Research by Swedish scientists ended with a frightening sensation. Infant formula came under their scrutiny. It turned out that the level of arsenic in the diet for the smallest is 50 times higher than the norm
The whole reason is rice. In some countries, farmers sprinkle poisonous chemicals on crops to save crops from pests! Arsenic, not dissolving in water and soil, gets into grains, and, therefore, into food.
In the human body, almost the entire periodic table of Mendeleev is present, including heavy metals: gold, lead, cadmium. There is also arsenic. And its symbol is arsenicum, translated from Greek - "strong". Because the chemical compounds of this element are flawlessly toxic to humans. In micro doses, of course, it is harmless, but Swedish scientists, after conducting a number of studies, have come to stunning conclusions. They found arsenic in baby food, the level of which is 50 times higher than with breastfeeding.
Rice is to blame, researchers say. It is in it - a high concentration of toxic substances. Therefore, children's food products based on this cereal must be carefully checked again and even introduced restrictions on their use. The article about dangerous rice has already been translated into Russian, and it scared thousands of Russian women. After all, rice porridge is one of the main dishes in the children's menu.
Varvara Pyzina, of course, does not remember how her body was covered with terrible allergic rashes. The girl was then only 5 months old. It is not known what exactly caused such a reaction. Varvara's mother says: “We did all possible tests, they didn’t pass the test only for cereals. But when the infant formula was changed, the allergy disappeared. Anna Pyzina admits, trying to choose a suitable custard porridge, she even tried it herself, but what does not harm the adult body sometimes does not suit children at all. Now rice is also under suspicion.
The secret to toxic rice is simple - arsenic is one of the components of many insecticides - chemicals that farmers sprinkle on fields to prevent insects from eating them. Obviously, farmers have forgotten that arsenic, like mercury, does not dissolve, but circulates in nature: from the soil to the stem, from the stem to grains, from grains to products.
Viktor Shilov, Head of the Department of Clinical Toxicology, St. Petersburg Research Institute of Emergency Medicine. I. I. Janelidze: “Until now, insecticides are used in agriculture based on arsenic. Naturally, if they are overdosed, then upon contact with the skin, there is a high probability of developing some specific diseases."
The highest levels of arsenic in the world have been found in French rice. Scientists took Chinese standards as a basis, for obvious reasons in the Celestial Empire they take the quality of the popular cereal very seriously. American long grain rice exceeds the Chinese level in about thirty out of a hundred cases, rice from Italy and Bangladesh is also far from ideal. Experts considered the safest rice from India and Egypt. There is also arsenic there, but in acceptable quantities.
Experts advise baby food manufacturers not to be greedy and buy the most non-toxic rice. Savings lead to tragedies, for example in China, in 2010, due to poor-quality formula, baby girls began to grow breasts! The products were withdrawn from the shelves, and the doctors prescribed a painful course of anti-hormonal therapy for the children.
Nutritionists advertise rice as a source of carbohydrates. Porridge is recommended for children, special rice diets are developed for adults. But they admit: consumers are unlikely to know where this supposedly useful product was grown.
The problem, scientists say, is that there are still no standards for young children. Rice, wheat, oats - everything needs to be checked. US Consumption Union experts have found arsenic even in baby juices. Rospotrebnadzor insists: everything that is sold in Russia is absolutely harmless.