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Rice contains a lot of arsenic. Washing it can remove some of it. This article also recommends pouring off some water during cooking as well.

https://health.osu.edu/wellness/exercise-and-nutrition/how-t...



This doesn't answer the texture question.


Your somewhat inflammatory "rice contains a lot of arsenic" isn't supported by your source, which has the much more equivocal "rice may have arsenic in it — potentially high levels".


I doubt they meant it as being inflammatory. It's just a fact, if you don't read it as being perfectly literal. I parboil my rice and pour off the water before cooking it to try and avoid arsenic exposure (which is more or less a washing procedure). This also gives it a nice fluffy texture, but if asked why I do this, I would say something similar to GP.


> It's just a fact, if you don't read it as being perfectly literal

What other kind of fact is there?


"Rice has a lot of arsenic" reads the same as "rice may have arsenic in it — potentially high levels" if you don't take it as literally applying to all rice in all circumstances.




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