Lose Weight Get Healthy & Be Happy launches online at RiceDietBook.com

Orlando, Fla. – October 28, 2011 – Central Florida Residents, Douglas Jay Sprung, MD, FACG, FACP and his wife Denise Sprung, MSW unveiled their new diet book, Lose Weight Get Healthy & Be Happy, this month at www.RiceDietBook.com. The 228-page, full color book was inspired by the recent success of their local diet program, Rice Diet of Central Florida.

The Rice Diet of Central Florida, which operates out of Altamonte Springs, Florida, has transformed the lives of countless people suffering from obesity and related conditions, such as heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, sleep apnea, GERD, IBS, and arthritis. Now, Dr. Sprung and Denise Sprung bring you this medically sound, proven diet in an easy-to-do format that can transform your life.

“We wrote this book because we wanted to make the benefits of The Rice Diet available to anyone anywhere and provide supportive tools in order to lose the weight get healthy and be happy— for life,” said Dr. Sprung.

The National Institute of Health declared that obesity has risen to epidemic levels in the U.S., with nearly 67 percent of all adults either overweight or obese. Lose Weight Get Healthy & Be Happy is the answer to losing weight and being able to sustain the weight loss long term.

The book features several pages of nutritional guides including an entire chapter on preventing emotional eating, a full chapter on recipes of low-fat and low-calorie foods, drink and snack options, aids for eating in restaurants, and an eight-week plan that has detailed instructions for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Conveniently, it is split into two parts: The Rice Diet Lifestyle which discusses the practices and habits for achievement; and The Tools for Success which includes the weekly menus, recipes and a sample Rice Diet Journal. Lose Weight Get Healthy & Be Happy also features testimonials from Ricers (a term used to define those on the diet), some of which have lost more than 100 pounds while on the Rice Diet.

ABOUT THE RICE DIET OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
The Rice Diet of Central Florida is a variation of the original Rice Diet of Dr. Walter Kempner, which began at Duke University in 1939. The diet is a medically supervised program that employs extreme restrictions in sodium and fat, and achieves extreme success in not only weight reduction, but in the reversal of the clinical conditions and diseases associated with obesity. The Rice House, where the Rice Diet of Central Florida is conducted, has a dedicated staff that provides the education, supervision and motivation to help patients improve their health and transform their lives.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Douglas Jay Sprung, MD, FACG, FACP, is the medical director at the Rice Diet of Central Florida. He is a board-certified internist and gastroenterologist who trained at Duke University School of Medicine and studied with Dr. Walter Kempner, the originator of the Duke Rice Diet, then and during his subsequent residency training at Duke. His gastroenterology fellowship was done at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts. In more than 25 years of private practice in Orlando, Florida, Dr. Sprung has observed first-hand the effectiveness of the Rice Diet in reversing obesity and related health problems. Dr. Sprung advocates the Rice Diet as a medically sound, practical and doable regimen to reverse obesity and achieve lifelong good health.

Denise Sprung, MSW, received her masters of social work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has an impressive background in education and healthcare, including training at the Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Durham VA Hospital and the University of North Carolina Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Sprung is the program director at the Rice Diet of Central Florida, assuming a wide range of responsibilities in patient education, nutrition, motivation and counseling. Mrs. Sprung’s mission is to allow all patients to attain the skills needed to achieve their goals to lose weight, get healthy and be happy.

Both Dr. and Mrs. Sprung are Ricers as well, not only advocating, but living the Ricer lifestyle.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Lose Weight Get Healthy & Be Happy:

The Rice Diet is the Right Diet

By: Douglas Jay Sprung, MD, FACG, FACP and Denise Sprung, MSW

Price: $18

ISBN: 978-0-578-09007-8

On-Sale: October 1, 2011

www.RiceDietBook.com

For more information on LOSE WEIGHT GET HEALTHY & BE HAPPY or to schedule your interview with Dr. Sprung and Denise Sprung, please contact Brian Margolis with Crank Communications: 407-830-7312 or brian@crankcommunications.com

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