The highest urinary As concentrations were observed among infants who
consumed baby rice cereal (GM, 9.53 µg / L; 95 % CI, 4.12 - 21.98 µg / L; P =.005)(Figure 1B).
Not exact matches
«Cow's milk should be
consumed by
baby cows,» said Dr. Toni Bark, a Chicago physician who was putting cartons of soy and
rice milk in her grocery cart at a Whole Foods store in Lincoln Park earlier this week.
Arsenic is also found in higher concentrations in brown
rice and
rice milk, leaving us to wonder whether there is any risk to breastfeeding
babies if the mother
consumes large amounts of brown
rice or
rice milk.
As arsenic exposure is harmful over a long period of time, its not a bad idea to limit any exposure to your
baby which includes avoiding or limiting the amount of
baby rice and other
rice products your child
consumes.
We calculated the percentage of infants who
consumed rice - containing foods during the 2 days prior to the collection of urine samples (based on As excretion rates34, 35) in the following categories: (1)
rice (as the primary ingredient); (2) infant
rice cereal (marketed as
baby, infant, or toddler / transitional cereals with the primary ingredient as
rice); (3) noninfant
rice cereal (not specifically marketed to infants); (4) adult food with
rice (prepared with
rice and not specifically marketed to infants); (5)
baby food with
rice (marketed as
baby foods, toddler foods, or other transitional foods for infants and toddlers prepared with
rice as one of the ingredients); and (6) snacks made with
rice (marketed as snacks with
rice as a listed ingredient).
Ten infants (7.8 %)
consumed white or brown
rice, 8 (6.2 %) ate
baby rice cereal, and 6 (4.7 %) ate nonbaby
rice cereal (Figure 1A).
Looking at the study data, Alderete said the average breastfeeding 1 - month - old
baby could
consume just 10 milligrams (about a grain of
rice) of fructose from breast milk a day, yet he would see adverse changes in body composition during growth.
I already don't recommend
rice cereal as
baby's first food, but based on this data
consuming rice frequently doesn't seem to be a good idea for anyone.
And the diet variables (factors we should be mindful of in what we eat to take care of ourselves) include plant based versus high in animal flesh and other animal products (like feeding Adult Humans what nature created for
Baby Cows etc) but also other factors how much salt you
consume, how much sugars, also refined grains versus whole (brown and wild
rice versus white
rice), and others.
Babies, toddlers and young children typically
consume high amounts of cereals, teething biscuits and other items made from
rice, which contain mercury and other heavy metals.