The Rice Diet

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Am quite new here and was just wondering if any of you have heard of The Rice Diet? It's something I've been doing since January '06 and I've lost 37 pounds on it so far. It's such a great diet. Are any of you doing it?

Who's spamming? :angry: I'm looking for other people who are doing the same diet as me :frowning:

Fad diets are not effective and not healthy, and the rice diet is just another one.Let's say you did lose a bunch of weight in a few months. Would you plan to eat mostly rice for the rest of your life? Proper diet is not trivial, but it's not rocket science either. You need a balanced diet of healthy foods, where you eat everything in moderation. The number of calories you eat each day is a very important number.If people would eat a variety of fresh foods in moderation, only the small number of people who have things such as hypoactive thyroids would have a problem with their weight.I can guarantee you that even if you lost weight on the rice diet, within a year your weight will be at or above where it is now. Don't look for short cuts. Fad diets are short cuts, and they don't work. You need to get into the habit of eating healthy for the rest of your life.

Oh well the link is just something you can vote for if you wanted to. I'm in an Online Karaoke competition and it's in the Grand Finals so I just add the links to it into my signature now The Rice Diet is a wonderful way to lose weight fast. In fact you are guaranteed to lose between 2-3 pounds the first day alone on the rice diet. The rice diet is so simple to do and because you're allowed to eat "starches" and your never hungry, atleast not to the point where your prone to eat something you shouldn't. The thing they stress about the most in the rice diet is restriction of your salt intake because this diet is not only for weightloss but for overall health as well. The body swells from too much salt and water, therefore making you feel bloated and leaving you feeling tired all of the time. Your body only needs approx. 500 mgs of salt a day to function properly and most of us eat a diet that consists of 4,000-7,000 mgs per day. When you limit your salt intake you will find that in a matter of days you will feel like a new person.

Well see that's why it's mostly about a change in lifestyle not just changing how you eat for the duration of the diet. They call it a "Dieta" not a diet How can cutting back on sodium be bad?

Eating a healty, balanced diet, where each item is consumed in moderation, is good. You can lower your sodium by eating less process food, which is full of the stuff. There's not much sodium in fresh or frozen vegetables (although fresh is preferred). What's the point of all the rice? It contains a lot of rapidy-digested carbs. A good dish would be rice with olive oil and fresh vegetables, cooked however you like. The oil would slow down the absorption of sugar into your bloodstream.Basically, fad diets are a pile of crap. It's sad that in America, there is no tradition of healthy eating, as there is in most parts of the world that have had long-standing, established cultures (England went off the rails sometime during the Victorian era). The average Italian or French person would puke if you described to him what the Average American eats in a day. Americans are just looking for a quick fix; they seem unwilling to do the right thing, which is to change their eating habits to something more healthy. The go from one fad diet to another, getting fatter every year.Forget the rice diet. Like all fad diets, it's useless.

The protein is in there, lol. It's not just rice too funny!! Of course you'd have to read everything there is about it. That's just the gist of it :P I mean I can't spend 20 minutes explaining all of it now can I :wink:

How about, if you like rice (as I do), you eat it in moderation, as part of a balanced diet?If you're pushing the diet, would you care to reply to the points I made in the posts above?

Oh geez, I'm not pushing anything Sigh. I was merely looking for others who were doing it as well. I was asked what it was all about and I explained it "basically". The Rice Diet is just a name. If your looking for somebody to argue with maybe try looking on their website, ha ha .... The Rice Program I give

The first thing that raises a flag is that someone is profiting from this diet. The second thing that should get your attention is that there is no scientific data (that I'm aware of) showing the long-term effectiveness of the diet. Thirdly, I don't understand the obsession with sodium. It's true that most Americans consume a lot of processed food, which gives them far more sodium and sugar than they need.If you eat fresh, and don't add a lot of salt to your cooking, you will have a low-sodium diet. If you eat processed or restaurant food, it will be a lot more difficult, no matter what diet you're on.Any diet that causes a rapid loss of weight makes no sense. It like a law of physics: lose it quickly, gain it back over the course of a year, and then some.

> I'll build you a diet program for free.

Or, one could spend a couple of days researching healthy eating, or talk to a dietician for an hour, and one can learn how to eat healthy. It's not magic, and it doesn't take an advanced degree. Most of our grandparents (or great grandparents) did it without even thinking about it. No need to spend thousands of dollars.

Yes, but I'm not GOING to that clinic. I'm just doing this at home. So it's not costing ME anything! This program is more of a heart healthy program which is why they stress about the "sodium levels". Course the diet itself has no scientific backup but the "lowering of your sodium intake" does. This is about eating less processed food, and more fresh, whole grained foods. Which is pretty much what you've been saying all along. Those people paying the thousands of dollars are not paying for the food. They are paying to have somebody babysit them so they don't screw up. Most people who go there and attend that program are extremely obese.So I really don't see the problem with this way of eating...you only drop those first 5-7 pounds right away because of water weight. It's such a nice feeling not carrying that around anymore. After that it's approx. 2 to 3 pounds depending on how much you already weigh. Look at me for instance, I've lost 37 pounds but it's taken me 7 months to do so. It's not such a big deal...it just makes you feel good inside and out

I guess I don't understand what the formality of a specific diet, like the "Rice Diet", buys you. You would see good results if you just at well, as your great grandparents probably did. If you eat fresh foods, you get low sodium as a free bonus.It appears that sodium intake is a problem for people with a tendency toward high blood pressure, but not much of an effect on others. In fact, recent research points to a higher sodium intake having certain benefits (of course, not for people whose blood pressure is high).The Chinese do fine with a "rice diet", the Italians do fine with a "pasta diet". It's all the other things that are eaten with the starch staples that are important, as well as the moderate amount of food they eat.Also, it looks like monounsaturated fats, like olive oil, are healthy for you. I'm not sure what's the point of a diet that starts with very low fat intake. If you just start eating right, and do it for the rest of your life, you'll be in better shape than you will on any particular diet. Most people grow tired of following the rules after a while, rebound, and gain weight.

Most diets like that can be very unhealthy and it tricks your body into doing some pretty crazy things.You say you lost 37 pounds in 7 months on this diet... and probably risking your health while doing it too.I lost a little over 40 pounds in 4 months by eating right (okay, I splurged at least once a week, heheh) and lifting weights in the gym.