About the Rice Cleansing Diet

The brown rice cleansing diet is based on macrobiotic eating. The macrobiotic diet was developed by Michio Kushi and includes seasonal vegetables, brown rice and small amounts of animal protein and fruits.

Eating a cleansing diet of brown rice enables the body to get the protein it needs from easily digested whole grain, and toxins can be released through the colon.

Identification

• Brown rice is best for a cleansing diet as it has B complex vitamins that are good for the central nervous system. As a complex carbohydrate, brown rice also keeps the blood sugar and energy levels even.

  A thin brown rice gruel can be consumed for a day or several days, if you are in good health.

Significance

• After eating a brown rice cleansing diet for 10 days, your digestion should improve. Brown rice is easily digested and prompts the stomach to provide adequate bile (hydrochloric acid).

  Later, add simple steamed vegetables to your diet and later still, low-fat animal protein.

Features

• One brown rice cleansing diet is to eat nothing but organic short grain brown rice for up to 10 days. Drink bancha tea and water between meals.

  Make the brown rice by combining 2 cups of organic short grain brown rice with 4 cups of filtered water. Add one teaspoon of salt with iodine. Bring to a boil and simmer for 45 minutes until cooked.

Benefits

• Following a brown rice cleansing diet will improve digestion, remove old waste in the gastrointestinal system and allow your other internal organs to rest.

  Eating a diet heavy with sugar, processed foods, meat and alcohol puts great demands on the digestion and liver.

Warning

• If you have never undergone any kind of cleansing diet, consult your doctor or a nutritionist for guidance. If you have any serious medical issues, see a physician.

  If you have been consuming a junk food diet or are a smoker or heavy drinker, a brown rice cleansing diet is best done with medical supervision.