How extreme was Dr. Kempner’s rice diet compared to traditional surgical approaches? Is there a safer alternative?

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For more on Kempner and his rice diet, see:
• Kempner Rice Diet: Whipping Us Into Shape (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/kempner-rice-diet-whipping-us-into-shape/)
• Drugs and the Demise of the Rice Diet (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/drugs-and-the-demise-of-the-rice-diet/)
• Can Diabetic Retinopathy Be Reversed? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/can-diabetic-retinopathy-be-reversed/)

More on the surgical approach can be found in Reversing Diabetes with Surgery (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/reversing-diabetes-surgery/) and Stomach Stapling Kids (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/stomach-stapling-kids/).

Here are some of my weight loss videos but I have tons more on the topic page (https://nutritionfacts.org/topics/weight-loss/). I also have a bunch of fasting videos (https://nutritionfacts.org/topics/fasting/).
• Waist Circumference Less Than Half Your Height (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/keep-your-waist-circumference-to-less-than-half-your-height/)
• Nuts and Obesity: The Weight of Evidence (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/nuts-and-obesity-the-weight-of-evidence/)
• How Much Exercise to Sustain Weight Loss? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-much-exercise-to-sustain-weight-loss/)
• Nutrient-Dense Approach to Weight Management (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/nutrient-dense-approach-to-weight-management/)
• What Diet Should Physicians Recommend? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/what-diet-should-physicians-recommend/)
• How to Prevent Prediabetes in Children (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-prevent-prediabetes-in-children/)
• Are There Foods with Negative Calories? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-there-foods-with-negative-calories/)
• Eating More to Weigh Less (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/eating-more-to-weigh-less/)
• Diabetes Reversal: Is It the Calories or the Food? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/diabetes-reversal-is-it-the-calories-or-the-food/)
• Does Apple Cider Vinegar Help with Weight Loss? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/apple-cider-vinegar-help-weight-loss/)
• Optimizing Water Intake to Lose Weight (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/optimizing-water-intake-to-lose-weight/)
• What Is the Safest Metabolism Booster? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/what-is-the-safest-metabolism-booster/)
• The Best Diet for Weight Loss and Disease Prevention (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-best-diet-for-weight-loss-and-disease-prevention/)

If you’re curious about weight loss pills, I did two videos on them in 2019: Are Weight Loss Pills Safe? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-weight-loss-pills-safe) and Are Weight Loss Pills Effective? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/are-weight-loss-pills-effective).

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-Michael Greger, MD FACLM

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