Experimenting with different starches, including white rice, can be beneficial for some individuals, particularly women around their cycle.

“i'm advocating for people in intuitive fasting too and for my patients for that matter to experiment with these different types of starches and i would say even i'd like to get your thoughts on this too i find that and i don't do this initially but for the book i did it for the sake of simplicity because i'm not there to let to manage the case even gluten-free grains like rice i find that some people some women do fine with those they enjoy i do the white rice so it's lower in lectins it's easier to digest and some women like it they really like it around their cycle it gives them diversity they and they pivot from that center”