'treat' dinner as i normally just eat peas. (vegan.. on a diet). Well thanks for letting me know my treat comes with a side of poison. I'll be picking something else from now on

Bugger me!!! I almost live of rice... This one's a shocker...

What about black rice? We eat it a lot.

Welcome. peace to you could you talk about the war in Ukraine and the Russian aggression and how it has affected the world market for grain, flour, bread, sunflower oil and chicken. And to call for support for women and children in Ukraine, who are currently freezing due to Russian missile attacks on Ukraine's social infrastructure and energy facilities. We have a blackout due to Russian aggression, many innocent people are dying. We are happy to watch your videos, may God bless you.

I would DIE IF I had to give up RICE, I LOVE WHITE AND LONG GRAIN RICE, brown nah !

I would agree with you on the oats, except majority of them test positive for glyphosate, including the organic brands.

Barleys taste very good I do not eat rice barleys Is for me local for Canada ….

After watching Adam Ragusea about the western/eastern rice style of rinsing rice, i feel better now since I mostly eat washed rice dishes. I just rinse until the water is no longer murky. Yes there's a lot of starch being lost but i can now also say a lot of Arsenic is lost. I'm a southerner so we consume lots of rice cuz its such a great food 1) great shelf life 2) mixes with so many bean dishes 3) great price per pound, just buy a large bag and use it throughout the year. (A 20 lb bag can last 6 months but if eaten faster, then no biggie.)

Only in America

Interesting, as organic mercury is much worse than inorganic mercury.

Not at all what I had hoped for, or expected. Your attitude was just not what I have come to expect from your videos… ggggsss. You make me think I should find a bridge and jump of it now! I won’t, I can assure you of that. Life is good! Come on, you made clear things are getting better, so let’s be happy with that, and let’s do our best to minimize the problem. Keep moving forward…

Are you only talking about US products?

Every food item in the world is contaminated at this point

At what dose does arsenic in rice cause a problem? Because if the amount in a daily ration of rice is so low that it's not a problem, then it's not a problem - and all the fear and alarm is unnecessary.

better yet cut rice as much as possible

oh nooo, im pregnant and been eating a lot of rice

She is talking about American-grown rice. Asians have the highest life longevity and rice is their staple food. Everything in America is tainted with deadly chemicals, not in Asia.

Nah i am indonesian eat rice my whole life 3 serving a day at minimum. Theres no problem. My grandma is 85 now and still rocking 😂😂😂

Buy your rice from Asian markets. Korean and Japanese rice are both good.

*puts down brown rice cracker* I am never eating rice again..

Maybe my Trader Joe’s rice crackers won’t kill me since their from Thailand…

No big deal, I've been eating rice for years.

Arsenic is in almost everything that touched the earth. Arsenic occurs in nature. The question is always at what concentration.

Is rice bad then junk food!

That's it. From now on I will do without rice and grow even more food myself. With the leftover rice, I'm going to poison the rats.

I’m frankly puzzled by this topic as I have seen it repeated by so many. Arsenic use was banned a very long time ago and the half life in soil is short enough to be gone by now. I’m happy and comfortable with the rice I buy from Louisiana. I trust it more than anything imported.

no rice is worse!

And did you know the earth is flat

What are you talking brown is worst rice 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅crazy information.

Or just don't eat rice.

America, the land of GMO food. We stick to a Mediterranean diet.

@ 1.5 minutes: organic vs. inorganic arsenic? Please.....................chemists, please chime in!!

Louisiana should have good healthy rice. How about rice from China? Chinese eat everything in the world but crawfish. Crawfish diet is about 90% vegetation, which made crawfish a nuisance in China. Then they found out what a Cajun is. They found an export product they didn't know they had.

You can scare these simple people that get their news from TikTok or KZfaq but I'm still going to eat my rice. But you tried.

#5 avoid American Rice

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Not worst! It is which is worse!!!!!!!!!!! Bb

Wealthy Rice Farmer: "We are doing our part, and actively reduce arsenic from the soil your rice grows in".

Kind of alarmist, Nicole. The comment champions will come out on this one. Find an Asian market and buy Ba Co rice from Vietnam. My wife, who's Vietnamese, and I have been eating it for our entire 28 years of marriage so far. Are the levels of rat poison as high in that? Baby food?? Well let's leave that up to parents, I'm not, to feed their kids. Your hair! Is especially beautiful. Looking quite beautiful in this one. Almost December?!?? Where does the time go?? ❤

I hate humanity

I commented and I haven't watched the video 🤩