The Claim
Among participants following the Rice Diet with a median sodium intake of less than 10 mmol/day, urine chloride excretion was reduced from 75.3 to 5.8 mEq/L, indicating near-complete dietary sodium restriction and high adherence across a large population.
What the research says
Challenges is higher
Challenge is ahead, but a single strong supporting study can change this.
These are independent scores, not a percentage. Higher-grade studies count more, so a single strong opposing study can outweigh several weaker ones.
People who ate only the Rice Diet for a while ended up peeing out almost no salt, which means they were eating almost no sodium at all—and they stuck to the diet really well.
See the scientific wording
The Rice Diet, with median sodium intake of <10 mmol/day, was associated with a 13-fold reduction in urine chloride excretion (from 75.3 to 5.8 mEq/L) among participants, indicating near-complete dietary sodium restriction and high adherence across a large population.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Modern perspective of the Rice Diet for hypertension and other metabolic diseases
The study looked at a super-low-salt rice diet and used urine tests to see if people stuck to it, but it never said the numbers went from 75.3 to 5.8 — so we can’t confirm the exact claim.
Score breakdown, mechanism chain, raw evidence, ideal studies needed & 1 supporting studies
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