SHOULD I AVOID RICE BECAUSE OF
THE ARSENIC CONTENT ? AND ARE
FOODS THAT ARE CONTAINED IN
PLASTIC DANGEROUS TO EAT? THESE
ARE SOME VIEWER MAIL QUESTIONS
FOR 22NEWS REGISTERED DIETITIAN
NANCY DELL.
I SAW YOUR SEGMENT ON BPA AND
BPS IN PLASTIC. SHOULD I MOVE
ALL FOODS FROM PLASTIC TO GLASS?
JOSEPHINE, SPRINGFIELD
IF YOU MISSED THE STORY A FEW
WEEKS AGO, LET ME CATCH YOU UP.
THE PLASTIC THAT SAYS BPA FREE
OFTEN CONTAINS BPS WHICH IS JUST
AS TOXIC AS BPS. THE PLASTIC
CONTAINS ESTROGEN LIKE
COMPOUNDS.
THE MOST RECENT STUDIES SHOW
THAT THESE COMPOUNDS CAN MESS UP
YOUR HORMONES AND INCREASE SIZE
OF FAT CELLS AND YOUR RISK OF
OBESITY. SO WHEN YOU BUY AN
ACIDIC OR FATTY FOOD IN A
PLASTIC CONTAINER, TRY TO MOVE
IT TO GLASS, PORCEAIN, OR
STAINLESS STEEL ONCE IT IS
OPENED. I SAVE GLASS JARS AND
ALSO BUY GLASS MASON JARS FROM
THE HARDWARE STORE. YOU CAN GET
A DOZEN FOR LESS THAT TEN
DOLLARS. SOME COMMON FATTY OR
ACIDIC FOODS YOU MAY WANT TO
TRANSFER OUT OF PLASTIC ARE:
YOGURT AND CHEESE, PEANUT BUTTER
OR ANY NUT BUTTER, ORANGE JUICE,
TOMATO JUICE, AND TOMATO SAUCE,
SALAD DRESSINGS AND VINEGAR.
WHAT ABOUT PLASTIC WRAP?
I WOULD USE WAX PAPER IF YOU
NEED TO WRAP A FATTY FOOD LIKE
CHEESE OR SOMETHING ACIDIC.
WE ARE NOW AVOIDING RICE BECAUSE
OF THE ARSENIC CONTENT. WHAT CAN
WE USE INSTEAD? SUSAN,
SPRINGFIELD
TRY KAMUT OR WHOLE GRAIN QUINOA.
BOTH ARE HIGHER IN PROTEIN THAN
MOST GRAINS.
KAMUT HAS A RICH NUTTY FLAVOR
LIKE BROWN RICE BUT IS A BIT
FIRMER. QUINOA CAN BE A LITTLE
BITTER SO BEFORE YOU COOK IT,
RINSE IT UNTIL THE WATER RUNS
CLEAR. YOU CAN FIND BOTH IN MOST
GROCERY STORES BUT ALSO IN
DISCOUNT STORES LIKE JOB LOT.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR
NANCY, YOU CAN WRITE TO HER VIA
