I read something lately about Indians (East Indians) who live mostly on rice getting sick and starting to have beri-beri.
They had only recently started eating mostly store-bought, bulk processed-food rice.
The bugs in the local rice they had previously eaten had enough vitamin B-12 to keep them healthy.
When they started eating the washed rice, they got sick!
It’s possible that the processing may have taken out the nutrients, since B12 is water soluable. Beri Beri is a deficiency of B1.
Bulk processing just sounds unhealthy.lol
I read somewhere that it is nearly impossible to get all the bugs larvae out of stuff. Still, flour can harbor deadly stuff too, so I guess it pays to be cautious.
Some how I just can’t bear to think about eating wiggly stuff.