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"   According to a new report, rice has been found to have &amp;quot;troubling&amp;quot; amounts of arsenic in it. And brown rice, which is usually considered healthy, contains the highest levels of it. Yikes.  Curious to know if our sushi habit is killing us, we reached out to Cosmo Radio women&amp;#039;s health expert Jennifer Wider, MD for more info.  She explained the link: Arsenic is a chemical element that occurs in nature, but it&amp;#039;s also in some man-made products and pesticides. It gets taken up by plants as they grow via soil, water, and even air. And because rice is grown in water on the ground, it makes it very easy for arsenic to be absorbed directly into the rice.  Dr. Wider says that studies have shown it can alter the way cells communicate in our body and long-term exposure to it can can increase the risk of getting a bunch of diseases like diabetes and cancer.  But don&amp;#039;t ditch your regular rice bowl habit just yet. Dr. Wider points out that there isn&amp;#039;t any evidence right now that arsenic in rice causes diseases in people. The FDA also doesn&amp;#039;t recommend that people change their rice habits. Her advice: Vary the grains that you eat, especially if you eat more than two to three servings of them a week. And, if you&amp;#039;re really worried, stick to other grains that have less arsenic, like millet, quinoa, wheat, and couscous. Will you cut back on how much rice you eat after reading this report? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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