Yes, the title of this post is correct. Its been shown where Rice is a very good high blood pressure reducer. In his book “Control High Blood Pressure without drugs, Dr. Robert Rowan, M.D Writes the following
“About fifty years ago a major advance in understanding the relationship between diet and treatment of hypertension was made by Dr. Walter Kempner of Duke University. He was responsible for what has come to be known as the rice diet. Here is how it happened: A thirty three-year-old woman suffering from severe kidney disease was told to remain on diet of plain unsalted rice for two weeks and then to return for further evaluation. However, the woman did not return for two months……..When Kempner finally examined her, he found a remarkable difference: Her blood pressure had come down, and her ECG had improved as did the serious aspects of the kidney diseases. “
Kempner went on to recommend the diet to several of his patients and 2/3rds of them showed similar blood pressure reduction, improvement in kidney function and greater strength in cardiac muscle.
Incidentally, this was the first time low salt was seen as a high blood pressure reducer. In this present day, a low salt diet is seen as an important lifestyle change high blood pressure sufferers should make.
Note well, the rice diet is difficult to follow, moreover, it does not provide a complete nutritional balance that the body needs. It is also not a sexy diet. It is for these reasons that it is not a popular remedy for high blood pressure.
Given a choice between high blood pressure, possible kidney failure and other medical complications, I will take the rice diet any day as a high blood pressure reducer. Besides, It can always be complimented with other exciting and sexy foods.
