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lower your intake of sodium, sugar, and processed, refi ned ingredi-
ents, the less will be your appetite and desire to overeat.
For people who fi nd that they still desire more than the 1,000
recommended calories, rest assured that even if you increase your
intake to 1,200 or 1,500 calories, you will still lose weight; the pro-
cess will simply be slower. Just be sure that the foods you consume
are whole, unprocessed foods, without salt, sugar, or refi ned ingre-
dients. If you follow these guidelines with awareness, assisted by
this book ’ s inner healing guidance, you will achieve and maintain
your health and weight goals.
The Rice Diet ’ s plan for home use has been divided into three
phases in my previous two books. Although that has proved helpful
for thousands of readers, the following description will simplify this
process and enable the reader to focus on what is most important:
eating whole foods, unsalted and unprocessed. Inherent in this
very basic and simple approach is allowing yourself plenty of time
to heal at your core. You will investigate your previous history and
beliefs about food by applying fresh knowledge and attention to
the underlying reasons that you have not previously practiced an
optimally healthy dieta , and you will map your game plan to suc-
cessfully do so now.
Why the Rice Diet WorksIt is a detox diet that cleanses your body, ridding it of excess
sodium, water weight, and many toxins from processed
foods and the environment. Once your palate and body are
cleansed and returned to a natural state, most people fi nd
that they begin to prefer healthy, unprocessed foods.
It is a low - sodium diet that limits salt and all other sodium -
rich ingredients to 500 – 1,000 mg daily. Salt, like sugar,
stimulates your appetite. When sodium is not added to
your diet, you rid yourself of a powerful appetite stimulant(continued)