There are many different kinds of rice:  jasmine rice, basmati rice, sweet purple rice, sweet black rice, wild rice, sushi rice, brown rice, long grain white rice, long grain brown rice, red rice and etc. There are many differences between the rice - how long they take to cook, how long they take to digest, differences in taste and in nutritive properties.

The rice contains a lot of carbohydrates, sugar, dietary fibres (very good for digestive system), Proteins, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B9, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Zinc and Manganese.

The Rice diet will give you all the nutrition that you will need while your body cleanses and heals itself.  You don’t have to go hungry, and you don’t have to count every calorie or pay attention to the selection of food.  You eat whenever you are hungry and as often as you like. It is better to eat several small meals per day, rather than 2-3 large ones.
By following the diet properly for 1 month, women lose an average of 20 pounds, while men lose an average of 30 pounds (everything is individual, depending on your gender and how much weight you have to lose). If you are very overweight you should lose more.

The name Rice Diet is somewhat confusing (the diet origins being the study of rice as a staple), as more than 30 food items are available, including a number of rice.
The author of the Rice Diet is Walter Kempner, born in Germany 1903.  Kempner investigated the effect of diet on diseases including hypertension and diabetes, obesity, heart disease, renal disease and found that they were rarely problems for people using rice as a staple food. He developed a diet of rice, fruit, juices plus vitamin and iron supplements to help people with these and related health problems. With this diet the people rapidly lose weight for period of 2 to 4 weeks or more. The Rice Diet has been used since 1939 in treating, often with dramatic results, more than 18,000 patients from around the world.

Basic rules of thumb on serving sizes:

• 1 Starch (1 slice whole - grain bread, 1/3 cup cooked rice  or 1/3 cup cooked pasta)
• 1 Fruit (1 medium sized fruit or 1/2 cup cut fruits)
• 1 Vegetable (1 cup raw or 1/2 cup cooked)
• 1 Dairy ( 1 cup milk, 1 cup  non – fat yogurt or 1/2 cup cottage cheese).

Day 1
Breakfast: starches + fruits or vegetables
Lunch: starches + fruits or vegetables
Dinner: starches + fruits or vegetables

Day 2
Breakfast: 1 starch or 1 non-fat dairy or 1 fruit
Lunch: 2 starches or 1 vegetable or 1 fruit
Dinner: 2 starches or 1 vegetable or 1 fruit

Day 3
Depending on the taste: choose from a range of items comprising fresh fruits and vegetables, grains, fish, and rice, legumes, non – fat dairy, varied daily.

What You Can Eat?

• RICE (brown, white, long grain…etc.). Other foods allowed are lentils, rice cakes (unsalted), non-fat yogurt, ocean-going fish, chicken (free range) and tofu.

• VEGETABLES:All kinds of vegetables can be eaten (except for corn and mushrooms).  Make sure to wash them very well. They can be eaten raw, lightly steamed or baked.

• FRUITS: apple, apricot, pear, cherry, kiwi, strawberry, blueberry, (except for bananas, dried fruit, oranges and orange juice). Eat fruit by itself: 1/2 hour before or 1-2 hours after a meal.
• CONDIMENTS:Extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice-freshly squeezed, herbs and spices (fresh garlic, ginger), mustard, cayenne pepper

• BEVERAGES:
  Spring water, mineral water, filtered, distilled water
  Herbal teas (chamomile, green tea, jasmine, mint)
  Fruit and vegetable juice – fresh (dilute juices with water 50/50). The best is fresh pressed from a juicer, otherwise with no additives, sugar or chemicals. Drink liquids 1/2 hour before or 1 hour after eating for better digestion. Do not drink with your meals, as this dilutes the enzymes in the stomach needed to properly digest the food eaten.

What’s restricted and banned?
1. SALT is restricted in the Rice diet, because this diet is not only for weight loss but for overall health as well. The body swells from too much salt (sodium) and water, therefore making you feel bloated and leaving you feeling tired all of the time. When you limit your salt intake you will find that in a matter of days you will feel like a new person. Salt is a problem for patients with high blood pressure, heart disease and kidney failure.
2. No frozen, canned or jarred products should be eaten.
3. Absolutely no shellfish (i.e. shrimps, oysters, scallops, clams, lobster, etc.)
4. No sugar and fat.

NOTES:
After the Rice diet, it is important to come off the diet gradually.  Don’t forget to eat healthy. More vegetables, fruits, grains, legumes, fresh juice, tea, spring water. Forget about sweet temptations (like candy, cake, chocolate, white sugar, ice cream, etc.). This way can be a very difficult venture. Try your best and concentrate on what you are able to do, not what you aren’t able to. It’s also a challenge when you eat out or attend social events.

Tips:
• How to Cook Rice?
1. Rinse the rice until the water is clear and not cloudy.
2. Combine rice and water (for every cup of rice, add 1 1/2 cups water).
3. Bring the rice to a boil, uncovered, at medium heat.
4. When the rice is boiling, turn the heat down to medium low.
5. Place the lid on the pot, tilting it to allow steam to escape.
6. After the rice has been cooking for a few minutes, check for holes and “craters”.
6. When you can see the holes or craters, put the lid on tight. Turn the heat down to low.
7. Simmer the covered rice for another 15 minutes. Fluff it up with a fork and serve hot.
• For beginners - use rice cooker.

CON:
1. Inflexible, strict diets tend to be short-term fixes because dieters grow weary of the rules and cannot sustain the program for a lifetime. And with such diets it’s questionable whether lost weight will be kept off when the likelihood is that the dieter will return to old eating habits.
2. The Rice Diet may be a good kick-start to a healthier lifestyle but probably is too difficult to sustain long-term. Which means such an inflexible and low-calorie diet is hard to sustain, could trigger binging, and has the potential for nutritional deficiencies.

PRO:
The diet has some very good components including:
1. After1 month period: lower blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, and successfully lose weight. When you come off fried foods, coffee, processed foods, and sugar and shift to more natural, raw food, your body feel better, migraine go away, symptoms for fibromyalgia (or FM is a chronic, complex pain syndrome involving widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance and etc.) disappear and you no longer crave unhealthy food.
2. Limiting salt reduces several health risks, including cholesterol, blood pressure, heart disease, weight loss, stress reduction as well as reducing the need to medicate for these problems.
3. Lifestyle changes and an emphasis on whole foods.
4. It consists of a very low-calorie, high-complex carbohydrate, low-sodium, low-fat, low-sugar, low-protein, whole-foods diet designed to detoxify, cause and prevent or reverse chronic diseases and keep you feeling full and satisfied.
5. The Rice Diet is a wonderful, healthy and easy way to lose weight fast. This diet is so simple to do and because you’re allowed to eat starches and never feel hungry or starving.

Are supplements recommended?
Yes, this diet is low in iron and vitamin D and suggest a once daily – multivitamin with minerals plus exercises.
Exercises such as yoga, walking or swimming are strongly recommended. One hour of physical activity is recommended daily, but even if you cannot achieve the one hour daily recommendations, some daily exercise is better than none at all.

Terms and conditions:
If you are pregnant, or you are allergic to certain food, or you have any medical problems, do not fallow this diet before to consult with your family doctor.

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