Unfortunately, LHL and the Sg Government keeps urging all Singaporeans and food hawkers to substitute white rice with brown rice, as part of the so-called 'War against Diabetes'.
But what they do not realize, is that together with other diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, liver and kidney failure, arsenic consumption also causes diabetes (the irony).
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-38910848
https://foodrevolution.org/blog/arsenic-in-rice
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/arsenic-in-rice
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/arsenic-in-rice_us_589cc1ffe4b09bd304c0b04c
But what they do not realize, is that together with other diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, liver and kidney failure, arsenic consumption also causes diabetes (the irony).
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-38910848
https://foodrevolution.org/blog/arsenic-in-rice
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/arsenic-in-rice
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/arsenic-in-rice_us_589cc1ffe4b09bd304c0b04c