Hi i know the diet its frem Ted Emmauel.. i tried it last year some time and it worked starting can be a bit hard, i will be doing it again commencing jan 12th, the 1st time i only did phase 1 i am in canada and most of the things i have never heard of and simply cant get, but i love brown rice..so i should be fine, lets encourage each other i too am from ja. if u like u can email me.