Here are some examples of the Rice Diet in the news over the years. For recent media coverage, click here.



Independent Weekly
Sin City
February 20, 2003

Diet culture has evolved from the days when Rice Durham's diet culture has evolved from the days when Rice Dieters shed their clothing along with the pounds. Read



WholeHealthMD.com
Integrative Care: A New Approach to Healing:
October 30, 2003

For almost 75 years, people with heart disease or diabetes have enrolled in the Duke Rice Diet Program, which prescribes a low-fat, low-sodium, mostly fruit-and-rice diet that is thought to help manage such conditions. Read



Durham Herald
The Dr. Kempner Story
2000 
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ESPN Zone
August 1998

"Because they are not so different from regular people, professional athletes are turning to programs like the Rice Diet to shed their extra flab. Rams running back, Craig Heyward recently spent two weeks at the Rice House, working diligently and lost about 20 pounds. I've seen miracles here, " [Ray] Seals testifies. People who could hardly see because of diabetes were seeing."



Health and Healing
May 1998

"This is a program about choices, about feeding the mind, body, and the spirit, " Dr Rosati says. "Health is our most important asset. And every day, my work with the Rice Diet convinces me that we have the ability to prevent or reverse many of the chronic diseases that afflict many of us, from coronary heart disease to arthritis, kidney failure, sleep apnea, psoriasis, and many other ailments."



The Greenville News
"A Farewell to Flab"
March 5, 1998 (page B1)

"At the clinic Landow Smith ate mainly rice and fruit and learned the importance of daily exercise. It was enough time to give her the foundation for a low-fat, low-sodium, near-vegetarian diet that she still follows. Seven months after she started, she was down to 145 pounds (beginning at 235) and has dropped 5 sizes. She held a yard sale and sold all her clothes"



The News and Observer
April 5, 1998 (page 6B)

Raleigh, NC - "It works" I am living proof," said 70 year old Stephens, the mayor of Rosemont, Ill for 42 years and a Rice Diet patient since 1980. Patients like Guy Baldwin of Hillsborough, swear by the diet. Chuckling, as he and Baldwin waited to eat a lunch of pineapple, rice and green beans. Both think they would not have been alive to meet if not for the Rice Diet."



The Daily News
May 2, 1997 (page 3B)



Eating Well
October 1997 (page 47)

"What the recipes lack in fat and sodium they largely make up for in vibrant seasonings and imagination all in all, Heal your Heart is one of the better guides for managing heart disease."

Duke Chronicle
Rosati describes various facets of holistic diet in book
March 11, 1997

In her new book "Heal Your Heart," Kitty Rosati, nutrition director of the University's Rice Diet Program, taps over a decade's worth of experience treating heart disease to establish a wellness program aimed at reducing health risks. Read

The Raleigh News and Observer
"The Duke Rice Diet still goes with the grain."
September 15, 1995



The Palm Beach Post
"Senator undercut by health woes"
September 3, 1995 (page 14)

"After 7 months at Duke, Myers lost 222 and weighed 176 pounds."



Asheville Citizen Times
"Lose fast on classic diet"
September 12, 1994 (page C1)

The Rogers' had great success with the diet- Scott lost 35 pounds and had to put some back on. Shirley is close to her goal and her diabetes is under control without medication. Shirley Rogers said she chose the Rice Diet, as a good one for the lifestyle diseases, such as diabetes and hypertension.



Golf World
July 1, 1994 (page 38)

"Thanks to the elimination of junk food and a severely restricted rice diet; (Mitchell) is almost unrecognizable he has moved from a size 60 waist to a 46."



The Herald Sun
June 5, 1994 (page D1)

Durham, NC - "Mitchell decides to lighten his load- Trevino's caddy gets help shedding pounds at Duke 'When I came down here, I couldn't hardly walk; I was walking so slow.' The 56-year-old Mitchell weighed 321 when he arrived at Duke. He has lost close to 70 pounds since. 'I feel great I feel like a young man. I didn't know a man could feel as good as I'm feeling now.' There is more to his success that just feeling better. Mitchell is healthier. Mitchell had been taking insulin shots for diabetes since 1986. 'I haven't had a shot of insulin since I have been here. It's like a miracle."'



Charlotte Observer
July 12, 1992 (page E1)

"Back in 1939, when Franklin Roosevelt was president, New York was hosting the World's Fair and Steinbeck was published "Grapes of Wrath, ' Kempner was treating kidney disease with his rice and fruit diet. Success in treating high blood pressure, kidney and heart disease gave his program credence.



The Herald Sun
January 5, 1992

"I was seriously ill with malignant hypertension, said (Dr. Murray) Fuhrman, a retired radiologist, who lives in New York City. 'They gave me three to six months to live. I remained on a diet of rice and fruit for 3 months. Then I remained on a strict diet for a year. I have enjoyed good health."'



Life
March 7, 1991

"During their 3 week stay" (at the Rice Diet program), "adapting to what the doctor called a 'salt poor' diet, Seymour's (Gable) blood pressure dropped dramatically and the couple decided to cancel plans for bypass surgery. Seymour's cholesterol level, which had always been more than 220, plummeted to low 160."



Lean Times
March 1991

"Dianne Critich, a registered nurse from Kahukui, Hawaii said after losing 105 pounds while at the Rice Diet Program; 'Its like I've got an new body and a new life. It's wonderful. '".



Lean Times
June 1990 (Page 5)

"Michael McKnight of Apex NC said 'My physician referred me to the clinic after I had reoccurring liver problems. In 1988, I came very close to being put on the transplant list. I am very lucky I was in this area and was able to get medical care. This diet was a life-saver."'



Family Circle
"How Joan Lunden Lost 45 pounds"
January 9, 1990 (Page 33)

"Joan considered herself a failure in one key area. Loose fitting clothes and the safety of the talk show couch concealed the fact ... 5 foot 7 inch Joan had gained almost 75 pounds. ' Football players weight that much! It was scary,' she admits. Working with a nutritionist, Joan switched to a modified rice-and-fruit diet like the one developed at Duke University. 'At dinner I would chop up broccoli, tomato and onion and serve it over the rice. When you've been on nothing but rice and fruit for 3 weeks, do you know how good broccoli tastes- even without salt or butter?'"



Lean Times
"No More Polyester Suits for This Gal"
September 1989

"The best part according to Katherine Johnson; 'At a large size clothing store, a sales lady asked if she could help me and I said, 'not anymore'".



Chicago Sun Times
March 13, 1988 (page 5)

"By the time I left 6 days later, I had lost 7 pounds. But more important, I gained lessons of nutrition that dozens of diet books and articles had failed to drive home."



The Atlanta Constitution
May 13, 1982

"Kempner's only selling point is his rice diet works. He has 40 years of success for proof. Kempner is proud of the weight loss his patients achieve, but he is just as likely to steer reporters to patients like the Mayo clinic internist who first entered the Rice House seven years ago. 'I had four attacks and a stroke before I came here,' the physician said. 'I was here six months and got off 27 medications. Now I come here every spring.'"



Fort Lauderdale News/Sun-Sentinel
September 9, 1979 (page 3SL-15)

"At Duke, salt, not sugar, is the killer. And the results, in weight loss as well as well being, seem to make it all worth it. But those who had the fortitude to stick with the program swear by it. It works where everything else may have failed."



The Saturday Evening Post
April 20, 1968 (page 80)

"Another program that has achieved dramatic results is the Rice Diet. The Rice Diet rose to fame more than 20 years ago. A revolutionary new treatment for high blood pressure. Burl Ives in an Associated press interview talks of the rice diet program and said, 'Now I can eat a few grains of rice and sing like a bird.'"



The People, Great Britain
"Wonder Cure gives Hope to Millions"
March 4, 1951

Another Dramatic Step Forward In the Battle against Killer Diseases.