John McDougall MD

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What Makes You Sick? – John McDougall MD (1:55) Apr 2, 2009. Plantation doctor in Hawaii. Took care of people from Japan, the Philippines, and China who followed a diet of rice and vegetables. First generation always trim, no breast, prostate, or colon cancer, no diabetes or heart disease. Active into 80s and 90s. By the third generation, a fully Americanized diet of meat and dairy adopted resulting in obesity, cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.

A message from John McDougall, MD (3:16) Nov 18, 2020. 12-day McDougall Program over the Internet. Now is the time to get comorbidities like diabetes, high blood pressure, and overweight fixed. Save money on food, medications, supplements, and doctors. Can learn everything on our website for free but the 12-day program is really a boost.

Diet

Obesity and illness — caused by the same thing – John McDougall MD (2:12) Jul 3, 2009. It’s the composition of the food. People are obese because they eat foods composed of fats, sugars, refined foods, meats, and dairy. People who eat a starch-based diet with fruits and vegetables and minimize meat and dairy are thin. Billions of people provide examples.

Is Dr. McDougall just a Low Fat Vegan? I Dr. John McDougall (2:37) Nov 14, 2011. Changed my diet from 1973-76, eliminating beef, chicken, fish, eggs, dairy, oils. Vegan but somebody living on Coca-Cola and low-fat potato chips is vegan. A starchavore advocating a diet primarily of starches like rice, corn, potatoes, beans, peas, lentils, pastas, and breads, with some fruit and vegetables.

John McDougall Discusses a Starch-Based Diet | Forks Over Knives (2:25) Nov 2, 2012. All large populations have eaten starch-based diets. Aztecs and Mayans ate corn. Incas ate potatoes. Middle East ate wheat and barley. Asians eat rice. Need starch not just vegetables.

How I lost 25 pounds on the McDougall Starch Solution (4:03) Feb 18, 2017. Dillon. The China Study. The Starch Solution. Lots of rice, beans, grains, potatoes, corn, fruits, veggies. Cholesterol and blood pressure checked.

Eat like a Gladiator I Dr. John McDougall (1:54) Nov 14, 2011. Burial plot in Turkey, discovered 60 gladiators buried 1800 years ago, bone analysis found they followed a vegan diet including barley and beans.

Gladiators Were Vegan — John McDougall MD (5:42) Mar 7, 2010. Ephesus, Turkey. Buried gladiator bones indicate a vegan diet. Called ‘barley men’. Alexander the Great conquered the world on a diet of wheat, barley and rye. Genghis Kahn conquered the world on a starch-based diet.

Low Carb vs. Plant-Based Diet (2:02) Jun 29, 2012. The weight of low carb authors compared to plant-based authors.

Dr. McDougall – You’re Fired! (7:39) Apr 1, 2016. McDougall invited to speak at Obesity Medicine Conference. Asked to submit slides to be used in speech. Disinvited for slides criticizing low-carb authors. Obesity Medicine Association sponsored by drug companies, weight management companies, a medical financing company. Not going after the source of the obesity problem.

“THEY’RE LIARS!” – Low Carbers Blasted By Vegan Doctors (7:01) Dec 14, 2018. McDougall: Low-carbers liars. Barnard: Low carb dieters lose weight short-term but often disappointed. McDougall: Atkins lied about not having heart disease on Larry King. Barnard: We decided to release Atkins autopsy report to media. Atkins/South Beach/ketogenic, every 17 years new version appears.

Food

McDougall Made Easy: Practical Health Lessons, Cooking Demonstrations (7:02) Jun 14, 2012. People dying from too much fat, animal protein, and cholesterol. First vegetarian meal, missed meat. Making a bean burrito. Use slow cooker/crock pot. Pinto beans, water, chopped onion, peeled cloves of garlic. Mash beans. Soften tortilla on griddle. Tomatoes, green onions, lettuce, alfalfa sprouts, salsa, Tabasco sauce.

Nuts I Dr. John McDougall (2:25) Nov 14, 2011. Love eating nuts. Mixed nuts in shells for Christmas. Easy to overeat unshelled nuts. Nuts mostly fat. The fat you eat is the fat you wear. Most calories should come from starch, not nuts, seeds and avocados.

In Defense of the Potato. Enjoying a healthy starch-based diet. (2:42) Jul 9, 2011. Potato maligned. USDA restricted starches for kids in school. WIC program excluded potatoes. Low in calories. Pillar of nutrition for people in the Andes, Western Europe, and Ireland. Can live on potatoes and water alone. Potato one of the healthiest, most trimming, energetic, muscle-building foods you can eat.

Nutrients

How important is Protein in the development of Muscles I Dr. John McDougall (2:32) Nov 14, 2011. High-protein diets build muscle by increasing insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1). Eating chicken, fish, beef, pork, dairy, and soy protein increases IGF-1, promotes cancer growth, and promotes faster aging.

Where do you get your Protein if you don’t eat Meat? (2:57) Jul 9, 2011. Starch-based diets are loaded with protein. Human breast milk 5% protein. Sweet potatoes 6% protein, potatoes 11%, oatmeal 16%, beans 28%. Complete, balanced protein. Friends with protein deficiency? Friends with problems caused by excess fat, calories, and protein?

Dr. McDougall and Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 (9:19) Oct 31, 2006. IGF-1 is a powerful hormone that promotes growth. Can promote cancer growth in adults. Genetic mice with lower IGF-1 live 40% longer. Small dogs, small people, and vegans have lower IGF-1 and live longer. Milk raises IGF-1. Soy protein (in many fake meat and other foods) raises IGF-1 twice as much as milk.

Disease

John McDougall, MD on Breast Cancer | Forks Over Knives (2:31) May 14, 2013. Breast cancer studies useless. Compared a sickly American diet to a very sickly American diet and got minimal results. Should compare the diet of countries where breast cancer is unknown to the American diet. Women would be willing to change to oatmeal, hash brown potatoes, and minestrone soup to keep their breasts and stay alive.

Phyllis Heaphy: Cured of Rheumatoid Arthritis on the McDougall Program (9:13) Nov 1, 2008. Phyllis, Toronto, Canada. Pain in her feet progressed to where she couldn’t walk. Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. Told she needed methotrexate and frequent blood tests and that there was no food cure. Tried the McDougall diet. Helped but still pain. Found that eliminating wheat, citrus, and corn eliminated pain. Leaky gut can result in the body attacking itself. Leaky gut can be healed with diet.

Caroline Duke no longer suffers from psoriasis I The McDougall Program (5:23) Mar 4, 2012. Had psoriasis for over 35 years, since the age of 5. Medications very expensive. Problems walking. Many doctors and treatments but nothing worked. Cut out oils and cheese and went on the McDougall diet. Progressive changes over first year. Totally disease free after 5 years. Extremely grateful.

CYSTIC ACNE CURED FOR GOOD- Introducing Dr. McDougall (3:50) Apr 4, 2015. Nina and Randa. Had bad acne. Depressing, painful. Based on advice from Dr. John McDougall, eliminated fat and soy. Within 3 days no new acne. Acne gone in one month.

Dr. John McDougall Medical Message About: Acne & Your Diet (4:08) Apr 7, 2011. Acne embarrassing and depressing. Flawed study found that diet does not cause acne. Not true. Oil and animal foods cause pimples. Get dairy and all oils out of the diet. Skin oiliness gone in 3 to 4 days. Acne heals over 2 to 5 weeks.

Skin Conditions and Your Diet (2:22) Aug 29, 2011. Oil, meat, and dairy related to acne, blackheads, and eczema. Unhealthy skin complexion due to a high-fat diet and poor skin circulation. A starch-based diet recommended.

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