It is called the “rice and apple diet” but in reality, as we will see, these are not the only foods present in one of the most popular fad diets of the moment.

In fact, the rice and apple diet makes you lose about 5 kg in 9 days , even if in many sites we read that you can lose even 7-8 kg in its most drastic version (see first paragraph).
But how is it possible that this diet works so much for weight loss?
And it works? Let’s find out together.

RICE AND APPLE DIET: WHAT IS IT?

This is a 9-day three-food diet, essentially.
Rice, apples and chicken breast. The original name of this diet is in fact Rice Chicken and Apple diet.

The rice and apple diet is very drastic and changes every three days.
For the first three days only boiled brown rice is eaten, from the fourth to the sixth day only skinless chicken, from the seventh to the new day only raw or cooked apples. The quantities are free. As you can understand by yourself, it is very unbalanced and potentially dangerous to health. You lose weight because the monotony of meals (only apples, only rice, only chicken) acts in such a way as to make us eat very little.
Even if we ate 300 grams of brown rice for the first three days, we would reach about 1100 total calories. It takes about 2 kg and passes of apples to reach the same caloric ceiling and almost a kg of chicken breast.
So in practice you do nine days of a diet at about a thousand calories, but there are those who eat much less.
Is it possible to have a rice and apple diet that is similar to this one but with fewer side effects?

Here is an example to make the rice and apple diet healthier.

RICE AND APPLE DIET:
HEALTHIEST EXAMPLE OF THE LAMPO DIET

This example of a rice and apple diet is the most balanced and healthy of all.
It allows you to lose up to 4-5 kg ​​in 9 days, but does not create nutritional problems.
After the 9 day diet, use the same pattern for another 5 days with these variations.

• Instead of rice in the morning: same weight of oat flakes.
• At dinner a teaspoon of olive oil plus more free variation in the vegetables.
• Instead of chicken: turkey breast for the same weight.

Subsequently, for a week, start the maintenance by replacing the rice for lunch with the same amount of wholemeal pasta.

RICE AND APPLE DIET: plan for the first 9 days. 

Breakfast.
A glass of water with the juice of half a lemon squeezed.
A supplement of vitamins and minerals.
Sugar-free coffee or tea.
40 grams of brown rice boiled until completely soft, and flavored with 100 ml of apple juice + 100 grams of cooked apple in pieces, plus cinnamon and stevia. You can blend it to make it look like a sweet cream.
Snack.
125 grams of skimmed yogurt or 100 grams of 0% fat white Greek yogurt (you can add stevia) + a sugar-free herbal tea with lemon juice.
Lunch.
50 grams of basmati rice or brown rice stir-fried with 200/300 grams of vegetables of your choice except carrots and beets. 150 grams of cooked apple with a sprinkling of cinnamon (raw weight, peeled).
Apple cider vinegar, lemon juice, aromatic herbs, spices and a maximum of one teaspoon of raw oil are allowed.
Snack.
125 grams of skimmed yogurt or 100 grams of 0% fat white Greek yogurt + 150 grams of baked apple with cinnamon or a 180 ml glass of organic apple juice.
Dinner.
Before dinner: a quarter of a glass of water with a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar. 
4 rice cakes or 30 grams of rice noodles or 40 grams of red brown rice with 100 grams of spinach or endive and lemon juice. 150 grams of grilled chicken breast with lemon juice, spices and herbs of your choice.
150 grams of baked apple with cinnamon or ginger powder.