Infants who eat rice products have higher arsenic concentrations
Rice products are typically among the first solid foods offered to infants, but a new study shows rice can produce higher urinary arsenic concentrations, putting infants at risk.
April 25, 2016 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: among-the-first, arsenic-concentrations, higher-urinary, infants-at-risk, new-study, nutrition, putting-infants, shows-rice, solid-foods, the-first, urinary
Alcohol, sprouts and dark meat fish can be a significant source of arsenic in the diet
Diet alone can be a significant source of arsenic exposure regardless of arsenic concentrations in drinking and cooking water, a Dartmouth College-led study finds.The study also confirms that toenail clippings are a good biomarker of long-term exposure to arsenic from consuming alcohol, Brussels sprouts and dark meat fish.
November 22, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: arsenic-concentrations, consuming-alcohol, dark-meat, dartmouth, dartmouth-college-led, diet, long-term-exposure, nutritional counseling, toenail-clippings
