People who ate only rice for a while lost weight—on average, their body mass index dropped by 4 points—no matter if they had high blood pressure or not, meaning it worked well even for those who were otherwise healthy.

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Modern perspective of the Rice Diet for hypertension and other metabolic diseases

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2024

The study looked at a strict rice-based diet in very sick people with high blood pressure and found they lost weight, but it doesn’t say how much weight loss happened on average or if it worked the same for people without high blood pressure — so we can’t confirm the claim’s specific numbers or scope.

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Modern perspective of the Rice Diet for hypertension and other metabolic diseases

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DOI: 10.1136/bmjnph-2024-000949

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People with very high blood pressure who ate the Rice Diet were about 72% likely to live at least 5 years, while those with lower blood pressure were over 93% likely to live that long — suggesting that how high your blood pressure was at the start might affect how long you live, even if you eat this special diet.

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People who are obese and ate only the Rice Diet lost about 14.5% of their starting weight in less than two months—roughly 1.2 kg every week—showing that this diet really helps people drop weight in real-life doctor’s office settings.

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