Milling process takes nutrients out of rice (Dhaka Tribune)

Dhaka Tribune wrote an article about rice millers in Bangladesh over-polishing grain and taking essential micro-nutrients out of the staple crop. At the launch of the EAT-Lancet Commission Report, experts called for adopting healthy diets in the country. Senior Research Fellow Akhter Ahmed was quoted in the article emphasizing Bangladesh’s focus on increasing food availability and maintaining rice self-sufficiency before the rise of over nutrition and obesity causes a future pandemic of NCDs.