Rice can cause cancer if cookd the wrong way

A team of British scientists has taken several types of rice, and cook it in different ways. The objective was not to prepare their own meal and rice, but to get rid of harmful substances it contains that provoke the development of cancer.

People who eat a lot of rice are at risk of getting lung cancer and bladder cancer, if they do not cook it properly. How to do it, told researchers from Queen's University in Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK), who conducted a series of experiments.

 The scientists set out experiment to know that how could get rid of large amounts of inorganic arsenic the rice contained - a substance that causes a number of serious diseases. To do this, they took six samples of brown rice, polished and without shell, and cooked them in different ways.

 The researchers changed the ratio of rice and water, and used two methods of cooking: in virtue prepared steamed rice, constantly flowing through the hot distilled water; modeled in home - in the coffee machine, the principle of which also provides constant circulation of water through the grain. According to the data, if the preparation ratio of water to rice is 12: 1, it takes up to 57 ± 5% arsenic off. In this case both the cooking process will remove certain types of rice to 85% of a hazardous substance. These data are presented in the journal POLS ONE, which published the full version of the article of the researchers.

Rice growing in the flooded fields saturated with arsenic, that this water leaches from the soil. As a result, rice becomes far from a useful product. According to the authors study, the constant exposure to inorganic arsenic in the body can lead to various diseases, including developmental disorders, diseases of the heart and the nervous system, diabetes, lung cancer and bladder cancer.

According to scientists data, rice contains 10 times more arsenic than other products. At the same time infants and young children eat an average of three times more rice than adults, because in some countries, rice is a popular product for feeding the baby during the transition from breast milk to mixture of other food. Meanwhile, according to the recommendation of the British Food Standards Agency, children under four and a half years old should not be given rice milk.

By the way, according to research by scientists from Sri Lanka, when cooking rice with a teaspoon of coconut oil from 20 to 40 minutes, and then leave it in the refrigerator for 12 hours, grains calorie reduced by 50-60%.