Rice has some arsenic because of the soil it's grown in and water used to flood the crop. Cooking rice like pasta, with lots of water that's drained, can cut down arsenic levels by over 50 percent.

Naughty or nice? That’s often how I think about foods packed with carbohydrates. Whole grains, like brown rice and whole wheat, fall squarely into the nice category, while white pasta and rice, well, ...