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Store Bought Rice Is Secretly Poisoning You!

16 Mar 2024 · 1 min

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In this YouTube monologue, the speaker warns that commercially processed white rice in the United States is often labeled “enriched” with synthetic folic acid after industrial processing strips the grain of its natural nutrients. The speaker claims that 30‑40% of Americans carry a mutation in the MTHFR gene, which impairs the body’s ability to metabolize synthetic folic acid, potentially leading to mental health issues, anxiety, gut problems, and other ailments. The video advises consumers to avoid rice products that list “enriched” on the ingredient label and to purchase only rice that lists a single ingredient—plain rice—thereby avoiding the synthetic additive. The speaker urges viewers to share this information with friends and family.

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I was surprised to find out that the exact same thing that makes us get sick from American bread is now also found in American rice. When you buy a bag of white rice, there should be one ingredient: rice. But you see a big long list of rice that's processed in America, and what do you see? Enriched. Enriched with what? Folic acid. So why does that matter? Well, approximately 30 to 40% of Americans have a gene mutation in the methylation pathway called MTHFR, which makes it very difficult for them to process the synthetic folic acid and eventually leads to mental health issues, anxiety, gut issues, and a whole other set of problems. When you process rice to the degree that happens in the United States in our industrial food supply, you end up removing and stripping away a lot of the nutrients. So the government says add some back in, but they add a synthetic form that the body can't handle. So the next time you're at the grocery store to restock, you're going to pick up that bag or package and look for the word enriched and throw it right back. Only buy it if it has one word, rice. Make sure to share this with your friends and family so they're also aware.