I have completed ten days of the brown rice cleansing diet. I have lost 14.7 pounds since I first started the rice diet and 34.8 pounds from my high point of the year. Weight is important, VERY important, but it is not the primary purpose of the diet. My primary purpose was to clear my symptoms for allergy testing and I do NOT feel fully "cleansed" and cleared. I am not feeling radiantly healthy. My symptoms, while significantly better, are NOT gone. They are BETTER. I have bruisy (painful) tender trigger points, stiffness and pain in ankles, some pain in neck, general stiffness, but definitely improved.) my hayfever and asthma allergies to ragweed--this is the worst season for it RIGHT NOW--are about 95-98% cleared by this diet! I was considering a day of total fasting to see if the high starch content or other aspect of the brown rice could be contributing to my symptoms. I have to decide now whether to go on to the next stage of the allergy testing diet by adding broccoli or to fast for a day first. Fasting is not a good tool for losing weight as the body reverts to conservation mode, but it could be a tool for testing blood sugar allergies caused by the rice itself. I had a very tiny dinner last night, so I'm already hungry and not eager to fast. But--WAHN--maybe I will. Just to see. When I ate rice cakes, I got worse, and I wonder if it's because the treatment of the rice made the starch and sugars more readily available. Add broccoli tomorrow. :-(
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