Brian (0s):
All right. Welcome to the Get Leany Clean podcast. My name is Brian Grin, and today I got an interesting one. I explored a revolutionary rice diet study, which was conducted by Walter Keppner in 1958, which documented the reversal of diabetes and diabetic blindness using a simple diet of white rice, fruit, and sugar. It definitely challenges conventional medical beliefs and highlights the significance of Keter Spawnings in the context of diabetes treatment. This one's an interesting one. Whether you're listening on the podcast or my YouTube channel, enjoy and have a great rest of the day. What
Brian (37s):
If I told you that in 1958, a German refugee doctor at Duke University documented something that the medical establishment thought was impossible? The reversal of diabetes and diabetic blindness using nothing more than white rice, fruit and sugar. While today we're diving into one of the most controversial yet groundbreaking studies in medical history, Walter Kempter's Rice diet study that challenged everything that we thought we knew about treating diabetes. Hey, everyone, Brian here today we're examining a study that should have been revolutionizing the way we treat diabetes, but instead was largely forgotten by mainstream medicine and media. In 1958, Walter Kepner documented with fundus photographs, the reversal of diabetic retinopathy following adherence to a regimented rice fruit dietary program.
Brian (1m 29s):
This was considered medically impossible at the time, and this brilliant scientist would go on to challenge the entire medical establishment with his unconventional approach to treating metabolic disease. The diet keppner designed was almost entirely of rice and fruit, providing approximately about 2000 calories per day. It comprised of four to 5% protein, which is less than 20 grams per day, two to 3% fat, and the rest was carbohydrates. Think about that for a second. We're talking about a diet that was over 90% carbohydrates, including white rice and even sugar being used to reverse diabetes.
Brian (2m 12s):
Though sodium content was about 150 milligrams or less than 10 millimole per day. Now, this flies in the face of everything we're told about managing diabetes. Kempter's 1958 post-graduate medicine report included a hundred patients with diabetes. 44 of these patients showed classical diabetic retinopathy. Essentially, they were going blind from their diabetes. Now, here's the remarkable part. The observation treatment period was about 22 months for 13 of 44 patients with specific diabetic retinopathy findings. During this period of observation, there was remarkable improvement in both their eyes.
Brian (2m 54s):
That's nearly 30% of patients showing reversal of diabetic eye damage. Something modern medicine still struggles to achieve today. Now, Keppner observed that metabolic diseases like hypertension and diabetes was less common. In cultures where rice was the staple food in his diabetic patients, he documented remarkable reversals. Remember, 13 of 44 patients, that's nearly 30% showed improvement in their diabetic retinopathy simply by just changing their diet to rice, fruit, and sugar. A condition considered largely irreversible today. Now, the key insight here is that not necessarily just the carbohydrates, it was also the low fat content of the diet was a critical factor as well.
Brian (3m 42s):
So by restricting fat to only two to 3% of calories, kempner created a diet that naturally prevented a caloric excess while improving insulin sensitivity so the body could efficiently process the carbohydrates when dietary fat wasn't interfering with glucose metabolism. And we've talked about it on the channel before, the importance of glucose metabolism with j Felman and Mike fave. This explains why a diet of over 90% carbohydrates could actually reverse diabetes rather than worsen it. When Kempner tried to have patients maintain their weight by increasing portion size and adding sugars, patients still lost weight.
Brian (4m 22s):
They just couldn't eat enough calories with so little fat in the diet. Now, the rice diet wasn't just reversing diabetes. The rice diet was also extended to patients with nephrotic syndrome, hypocholesterolemia, diabetes, melitus, atherosclerosis, and obesity, and it worked not in all patients, but many for whom no other therapeutic options were open. So patients were seeing reversals of heart disease, reversal of kidney failure, reversal of diabetic retinopathy, and reversal of hypertension. Not only were these conditions having better results than any other treatment available, but other conditions were also shown to be treated, including arthritis and obesity.
Brian (5m 6s):
Now, you think a study like this would sort of revolutionize the way we handle diabetic situations, but it really hasn't done this. As I mentioned, early participants in this RICE Diet program reported to have drastic reduction in weight, blood pressure, and cholesterol, as well as rapid improvement in kidney failure. So Kempter's 1958 diabetic retinopathy report was not reviewed in any ophthalmological journals of that day for reasons that are not really apparent and essentially didn't get put up in textbooks. Took about 50 years to even get noticed. So what set Kempner apart was his insistence on objective evidence.
Brian (5m 46s):
Whereas photographs taken with a special CRA that allowed visualization of the back of the eye, he proved that the dye could not only help with the bleeding and the swelling, which was visible in the back of the eye, but actually reversed it to such degree that patients who could no longer distinguish any objects had been able to read fine print. Let me say that again. Patients who were blind could read fine print after following this diet. The reversal of blindness due to hypertension and diabetes with Dr. Ners Rice and Fruit Diet demonstrates the power of diet to exceed the benefits of some of the best modern medicine and surgery have to offer. Yet somehow, instead of learning from this, medicine seems to have forgotten the Rice Diet Healthcare Program has been shown over the course of 75 years to effectively treat diabetes, kidney disease, hypertension, heart failure, sleep apnea, and obesity.
Brian (6m 40s):
This program, which was developed over the years, treated over 18,000 patients from around the world. This created what's considered the largest diet intervention study ever taken. So what are the crucial lessons from Dr. Kempter's work? Number one, diabetes can be reversed, not just managed, but actually reversed through dietary intervention alone. Secondly, carbohydrates aren't the enemy. A diet of over 90% carbohydrates successfully reversed diabetes. Third, fat restriction was key at only about two to 3% fat. The diet made it nearly impossible to overconsume calories. Four multiple diseases responded the same.
Brian (7m 21s):
Protocol reversed hypertension, kidney disease, heart disease, and diabetic blindness. And fifth, the evidence was all photographed. This wasn't anecdotal. Keppner documented reversals with retinal photographs. You know, the tragedy is that this information's been available since 1958, yet we're still treating diabetes as an incurable progressive disease that requires lifetime medication. Kempner proved that with the right dietary approach, the body can heal itself from conditions we still consider irreversible today. Now, I'm not suggesting anyone to just jump on this rice diet without medical supervision. Keppner himself said it could be dangerous without proper monitor, but this research should make us question everything we think about treating metabolic disease.
Brian (8m 5s):
If a diet of white rice and fruit could reverse diabetes 65 years ago, what else have we been wrong about? If you found this historical deep dive valuable, make sure to subscribe for more evidence-based content that challenges conventional dietary wisdom. And remember, sometimes the most powerful medicine is not found in a pill, in a bottle, but it's on your plate. Until next time, this is Brian reminding you to question everything and keep digging for the truth. Have a great day.
