Soak rice overnight to reduce risk of heart disease,
cancer
Are your a rice lover? Then know the healthier method
to cook it. Before eating rice, soak them overnight to reduce the chances of
increase in heart disease, diabetes and cancer,
suggested a new study. According to researchers from the Queens University
Belfast in England, the chemical from the industrial toxins and pesticides in
the soil contaminate the rice that is endangering the health of millions of
people, reports The Telegraph. The findings revealed that by soaking rice
overnight the level of toxin — arsenic — was reduced by 80 percent. For the
research, Andy Meharg from the University, tested three different ways of
cooking rice.
In the first, he used a ratio of two parts of water to
one part of rice, where the water was “steamed out” during cooking. In the
second, with five parts of water to one part of rice, with the excess water
washed off, levels of arsenic were almost halved. And in the third method,
where the rice was soaked overnight, levels of the toxin was reduced by 80
percent. But experiments suggest that the way rice is cooked is key to reducing
exposure to the toxic and naturally occurring chemical.Cultivating rice
varieties that accumulate less amount of arsenic can tackle the challenge of
exposure to the carcinogen that affects the population in over five Indian
states, an expert said here Wednesday. Though drinking water contamination is
known to be the prime cause of arsenic exposure, toxic effects have been
observed in people whose only source of the carcinogen is rice.
‘India’s major
problem in terms of environmental mutagens (mutating agent) is arsenic. Five
states have been affected and more reports are coming in everyday. ‘Very
recently we have proven a link between rice containing high levels of arsenic
and DNA damage and this becomes crucial since rice is a staple in India,’ Asian
Association of Environmental Mutagens Societies (AAEMS) president Ashok K. Giri
told IANS on the sidelines of the 4th Asian Conference on Environmental
Mutagens at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (under the Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research)
11.02.2017
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