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much better position to be inspired to seek deeper realms of healing
that will support and sustain your journey toward true health.
Many people come to the Rice Diet Program because they
are ready to feel better; most of them also want to lose weight.
Inevitably, they have read or heard of the Rice Diet Program ’ s incred-
ible results. Since 1939, participants have lost unwanted pounds
faster, and more safely, and have maintained their weight loss lon-
ger, than with any other diet program ever documented. Men lose
an average of thirty pounds each and women an average of nine-
teen pounds in the fi rst month on the program. Furthermore, 43
percent of Ricers maintain their weight loss or lose even more after
six years! Their desire to feel and look better is often preceded by a
growing concern for their risk of developing heart disease, obesity,
high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes. Sometimes
they become motivated to change after undergoing a near - death
experience such as a heart attack or a personal trauma — perhaps
a divorce or the death of a loved one. Other times, people simply
want to change the way they have been eating and living because
they experience an overwhelming sense of discontent, knowing
that they need to make a major change in their lives, or else.
The Rice Diet Program has always focused on promoting good
health and on preventing and reversing disease. The optimal health
that we seek is not merely an absence of disease; it is a vibrancy
and an aliveness that results from eating clean whole foods, engag-
ing in regular exercise, and taking time to reclaim the power that
is within us. Although most of us have taken a few undesirable
detours or painful shortcuts on our journey through life, our return
to vibrant health and happiness depends on our realizing that we
have the ability to resurrect ourselves, to reconnect with our power
and passionately pursue our gifts and intentions. It is crucial to
take this fi rst step toward physical healing as if your life and your
health really matter. Remember that even though diet and exercise
are the focus of this chapter and will initially produce the most
obvious results, the fruition of your good health will be rooted in
the awareness and belief that you are able: the Latin meaning of
power is “ to be able. ”