Urgent Alert! Millions are feasting on this common cancer-causing food. Are you?

Many of us regularly eat a common food that contains a cancer-causing ingredient.

The problem is, we’ve been warned, but continue eating it anyway.

In 2016, the FDA issued a warning that rice contains arsenic, a well-known carcinogen.

If you’re a big rice eater, here’s what you need to know…

Troubling trade-offs with every rice choice

Let’s start with the basics.

According to the FDA’s website, “Arsenic is an element in the Earth’s crust and is present in water, air and soil. Fertilizers and pesticides also contribute to levels. Arsenic exists in two forms, organic and inorganic. When encountered in the diet, inorganic arsenic is considered to be the more toxic of the two forms.”

Inorganic arsenic is linked to higher risk of lung, bladder, and other cancers.

When it comes to inorganic versus organic rice, I should point out that this isn’t referring to the way in which it’s grown. It refers more so to the rice’s chemical makeup. That’s because when rice is growing, it absorbs the inorganic arsenic from the environment far more than any other plant food.

So choosing organically-grown rice really makes no difference when it comes to the inorganic arsenic content. It’ll be there regardless.

So while organic rice may be more nutritious, that won’t protect you from consuming inorganic arsenic.

And when it comes to brown rice versus white rice, brown delivers better nutrition; however, the outer layer of brown rice retains higher levels of arsenic.

So it presents a troubling tradeoff: eat brown rice, which has a higher nutritional value, but more arsenic, or eat white rice, with a lower nutritional value and lower arsenic content. (There is an exception to this, which I’ll tell you about in a moment.)

If all that wasn’t maddening enough, rice happens to be gluten-free, which means it’s being consumed in greater quantities than ever with the recent demand for more gluten-free options.

And what’s even more troubling is the widespread use of rice in so many baby food products, raising concerns about a potential spike in cancer rates in the coming decades.

While rice’s cancer danger flies under the radar of the mainstream media, Dr. Fred Pescatore sounds an urgent alarm about its arsenic content in his Essential Protocol to a Cancer-Free Future.

He lays out the case in stark terms: “This is pretty frightening, considering chronic exposure to arsenic has been linked to skin, lung, bladder, and kidney cancers. And it probably plays a role in colon, prostate, and liver cancers, too.

“Arsenic is also linked to heart disease and poor brain function in young children.”

And according to a Consumer Reports investigation, exposure to inorganic arsenic can even raise your type 2 diabetes risk.

Numbers don’t lie—rice is loaded with arsenic

Dr. Pescatore gives a nod to that Consumer Reports article. The editors analyzed 60 different rice products—everything from rice milk and rice cakes, to cereals (regular boxed cereals and infant cereals) and plain brown and white rice.

The results were chilling. He says, “Both nonorganic and organic rice products were found to have arsenic. In fact, every rice cereal tested contained arsenic.”

Predictably, the USA Rice Federation tried to dismiss the exhaustive analysis as “incomplete and inaccurate.”

And the FDA is less than helpful. An agency spokesperson offered this bland bureaucratic non-response: “Our advice right now is that consumers should continue to eat a balanced diet that includes a wide variety of grains—not only for good nutrition, but also to minimize any potential consequences from consuming any one particular food.”

Well, that’s pretty vague… and really of no use at all!

Of course the FDA wouldn’t dare ruffle the feathers of Big Agribusiness—even though the agency’s own testing of 200 rice products found potentially harmful arsenic levels.

And Dr. Pescatore adds, “Government agencies are supposed to be there to protect our health. But thanks to them, we live in a world of thousands of potentially dangerous chemicals that have ‘acceptable’ limits.”

What’s an “acceptable” level of cancer risk?

Dr. Pescatore scoffs at the concept of “acceptable limits.” The bottom line is when it comes to carcinogens, a “little of this” and a “little of that” can add up to some pretty devastating diagnoses down the line.

The fact is, our bodies don’t know what to do with these toxins. And if they’re not eliminated properly, they can build up in your system…and eventually cause cancer.

And that’s exactly why Dr. Pescatore devoted a chapter of his Essential Protocol to a Cancer-Free Future to a comprehensive detox plan that eliminates your accumulation of toxins—no matter how healthy your dietary and lifestyle habits may be.

So…how much arsenic is an “acceptable limit” when it comes to rice and rice products?

Dr. Pescatore’s answer: “How about none? How about eliminating rice completely? Why that option never enters into the equation is beyond me. It certainly should.”

He notes that the Consumer Reports investigation found that those who consumed just one rice product per day had arsenic levels about 44 percent higher than those who didn’t consume any rice products. And two or more rice products per day sent arsenic levels soaring to 70 percent higher than those who said no to rice.

But if you simply can’t do without it, take this tip from Consumer Reports: Brown basmati rice grown in California, India, or Pakistan has about a third less inorganic arsenic than other brown rices.

Cutting back by a third is an improvement, but you’ll still be exposed to cancer-causing arsenic. That’s why, in Dr. Pescatore’s view, the way forward is simple: Don’t eat rice!

Dr. Pescatore has many more little-known cancer warnings and valuable insights about prevention and treatment in his Essential Protocol to a Cancer-Free Future. Not yet a member? Simply click here to join right now, or to review more information about this unique cancer-beating program.

SOURCES

“How Much Arsenic Is in Your Rice?” Consumer Reports, 11/18/19. (consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2015/01/how-much-arsenic-is-in-your-rice/index.htm)