Brown Rice Diet

Brown Rice versus White Rice

Brown rice has become increasingly popular over the years with health and weight loss specialists alike vouching for its healthy proponents. But what exactly separates this brown grain from its white counterpart? Well, pretty much all the nutritional value.
White rice actually starts out as brown rice, but is then stripped of the grain’s brown husk, resulting in the white grain that most Americans consume today.
But what most people do not know is that this brown film is what makes it so nutritious. When the rice is stripped of this brown hull it is also stripped of all the added nutrients that the hull provides.

In fact, this brown film is actually a layer of bran that gives it high amounts of insoluble fiber. This high fiber content reduces the possibility of heart disease, helps avoid abrupt spikes in sugar levels, aids in digestion and reduces constipation. Furthermore, brown rice’s high fiber content means that the grain slows down digestion, leaving you feeling fuller for longer.

Unfortunately, white rice boasts none of these fantastic properties.

Brown Rice: Essential Element of any Detox

Now, what does this have to do with detoxing? Everything!

Brown rice is an important component of almost all detox diets and can usually be consumed in unlimited amounts. It boasts phenomenal health benefits with relatively inconsequential amounts of fat.

During a detox this is perhaps the perfect combination. While the body is being stripped of all unnecessary foods and toxins that previously filled our bellies but bogged down our organs, they are being replaced with more nutritious foods many of which do not leave the body feeling satiated. Brown rice solves this dilemma.
The fiber present in brown rice means that the grain is gentle on the digestion tract. It also ensures an increase in bowl movements which encourages the removal of toxic waste from the colon and intestinal tract. The rapid removal of these substances from the body lowers your risk of associated diseases such as colon cancer that comes from these substances staying in lingering contact with colon cells.

Another associated perk of this grain is its weight loss effect. Many people that detox automatically lose weight from the increasingly efficient function of their internal organs. But they also lose weight because the brown rice leaves them feeling fuller for longer, and thus they are consuming less calories throughout the day.

Brown Rice Diet

The brown rice diet is a detox and weight loss plan that allows brown rice as the only starch to be eaten. But diet users are not confined to just rice, they are also allowed to eat fresh fruit and veggies throughout the detox.

Stripping the diet down to its bare essentials with brown rice at its core means that the body is no longer being overloaded with harmful toxins, such as alcohol, caffeine, and processed foods. This in turn allows the body’s cells to open up and release stored toxins into the blood stream that are disposed of through the urinary tract and bowel movements.

Brown rice also increases energy, mental alertness, relaxes the digestive system stimulates bowel function.

Here is a peak into one day’s food intake in this detox regime.

Breakfast

• 1 glass of water
• 1 glass of water mixed with the juice of 1/2 lemon
• Wait 30 minutes
• 1 cup of any raw fruit
• Wait 30 minutes
• 1 cup of steamed whole grain brown rice
• Herbal tea

Lunch

• 1 cup green, leafy steamed vegetables
• 1 cup raw vegetables (greens, tomatoes, snow peas, peppers, etc.)
• 4 oz. cooked beans or steamed tofu, flavored with 2 teaspoons of tahini

Dinner

• Raw vegetable salad: eat unlimited raw vegetables
• 1 cup cooked vegetables
• 1 cup brown rice
• Herbal tea