LogFAQs > #955380947

White rice when accompanied with nutrient dense foods and respect for calorie intake isn't going to be a problem for most people. Same as with all demonized carbs, people throw 1000 calories of fried processed crap on 400 calories of white rice, then blame the rice for all that's wrong in life and that's where you'll go wrong. Have it with some legumes, leafy greens, nuts and seeds, and you're set.

There's a broader issue of arsenic contamination since it's a magnet for it, especially in rice grown in the Southern USA, and brown rice is worse in that regard but you can get rice from other places that have much lower levels (IIRC, California and Pakistan have lowest levels).

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