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| Topic Started: Nov 19 2014, 02:15 PM (454 Views) | |
| Darcie | Nov 19 2014, 02:15 PM Post #1 |
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I had a good friend tell me today that he was watching Dr. Oz and heard the following information. Apparently brown rice that comes from Louisiana, Alabama and Texas has arsenic in it. The rice from California is OK and does not. Neither does the brown rice from India or Pakistan. The problem in Canada is that we are not privileged to know what state our rice comes from, after checking four bags it says "Product of the USA" So in order to avoid the rice from those three states in favour of California we cannot do this and have to buy outside of the US. Bummer. I always buy my rice from the Indian store in Montreal as it just always tasted better as do their spices etc. Many people shop there and there is a high turnover of stock. |
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| Trotsky | Nov 20 2014, 03:20 AM Post #2 |
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I guess those 3 states forgot to send Dr. Oz a check this month. neener.gif What is Doctor Oz's guaranteed weight loss suppplement THIS month? Edited by Trotsky, Nov 20 2014, 03:25 AM.
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| Darcie | Nov 20 2014, 03:24 AM Post #3 |
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Do you know how to find out if it is true or not? Should have asked in my post. Usually if I post stuff like this someone will come and tell me if and why I am wrong. Go for it. |
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| Trotsky | Nov 20 2014, 03:51 AM Post #4 |
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I am not saying you are wrong, but I AM saying that Oz is a quack who takes a grain of ALMOST truth and blows it into something housewives will find interesting mid-afternoon. I was just burned on his outrageous claim for garciania cambogia that sold $BILLIONS after his outrageously overblown praise for the useless stuff. He did it again last week with another preposterous weight loss miracle. I have OZ now in the same category as MERCOLA...if they say the weather is nice, I'll bring an umbrella. Once burned by a quack, I will always assume that when he says something that seems wacky, that it IS wacky. I am sure that OZ is a multimillionaire many times over as a result of these product endorsements under the guise of fake science. Arsenic is natural to rice, white and brown...some more and some less and there are even some seemingly valid claims that we have a nutritional need for it as a trace mineral. http://www.thedenverchannel.com/lifestyle/health/consumer-reports-issues-new-guidelines-for-how-much-rice-you-should-eat-due-to-inorganic-arsenic11182014 But heck, Darcie. Don't feel bad passing stuff like this along...it spurs conversation. Intellectual conflict is the only way we get to correct info. Edited by Trotsky, Nov 20 2014, 03:53 AM.
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| Darcie | Nov 20 2014, 04:25 AM Post #5 |
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You and I think similarly, there are more people here and most are intelligent and educated and really know how to research. I figure if I am wrong about something I will be told. Tend to be with it on everything except maybe politics in some instances. laugh123 |
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| Dana | Nov 20 2014, 05:53 AM Post #6 |
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Here's an article not from Oz. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/06/arsenic-rice-low-levels-fda/2771903/ |
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| Durgan | Nov 20 2014, 09:15 AM Post #7 |
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http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/pests_03.html Early Pesticides In the 30s, the chemicals that most farmers used were based on the ancient poison arsenic. They were named for their colors. Paris Green was the most popular brand. Scheele's Green was a close cousin. Both contained copper as well as arsenic. London Purple was calcium arsenite and was a byproduct of the London aniline dye industry. I remember dusting and adding liquid Paris Green to destroy potato bugs in Saskatchewan up to about 1945 and everybody used it in farming areas. The ground must be saturated with arsenic since it was used for well over 100 years. Then we were blessed with DDT until about 1965. Now we have hundreds. |
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| Darcie | Nov 20 2014, 09:37 AM Post #8 |
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Thanks Dana, I do prefer the taste of brown rice. I also like wild rice and I know it is a grass and not a grain. I wonder it there is arsenic in that. |
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| Olive Oil | Nov 21 2014, 05:25 AM Post #9 |
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The article cited contains some sensible advise about varying our diet which I try to do. By diversifying. we may prevent any one contaminant building up in our body. So many doctors recommend rice cereals for babies due to their digestibility. Perhaps this should be revisited. |
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| Trotsky | Nov 21 2014, 08:42 AM Post #10 |
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Every time I read an article mentioning rice I always tell myself that I should eat more of it. It's cheap, I like it but somehow a 5 pound bag lasts me 5 years. If I didn't like Chinese and Indian restaurant food, I'd probably never eat rice. But I will TRY to cook it more often (than never. laugh123 ) God knows, it's the staple food for more than half the world and they seem to be doing okay. Edited by Trotsky, Nov 21 2014, 08:43 AM.
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| Darcie | Nov 21 2014, 11:19 AM Post #11 |
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Trotsky, cook it in broth, add herbs and/or spices depending on what you want to eat it with, also add some minced vegetables to cook with the rice. It is very versatile. |
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| goldengal | Nov 21 2014, 12:22 PM Post #12 |
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I often wonder how these doctors like Dr. Oz ever do any doctoring, and so often things that have been presented on say Dr. Oz's show are not supported by him, but he just had those people on his show. We are all different, but for me, much like when I encounter Dr. Phil, I press the remote to go somewhere else. Take care, Pat |
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| Darcie | Nov 21 2014, 12:29 PM Post #13 |
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Lately my TV only goes on at news hour if that. I don't watch talk type shows, Drs or otherwise and PVR the shows I like on PBS and watch at my leisure. Have to say that I am open to listen and read anything until it is proven to me that it is a bunch of crap, I try to be open and find out for myself. |
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| Dana | Nov 21 2014, 12:50 PM Post #14 |
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Especially about food and other things we put into or onto our bodies. Olive Oil made a good point about feeding babies a lot of the same thing which happens to be teething biscuits made of rice, these days. Babies are more easily affected by things in ppm than adults are. And, before T says that we need no more babies, true, but it will be helpful if the ones who survive have all their faculties. |
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| Darcie | Nov 21 2014, 01:19 PM Post #15 |
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My second baby daughter was/is allergic to rice, took a long while to figure this one out. |
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