Why Is Limiting Sodium Such An Emphasis On The Rice Diet?
In 1939, when the Rice Diet was initially founded, it was developed as a no-salt-added dietary treatment for those with kidney disease and malignant hypertension (very high blood pressure). Before dialysis and hypertensive medications, the Rice Diet was the only hope for people with these diseases. They either did the Rice Diet or were dead by the age of 40! Dr. Kempner went on to research and publish revolutionary results on the Rice Diet’s dramatic beneficial effect not only on kidney disease and hypertension but on cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, congestive heart failure, and diabetes. (Click here for Dr. Kempner publications.) In addition to weight loss we have also seen significant improvement in such conditions as sleep apnea, psoriasis, pulmonary hypertension, edema, and joint stiffness associated with arthritis. Within forty-eight hours of eating no-salt-added foods (and usually within twenty four hours) you will marvel at how little desire you have to overeat. In fact, th
