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Daily Food Group GuidelinesHere are the food group guidelines that will help you make
your daily food choices. Obviously, eating on the lower end of
the range will inspire faster weight loss.4 – 6 vegetable servings
3 – 5 fruit servings
5 – 11 starch servings
1 – 4 teaspoons of olive oil (or other acceptable fat)
1 – 2 cups of nonfat dairy (or calcium - fortifi ed soy)
products
1 – 3 ounces of animal protein or ¼ – ¾ cup servings of
beans- • • • • •
Tips for the Rice Diet
Once - a - Week Detox: The Basic Rice Diet
The Basic Rice Diet is the ultimate detox diet. It has only nutrient -
dense whole grains and fruits and contains no salt, refi ned sugar, or
other highly processed triggers that are found in processed foods; if
it ’ s organic, it will also be free of preservatives, hormones, antibiot-
ics, and genetically modifi ed organisms. The Basic Rice Diet has
the advantages of a fast; it immediately and dramatically reduces
your appetite and almost miraculously shifts your food - focused
mental processing to be one of mindfulness with life in general.
Headaches, insomnia, psoriasis, and many other problems are
usually alleviated or drastically reduced within days.
Because most people in industrialized nations eat such a pro-
cessed conglomerate of natural and artifi cial ingredients, it is nearly
impossible to determine which substances in their diet or environ-
ment are causing their problems. Although there are various ways
to assess food allergies, the best method is to simplify your intake