Don't Be Afraid To Buy "cadmium Rice" And Learn From Tan Dunci! Be Careful Smoking Will Also Inhale Cadmium, The Absorption Rate Is Even More Alarming

A few days ago, the Consumer Foundation announced the results of a random inspection of 20 pieces of rice products that infants and young children often eat, and found that 4 pieces of rice products exceeded the standard. Safety? Tan Dunci, a food safety expert and a nurse at the Clinical Poison Center of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Linkou, suggested: Wash the rice clean! Brown rice is healthy, but if you don't know the source of the rice, you'd rather eat white rice. By grinding the rice to remove the chaff, 70% of the heavy metals are also removed.

4 pieces of rice products for infants and young children were found to contain cadmium exceeding the standard, and domestic rice suspected of containing cadmium was accidentally burned. They also asked officials from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Agriculture Committee, and the Environmental Protection Agency to jointly state that the currently detected cadmium content of 0.4ppm in rice products is still a safe range and an environmental background value, so that people can eat rice and rice products with peace of mind. Still have doubts. Tan Dunci said that whether rice contains cadmium cannot be identified visually. Therefore, the key is to understand the origin of rice, choose Taiwan-made rice with brand protection, and more importantly, "rice should be washed clean."

It is safe to wash the rice water until the water is not cloudy.

Tan Dunci said that in the past, Dr. Lin Jieliang has done a lot of cadmium related research and found that some cadmium is soluble in water, so every time she washes the rice, she has to wash the water until the water is not cloudy. cook. She mentioned that she had seen the interview with Peng Wang Jiakang, an academician of the Academia Sinica, in the past.

Shelling white rice can remove 70% of heavy metals

Tan Dunci said that brown rice contains more nutrients such as vitamin B complex. She also chooses brown rice to cook at home for her family, but if she eats out, she does not know the source of the rice , she will only choose white rice, becauseIn order to grind rice, 70% of heavy metals are also removed when removing the husk and the outer skin of brown rice with a grinding wheel.

Rice is bought in small packages and stored in ice after opening

She believes that as long as it is "domestic rice", the quality is guaranteed. How does Tan Dunci, whose whole family eats 4 bowls of rice every day, choose rice? She believes that the quality of second-class rice in Taiwan is very good, and there is no need to buy first-class rice. .

Those containing more cadmium should pay attention

Everyone is worried that eating cadmium rice will hurt the body. Tan Dunci said that in fact, not all cadmium will be absorbed, but only 6% at most. But the more troublesome thing is that cadmium does not have a chelating agent, and if you really eat too much cadmium, there is no way. She reminded that the amount of cadmium in rice is still a small amount, so be careful.

50% of inhaled cadmium is absorbed, so quitting smoking is the best strategy. Tan Dunci reminded.

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