I think we should take all these food scares, chop them up, saute them in butter, let them burn a good bit, and then feed them to the dog. The dog will love it!
Or as Benjamin Franklin said, “Wine is sure proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
I’m coming late to this but listing x as a “carcinogen” isn’t important at all. Some carcinogens are potent and others are extremely mild. Meat is way over on the mild side.
In terms of food risk, I limit my intake of rice grown in the US because tested arsenic levels are so high. I think this could be an issue - though cancer is probably the least of the health issues - because so many people eat a lot of rice. I generally buy rice from Asia because it tests much lower. The concentrations in US brown rice have been particularly high and we mostly eat brown rice.
How is arsenic finding it’s way into American grown rice? Or is it “naturally occurring” during the processing of the rice? Something I never fully understood.
Arsenic is naturally occurring in soil. As such, plants take it up and concentrate it to different degrees.
Not all “American grown” rice is uniformly high in arsenic.
There’s all kinds of edible plants that take up bad stuff. DH is always telling me that parsnips are bad, (Psoralens) but I think he just doesn’t like eating them.
Having grown veggies in questionable soil, it is considered safe to eat any fruit that grows on anything with a woody stem from anywhere - at least in terms of heavy metal contamination of soil. The plant’s vascular system will bring lead and other toxins into leaves and roots, but less to in to fruits or veggies. It doesn’t get into the fruit at all if the plant has a woody stem. Even grapes have a woody stem, and most brambly berries. Tree fruits and nuts are safe too.
But then there are all the pesticides that are sprayed directly on the fruits and vegetables.
@BeeDAre I just made your “chick pea salad” recipe from post #52. Excellent!!
I used the Sir Kensington mayo for reduced saturated fat and added some onions because I like them. For those looking to get some protein from non animal sources this is a great recipe.
"Or as Benjamin Franklin said, “Wine is sure proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
Or as Jean Shepherd’s old man said “Beer proves the existence of God, nothing that good happens by chance” smile.
Rice grown in Texas and Arkansas has higher arsenic. Rice grown in CA has much less. The difference is in the ground water. [url=<a href=“http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2015/01/how-much-arsenic-is-in-your-rice/index.htm%5DHere’s%5B/url”>http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2015/01/how-much-arsenic-is-in-your-rice/index.htm]Here’s[/url] a Consumer Reports story.
If it’s in the groundwater, then I assume it’s integral to the rice and can’t be rinsed off?
I’m glad you liked it @HarvestMoon1 . It’s one of my family’s favorite recipes - we use it as a sandwich spread, btw - but it’s also good, plain,with some fruit or cut up veggies.
Would you like to attempt a mechanistic explanation for this claim? Some quack nutrition sites talk about ‘food combining’ but it is scientifically nonsense.
To paraphrase my grandfather, “the one who does not drink wine or eat bacon will die healthy.”
The sad part is that people get tired of the media’s endless crying wolf and get so desensitized that even legitimate recommendations drown in the ocean of sensationalism.
Good overview of this issue - by scientist involved with research
http://www.lamag.com/digestblog/a-scientist-who-worked-on-the-whos-report-on-red-and-processed-meats-answers-all-your-burning-questions-about-carnivorism-and-cancer/