Isn’t it wonderful to find a Doctor that wants to talk to you about healing yourself with food rather than expensive drugs that only deteriorate your health with dangerous side effects.
@@shauntelsorganicallnatural9765 I love dr. McDougall, but he is wrong about being starchavoures. If you are a diabetic on no medication you cannot eat a plate of rice, because your sugar will rise very high. Plant base is the way to go if you are diabetic. I eat 50 grams of carbs and it still raises my sugar, higher than I want, at 77 no med, no illnesses of any kind, no covid shots, no flu shots. Very active
He’s helped me change my life for sure. And he’s personally emailed just to check on me. His advice saved me from a MS downhill slope for sure. Over 10 years ago. People want to dismiss him, but he’s speaking the truth. I wish he got more press and recognition. He’s a great doctor.
I fully agree and made the same experience myself, Dr McDougall's method works. I'm now at a weight in my 40s that I haven't been at since being a teenager.
@@ooo789456123 Fantastic to hear, such a shame this doesn't get wide attention and there aren't more people changing their ways... when it's something they could easily achieve themselves too.
I love this guy, and how unafraid he is to get fired up and lay it on the people who think they can be wishy-washy about making big, much-needed changes.
@@Chris-kr7gg I made the switch to plant base diet almost a year ago, since then I have shredded 15 pounds, blood pressure under control, cholesterol under control...overall feeling healthy and fit!
I have been on the Mcdougal diet for about 12 years now. I’ve lost and kept off about 20 pounds without effort, I am now 79 years old and on no meds, because I’m healthy. But! Do my children eat this way? Oh no! They’re on the keyto diet and the sad diet!? I get “gee mom you look great! You look like you’re in your 60’s. But they don’t want to eat this way. Lol, oh well. I’ll never give it up, I love eating this way,love the food,feel so good.
@@stevethewindsurfer8911 I'm actually 32 haha. But I am In same position as you. I've been vegan for 5 years and my parents still don't know what it means. They don't care to take an interest. I keep trying to involve them but they don't care. My dad gave my toddler cheese when he thought no one was looking. They don't ever get to be with him unsupervised because clearly feeding him meat and dairy means more to them than respecting my wishes. What do you do about your parents?
@@allison9995 I am 33 but I don't have kids yet, and my mother respects that I am vegan for the most parts and even understands it a bit but for some reason she is unable to make the transition herself. I gave her a book from Dr. McDougall, but she never read it. Last week she made a vegan cake for me which tasted of eggs. After asking she admitted to have added eggs just because she always does it that way. That was very disappointing. I think for many older people it is hard to think outside the box. They have eaten and lived this way all of their life and now someone tells them that it is not the right thing to do. Also after such a long time they are addicted to sugar, fat and even milk products (Casomorphins). These changes probably need some generations. It is sad to hear that you can't trust your parents on that. My wife's parents are more like yours and I am not sure if I could let them alone with my kids. (sorry, I am not a native english speaker)
Meet the very first plant based doctor I decided to follow 8 years ago and the man that changed my life completely. Thank you Dr. Mc Dougall. Thank you for everything you do❤
There’s a very old saying. ‘’1/4 of what you eat keeps you alive. 3/4 of what you eat keeps the doctors alive.’’ That saying is thousands of years old and yet it still holds true today except that now it also keeps the drug industry alive and very rich as well. This man speaks the truth.
I love this guy, he’s more concerned about your health, the planet and telling you the truth then what you think about him. This March will make five years I’ve been a vegan and I can say it is certainly the way to go. Thanks for sharing this great message.
I started listening to Dr. McDougall 11 years ago and changed my whole diet 10 years ago. That was absolutely the smartest move I ever made in my life. 100 pounds, pre-diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and more all disappeared and stayed gone. So here I am almost 70, on no medications, and I enjoy going to the gym most days. I caught Covid19 almost a year ago today. That was 6 weeks before people in my age group could get the jab. I got pretty sick for sure, but I did not need to go to the hospital. I did have a case of long Covid for 2 or 3 months, but I have been fully recovered for months now. I fully credit following John McDougall's food advice for fixing all the aforementioned things and literally my very survival. I could not possibly be more thankful!
Are you able to get beans and loads of fruit on is diet because only running down on potatoes and rice is low on amino acids like glycine, lysine, methionine, isolysine and a important nutrient calcium and other nutrients. Zinc is important rna and dna repair has well as turning t3 to t4 for throid. Iron as well needed for red blood cell. Selenium which which protects the cells from damage and reproduction system. I just making sure that you would ne ok long term
Thank you Dr. McDougall for not only giving me my life back (I lost 75lbs on The Starch Solution and went from a BMI of 30 to 21), but for speaking up about the importance of a vegan diet to help save our planet. It is by far the most important issue we face. 🌎❤
@@jonfreeman9682 I haven’t done Atkins but I did Keto which is pretty similar. I spent 5+ months keeping my carb intake around 20g a day or less, it was very difficult mentally and physically. My body wanted carbs so bad and I fought that every day! I lost 22 pounds during that time. I couldn’t keep it up any longer and the weight piled back on (and then some) once I started eating the SAD diet again. On the Starch Solution I lost the same amount of weight in about 10 weeks as opposed to 5 months, and it was much easier. I’d even say very easy. I also don’t experience the health issues I used to have that I experienced on keto (heartburn, headaches, inflammation).
I'm on his program and strict whole food-plant based for 5 years, starting at age 48. I corrected my cholesterol, which was my reason. I fixed many other things. I am free from the specter of heart disease and many other issues now.
All I know is that I feel best on a plant based diet! Plus I don't feel like I need to eat as much as I did on the ket o diet I was on a few years ago. Listen to this guy!
Dr. McDougall always on 🔥! He’s the one doctor who has stood firm by his conviction. All others are wishy washy. McDougall’s diet shows how to succeed as a vegan : HIGH CARB, low fat and protein
Dr Mcdougall is the greatest doctor we could ever have or ask for! He may not be a god lol but he is a godsend for sure 🙏🏻 his book completely changed my life!
Thank you, Dr MacDougall, a man from whom you will never hear anything not backed up by peer reviewed scientific research. I appreciate him and his accurate info so much.
Dr McDougall helped me conquer my fear of potatoes. Which is great because they are absolutely amazing for my body. I have so much more energy and don't feel so sluggish and weighed down like i was on just a vegetarian diet.
@@nayanmipun6784 Potatoes are one of the healthiest foods on the planet. They are only a problem if you are coating them with oil and fat. If you are worried then have them with other foods to lower the GI of your meal
@@jgrysiak6566 this is a first. Everywhere I look they say add salt. Especially for low carbers like me. Are you very sure it is the salt and not something else? My problem is low energy...
@@toni4729 roughly 90% of soy crops are fed to animals, you have to feed 10x calories to get 1 calorie of beef. Feed lots use a lot of grains to feed their cows, chickens etc.
@@ooo789456123 The cows were removed from the land to grow the crap you're talking about. Does that make sense? Soy is in everything that's on the supermarket shelves now including medicines and baby food so don't try telling me that it's grown for the cattle and fowl. If anything they get the leftovers and the land are being poisoned by Monsanto's genetically modified crap and toxins sprayed all over the land that we're all eating because the plant matter are soaking it all up. It won't be long before the land turns into sand because of it. We already have toxic rain and poisoned water, rivers and oceans. The seas are now killing the fish and you're praising this stuff. The north American continent once had six billion bison running on it and it was green. Then whiteman came. What a change. Now the land is used for your wonderful crops and the water is being dragged up from hundreds of feet underground. That water can't be replaced and people are wondering why the waterlevel is rising? Why the earth is getting hotter? Why the land is getting dryer? PUT THE ANIMALS BACK WHERE THEY BELONG. They fed the land. THEY didn't need all that water.
Dr McDougall's favorite comic? "Starchie!" I discovered Dr McDougall about three years ago when I was an overweight vegetarian suffering with type 2 diabetes. My doctor wanted me to go on medication for the diabetes but I decided to try McDougal's diet instead. Within 6 months my diabetes disappeared and after the first year my weight dropped down to a normal weight for my height. Thank you!
Dr. McDougall has relentlessly worked towards getting people healthy throughout his career. His message is clear, concise, and consistent: starch is the solution to our health and climate crises, and an important means to end animal exploitation. He often talks about east Asian cultures and rice, but it's also great to know the importance of starch in Indian civilizations. In northern India, wheat is such a crucial part of our diet that the way to ask someone if they finished their meal is "roti kha li?" which means "did you eat roti (wholewheat flatbread)"? In the south, rice is the main part of every meal. Traditionally, we only feel like we have truly eaten when we have had our starch. Unfortunately people have over time incorporated far too many rich foods and westernized their diet, leading to a growing health crisis, which, ironically and sadly, some people blame on carbohydrate consumption.
Imagine if someone could start a fast food chain called "McDougall's" wow I'd get breakfast from that.....only supplying quick healthy starch based foods - a healthy plant based food alternative on every corner lets fight back .... the McDougall's against the McDonald's in the good Scottish tradition of family name competition. 👍👍👍👍👍
I've a friend who's Type2 and obese. He drinks a bottle and a half of red wine every evening, and swears he's saving the planet because he buys locally produced "sustainable" meat. Because he's from a 'science' background, no amount of telling him what an arse he is and that he COULD reverse his chronic health, makes any difference. Cognitive dissonance at it's most annoying.
Dr. McDougall, thank you for pointing out that animal agriculture is responsible for a large part of CO2 emmissions. No one speaks of this! I’ve been vegan for 5 yrs now, it feels good to contribute in a positive way.
You mean methane (CH4) emissions, not CO2, and this methane is part of a natural 10 year cycle as it's broken down in the upper atmosphere so it does no long term damage (tune ke CO2). The extraction and burning of fossil fuels from the transportation and energy industries represents around 70+% of total worldwide emissions and is NOT part of any natural cycle, it's NEW carbon pollution and is the major polluting industries. MacDougall is completely wrong, sorry to burst your bubble In addition, the inorganic NPK fertiliser used on all commercial plant crops worldwide results in Nitrogen emissions that are NEVER mentioned. What a shame because NO2, and other Nitrous gases formed from these fertilisers are HIGHLY toxic to the atmosphere, up to 250 times more so than CO2 The story is complex, don't just believe everything that's reported to you, even by myself. Do your own research and you will be better informed
I've tweaked my vegan diet over the past few days after listening to videos of Dr. McDougall and his wife, Mary. I have hot flashes so bad I use ice packs and have to keep my hair in a ponytail everyday because my neck and the back of my head sweats. I accidentally, today, didn't have my hair up. I had a hot flash and then it went away and I realized that I was ok just taking my sweater off. I was shocked. I've worn my hair down all day and had many hot flashes, but just taking my sweater off has been fine. I can't believe I've improved in only a few days! I'm fascinated with this diet now and want to learn all I can. Thank you so much, Dr. McDougall and Mary McDougall!!
@@daggettbeaver242 he defenetley is healthier than my grandpa was he died with 65 or somthing and he looked way older than mcdougall does and he also seems like he has a very fit mind for his age
He’s been my favorite for years. He grabbed me early enough in life that I can take his wisdom with me for good. And he finally got me on the way I feel best eating and that is so easy. Once you reset your taste buds, it’s all downhill from there. Thank you, Dr. McDougall! :)❤❤❤
I agree with his thought that going plant based can save a lot of unnecessary heat released into the atmosphere in the form of climate change but I do wish we could have a version of this video with that part edited out. There are so many people that will automatically discount all his medical advice when he starts talking about Al Gore and climate change. So I’m talking strictly from a point of view that some people will get turned off due to politics. Even though what he saying is obviously true but some people don’t wanna hear that.
@@firecloud77 wait lol are you taking those out of context three words literally? Did you listen to his explanation? He’s right. We’re still spiraling past the point of no return and there needs to be global cooperation immediately like even with governments
@@sagearbor9414 Obviously I was speaking figuratively, *hence the quotation marks.* So you have faith in the claim that we will figuratively "burn in hell." For how long have you been laboring under this delusion?
Starches are not for everyone. Please get your AMY1 genes checked. Just as some people are lactose intolerant some people are starch intolerant. His diet raised my triglycerides (to the highest level I’ve ever had), hsCRP, and Apolipoprotein B. Lowered my HDL. I kept a good record of my food intake (still do) using chronometer. When I stopped the diet those markers normalised. I really wanted it to work but realised it wasn’t for me. There’s a lot of genetics involved in nutrition.
There were people who had no illnesses at all and die of Covid what is he saying. We need to safe ourselves first they always saying the planet . U know why the planet is this way all the chemical and toxic environment that’s it.
Love a doctor who is not afraid to let the world hear his knowledge and facts which are based on science and his own research. How he wants to make a change not only in ppl's lives but also the planet. Everyone should eat plant based, while contributing to sustainability, recycling, reducing waste etc.
I'm on his program, Jazar. I describe the overall result in one word: freedom. I am free from the specter of chronic degenerative illnesses caused by diet, including obsesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and what I had before was high resting heart rate.
And when he says eat the potatoes, rice, etc...he means without the fat, 'more of which' (not that I'm super perfect, just the glucose does what it's meant to without as much fat decreasing its absorption process), 1 tbsp of olive oil is 14 g of empty calories of fat, you can use other sidekicks for taste, check out Chef AJ's and Well Your World's channel to name a few
Dr. McDougall's plant-based starch-based diet sounds great, but what about type 2 diabetics like me. Every time I eat any starch base foods my blood sugars go off the charts.
Hey LA classic rock, do you eliminate all oils and extra fats? So it’s OK to have the fat if it’s naturally occurring in the food like the fat that occurs in nuts (limiting amounts) or the fat that occurs in corn or potatoes, etc. But are you totally eliminating all the oils and if you’re really bad even fat that’s in avocados could potentially cause issues if you eat too much of it. Feel free to reach out I’ll help you. I’m not a doctor but I am a biologist.
@@joehandajoehanda7847 maybe you can help me out with that, not really sure what a plant based keto is. I'm on a regular keto now, which is causing me to have heart problems
I saw your talk with Chef AJ the other time, very nice. Just a thought... Perhaps you'll tap into quite a different target group (and convince more people to adopt a plant based life style/increase the number of subscribers of your YT channel) if you'd (also) focus on the beneficial health aspects of a vegan lifestyle. More "plant based" and less "vegan", if you understand what I mean (I got a reprimand recently of someone who had a problem with me using the word "vegan" because I was "only" talking about food and about the health benefits of a vegan/plant based way of eating). I appreciate the activism of this channel, but the argument "I went plant based and I got healthy again" perhaps does not get the attention it deserves on this channel. I'd encourage you to invite people like Dr. McDougall, Dr. Barnard, Dr. Greger, Dr. B, Will Bulsiewicz and Chef AJ of course. EDIT: Apologies... I now see you did talk to the Drs.. Years ago. Dr. Barnard and Dr. Greger are repeating their message every single week on their YT Channels Physicians Committee and Nutrition Facts.
You must be very young or recent vegan to come out with all this. We have enough of doctors, chefs, celebrities who follow/encourage vegan diet. Why Dr McDougall should follow chef AJ whom I had to look up because had no idea who he or she is (I am not American although lived there for 3 years). Those promo heavy make up pictures put me off. All of them are doing the great job, are in limelight for tens of years and don’t need advice from us, their followers. Just follow whoever appeals to you, they are out there, were for a long time, very easy to find. Check Europeans, Asians, Australians etc.; they have great things to tell us too.
@@annaal7480 You must have written this in a hurry.... Dr. McDougall is a guest in this episode, so not the one addressed. The suggestion is made to the people behind this channel. The Doctors referred to are not just "whoever appeals to you", they are physicians with a solid professional reputation, who base their "vegan message" on science, contrary to many "whoever appeals to you". Just the fact that Dr. Neal Barnard and his team fought legal battles, that is years ago, to have plant based proteins included in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (the basis for all food programs in the US, such as in schools) makes him one of the heavy motors behind the vegan movement. And despite his great achievements, he still seems down to earth, anwering questions every single week on a RUclips channel, the same health questions, over and over again, of people having switched over or considering switching over to a vegan lifestyle. You may not be aware that "whoever appeals to you" often relies on the science brought forward by exactly these physicians. That's why they merit recurring attention. And.. off topic.... if you lived in the USA you should know that American culture kind of dictates women to wear heavy makeup and use tons of creams. It's must be very difficult to shake that ingrained habit to paint your face off. But that's another movement 🙂
Two significant changes drove evolutionary brain-size increase in hominids: walking upright and eating meat. We didn't evolve eating whole grain bread and potatoes. Brains are energy hogs. For our ancient ancestors, the most efficient source of energy to fuel bigger brains was meat. Like most animals, feeding and fasting was part of the food surplus/scarcity cycle. Eating meat and fat allows surviving longer between meals. We evolved as intermittent fasters. Depending on carbs requires eating all the time. That's why the human body actually functions more efficiently on protein and fat than it does on a high-carb diet. That's why high-carb diets drive insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. You can deceive yourself that high-carb is beneficial for whatever reasons, but it isn't how humans evolved.
+1 brother! But seems like geographically man has evolved in different ways. So if you feel better as a startchivore then go for it, fasting and low-carb due to eastern european desendenacy is my way. Peace!
That’s the problem with people wrapped up in certain nutritional dogmas; they love to ridicule others who don’t agree with them. It just so happens I am the one out one hundred people who are actually open minded enough to continue searching for better information and evolving my beliefs. My post above is old news. I’ve come to realize that extremist diets, be the carnivore or keto to vegetarian or vegan are not the ideal human diet. We didn’t evolve as meat eaters, we evolved as omnivores and it depended upon specific, local environments the balance of meat to carbs that were consumed. While plant eaters get higher marks on long term health prospects, some limited amount of meat-think some fish and chicken, limited red-offer a variety and diversity that is an overall positive. Indeed, that is why I don’t like either McDougall and his starch diet or Sisson and his carnivore diet, they lack diversity. I now follow the Mediterranean diet which has the support of far more nutritional scientists and medical professionals than any other fad, outlier diet because of its diversity. And yes, it leans heavily on whole foods and plants. As for the production of food on this planet, it’s riddled with significant problems be it growing of crops, production of meat, or catching fish. But how do you expect to feed six billion people?
McDougall wasn't concerned about the ecology in 2017. In fact, he whined attention to ecology distracted from his mission to switch people to his starch-based diet. He got "interested" more recently when I and others raised hell.
I periodically watch McDougall as a reminder of just how amazing it is how ideology can let you ignore scientific knowledge, and easily guide others to do the same.
You would think he hasn’t been screaming this from the mountain tops for decades. This isn’t new! What is it going to take to wake people from their stupors?
Have you ever come across the theory that food structure/pattern/shape symbolizes what it’s good for? They claim that the common cruciferous are good for the brain (as they look brainy), tomatoes for the heart, carrots kind of look like an eye inside, etc. etc. So if we were to go off that logic, what part of the body would potatoes be good for?
He tells the truth. Sadly he kinda reminds me of an old horror movie called, "Invassion of the body snatchers", where people's bodies are taken over by pods while they "sleep" ( like the money hungry food industry) and one person tries to warn the other towns but nobody believes him. The Earth will make us change or she will get rid of us and start over. Hope were not too close to human extinction.
If it’s not going to reverse my aging by years or halt it I’m not really interested in living to 90 and struggling with things or having a war with my mind
I lectured my farmer uncle nearly 30yr ago when I was 13 😂about how farming is bad for environment. And he replied, that's just the way it is (the way it was). Now he's seeing I'm right!
Farmers is not bad for the environment is the chemicals and the toxic that are doing to this world don’t blame the farming . The world needs to wake up.
I experimented with a plant based diet and I never felt full. Eating a whole plate of fried rice with tons of vegatables didn't make me full. Vegatables also make me bloated; my digestion was screwed up. Going on a meat-based diet has helped that and I'm actually shedding a few pounds. And it's all about quality meat/eggs/fish, not conventional.
Well, obviously I did more than just rice and vegetables, by that should say something about how not filling carbs really are. Also tried a vegan meal delivery service and was still always hungry and never full. The satiety level just wasn't there for me.
@@alexandraelfers7900 yeah you defenitely have to eat more when you become vegan (which is great) and you just have to experiment and find foods that you like. Quality meat is pretty irrelevant to the animal though because they still get their throat cut in the end so why kill animals when we don't have to? Better for your health, much better for the environment and no unnecessary suffering for the animals
He might be right but for a start it has to be organic and non GMO. And it also doesn’t help the fact that theirs lots of gluten allergy and coeliacs that can’t touch 🌾
Celiacs disease is pretty rare though, about 1 % of the population, and gluten sensitivity another couple of percent. The population as a whole can eat gluten without problems. The fear of gluten is blown out of proportion. Society need to focus on cutting out animal foods and processed sugars first and foremost.
If you're going to eat breads, pastas, whatever made from wheat, especially in the US, get it fresher baked. Most of the store bought bread is junk full of junk and sprayed with junk.
As a vegan and generally healthy eater, I can’t help but be appalled by the advertising that is EVERYWHERE. I paused a streaming show yesterday, the the pause screen was a huge bacon cheeseburger. Billboards along the freeway offer beef this, chicken that, pharmaceuticals to cure what those cause.
Starches do make you fat, but its the starches mixed with fat like in poato chips. I have 10 pounds to loose so I'm cutting back on my carbs & eating more vegetables, plus extending my intermitent fasting period.
John Mc Dougall is spot on.Right through history disease increases with wealth and a diet rich in meat and other animal products.When we eat vegeatables and starches our health improves.Just read the bible ; Daniel 1
I would argue it's not the meat it's sugar and oil which the king's and queens first had access to. Also him saying "Western Diet" is a bit annoying, fast food diet or something else would be more appropriate because many asian countries are going down or already on that path and their junk food is Asian junk food quite often. Rice dishes laden with fat and sugar for example. I actually looked up sugar consumption per Capita by country and although it did surprise me a little it didn't surprise me much, Thailand is higher in per Capita sugar consumption than the US. I have frequented Thailand a lot and almost all food is very sweet to me.
@@annoyedaussie3942 It is a combination of meat,especially processed meat in fact all processed foods. Too much sugar defineatly.Oils should be kept to a minimum.The asian palette is sweet,that is well kwown.
"Most history of human race" --> Agricultural crops were invented 10 000 years ago. History of human race is around 300 000 years (first homo sapiens). How did they get their potatoes and corn? Also, starches requires cooking methods which requires development of fire. How is it most of human history? Also, white rice is product made by rafination of rice grains. This process requires fairly advanced tools that weren't available for most of human history. It's so misinformed and misguided.
Hi Arth. Yes, white rice needs these tools but brown rice is even healthier. Humans are feasting on grains for at least 100,000 years. Our human ancestors began cooking sometime between 1.8 million and 400,000 years ago. Very few non-human primates have any meat at all in their diets, but of cause humans have always been eating meat, but with some exceptions, it never was the main energy source.
I agree with you. The grains and rice available today are not the same quality which our ancestors ate. Most are now stripped of their nutrients. Wild meats, offal, fish, clams, roots, berries and nuts was the main diet of our ancestors for 200,000 plus years. The western diet of today is literally plunging us into a life of disease and early death. Health statistics prove this. I'm sorry but I disagree with the contents of this video.
@@stevethewindsurfer8911 How can human ancestors began cooking 400,000 years ago when first homo sapiens is dated around 300,000 years ago? You need invention of fire to cook starchy products. There's big problem with starchy foods - it needs to be cooked. We don't digest raw starch (so called resistant starch forms) and most of starchy foods are toxic to humans when raw (uncooked). I could accept fruits theory, but this starchivores doesn't make sense. You can't have enough wild grains to make diet out of it. You need to produce it in agricultures for it to make sense. Diet of most pre-agricultural humans was based on (persistence) hunting.
@@stevenhull5025 Yeah, berries, roots and nuts make sense, because it can be eaten raw. Grains doesn't make sense, because it would be hard to collect enough wild grains everday to make it staple of diet and also it nearly every starchy foods requires cooking, because we don't digest raw starches (so called resistant starch) and also most of raw starch sources are toxic for humans (potatoes, many legumes etc). I don't know if starch based diet is really best for humans, but that arguments with appeal to ancestors was kind of stupid. Personally, I think optimal diet for humans is something based on fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, lots of fresh greens, mushrooms, some nuts and fatty seeds with good fatty acids profile (omega 3 to omega 6 ratio) and some good quality animal proteins like fishes, seafoods, maybe some white meat, eggs also fermented dairy products like yogurts. Add some herb spices and herb teas. I don't think most species are meant to eat seeds like grains or legumes. Seeds are embryonic forms of plants which are meant for reproduction purposes. Plants incorporates many mechanisms that are meant to protect seeds from digestion and deter animals from eating it, messing with their digestive tracts and strictly poisoning them. Grains proteins (glycoproteins) or legumes lectins are very immunoaggressive within digestive tract. It looses their toxic properties and antinutrients after sprouting or/and fermenting, so the best option in my opinion is to make bread from sprouted grains (so called essene bread which btw was traditionally made bread in many cultures). Same method with legumes - either sprout it or ferment it like natto, miso, tempeh. It'll change structure of proteins and neutralize many antinutrients compounds.
Did John ever say his diet isn't for everyone, and why?? Because ppl with metabolic dysfunctions should definately not eat McDougall, nor diabetics. Its in the literature. My functional MD told me that his diet could be a harbinger for cognitive impairment and muscle loss. Metabolic variations whether u thrive or flounder on this diet is genetically determined. 90% starch and no cholesterol is very damaging for the body. I recommend Four Reasons Why Some People Do Well As Vegans, While Others Dont....and btw: THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THE MACDOUGALL DIET IS EFFECTIVE.
Please see our exclusive interview with Dr. John McDougall here: ruclips.net/video/iuOa3avtdNA/видео.html
Isn’t it wonderful to find a Doctor that wants to talk to you about healing yourself with food rather than expensive drugs that only deteriorate your health with dangerous side effects.
Your body eventually wears out from taking years of prescription drugs!
@@jgrysiak6566 Drugs dont Heal you!
@@shauntelsorganicallnatural9765 I love dr. McDougall, but he is wrong about being starchavoures. If you are a diabetic on no medication you cannot eat a plate of rice, because your sugar will rise very high. Plant base is the way to go if you are diabetic. I eat 50 grams of carbs and it still raises my sugar, higher than I want, at 77 no med, no illnesses of any kind, no covid shots, no flu shots. Very active
Give your head a shake...there is NO scientific evidence his diet cures anything...quack!!
He’s helped me change my life for sure. And he’s personally emailed just to check on me. His advice saved me from a MS downhill slope for sure. Over 10 years ago. People want to dismiss him, but he’s speaking the truth. I wish he got more press and recognition. He’s a great doctor.
Media is a corrupt machinery. Honest docs like these dont get any coverage.
I fully agree and made the same experience myself, Dr McDougall's method works.
I'm now at a weight in my 40s that I haven't been at since being a teenager.
@@ooo789456123 Fantastic to hear, such a shame this doesn't get wide attention and there aren't more people changing their ways... when it's something they could easily achieve themselves too.
he's aging like hight speed. most plant based vegan talker are passing away
@@felinoaaron846 actually the plant-based guys live much longer, see here the facts: ruclips.net/video/dMghM6TxiBk/видео.html
I love this guy, and how unafraid he is to get fired up and lay it on the people who think they can be wishy-washy about making big, much-needed changes.
That shows his care and compassion
Yes I love him too. He is like a voice in the wilderness.
My husband completed the 12 day online McDougall intensive. The care he received was excellent.
How much overweight was he?
How much has he lost?
Dr. McDougal CHANGED MY LIFE!!... I wish I would have found him 17 years ago.... but is never too late to make a change!!! THANK YOU Dr. McDougal!🙏❤
How, what did you improve.
@@Chris-kr7gg I made the switch to plant base diet almost a year ago, since then I have shredded 15 pounds, blood pressure under control, cholesterol under control...overall feeling healthy and fit!
Me too, after doing years of Atkins diet & high protein diets
I have been on the Mcdougal diet for about 12 years now. I’ve lost and kept off about 20 pounds without effort, I am now 79 years old and on no meds, because I’m healthy. But! Do my children eat this way? Oh no! They’re on the keyto diet and the sad diet!? I get “gee mom you look great! You look like you’re in your 60’s. But they don’t want to eat this way. Lol, oh well. I’ll never give it up, I love eating this way,love the food,feel so good.
Darn kids
@@allison9995 I wished my mother was like you. It is the other way around for me. It is really hard to change people's mind about food.
@@stevethewindsurfer8911 I'm actually 32 haha. But I am In same position as you. I've been vegan for 5 years and my parents still don't know what it means. They don't care to take an interest. I keep trying to involve them but they don't care. My dad gave my toddler cheese when he thought no one was looking. They don't ever get to be with him unsupervised because clearly feeding him meat and dairy means more to them than respecting my wishes. What do you do about your parents?
@@allison9995 I am 33 but I don't have kids yet, and my mother respects that I am vegan for the most parts and even understands it a bit but for some reason she is unable to make the transition herself. I gave her a book from Dr. McDougall, but she never read it. Last week she made a vegan cake for me which tasted of eggs. After asking she admitted to have added eggs just because she always does it that way. That was very disappointing. I think for many older people it is hard to think outside the box. They have eaten and lived this way all of their life and now someone tells them that it is not the right thing to do. Also after such a long time they are addicted to sugar, fat and even milk products (Casomorphins). These changes probably need some generations. It is sad to hear that you can't trust your parents on that. My wife's parents are more like yours and I am not sure if I could let them alone with my kids. (sorry, I am not a native english speaker)
They have to have a reason to eat our way! My whole family died from heart disease & that was the decision for me!
Meet the very first plant based doctor I decided to follow 8 years ago and the man that changed my life completely.
Thank you Dr. Mc Dougall.
Thank you for everything you do❤
There’s a very old saying. ‘’1/4 of what you eat keeps you alive. 3/4 of what you eat keeps the doctors alive.’’ That saying is thousands of years old and yet it still holds true today except that now it also keeps the drug industry alive and very rich as well. This man speaks the truth.
It all makes sense!!! I've been plantbased for 8 months and have never felt better.
I love this guy, he’s more concerned about your health, the planet and telling you the truth then what you think about him. This March will make five years I’ve been a vegan and I can say it is certainly the way to go. Thanks for sharing this great message.
I started listening to Dr. McDougall 11 years ago and changed my whole diet 10 years ago. That was absolutely the smartest move I ever made in my life. 100 pounds, pre-diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and more all disappeared and stayed gone. So here I am almost 70, on no medications, and I enjoy going to the gym most days. I caught Covid19 almost a year ago today. That was 6 weeks before people in my age group could get the jab. I got pretty sick for sure, but I did not need to go to the hospital. I did have a case of long Covid for 2 or 3 months, but I have been fully recovered for months now. I fully credit following John McDougall's food advice for fixing all the aforementioned things and literally my very survival. I could not possibly be more thankful!
Are you able to get beans and loads of fruit on is diet because only running down on potatoes and rice is low on amino acids like glycine, lysine, methionine, isolysine and a important nutrient calcium and other nutrients. Zinc is important rna and dna repair has well as turning t3 to t4 for throid. Iron as well needed for red blood cell. Selenium which which protects the cells from damage and reproduction system. I just making sure that you would ne ok long term
@@jamesswim9035 I believe he lumps beans/lentils in with the starches. I could be wrong. But definitely a good idea to have beans/lentils in the diet!
He makes so much sense that it's impossible to ignore. I am so glad I found plant based lifestyle.
No, he is a self serving quack😮
What everyone is missing that those people who ate rice and corn and potatoes were physically active and were hungry before they get to eat food.
Shouldn't we all be physically active though?
@@eilisniaisi5954definitely but only if it was that easy.
The fat you eat is the fat you wear
Thank you Dr. McDougall for not only giving me my life back (I lost 75lbs on The Starch Solution and went from a BMI of 30 to 21), but for speaking up about the importance of a vegan diet to help save our planet. It is by far the most important issue we face. 🌎❤
So you're saying it works. Have you gotten results with the Atkins diet?
@@jonfreeman9682 I haven’t done Atkins but I did Keto which is pretty similar. I spent 5+ months keeping my carb intake around 20g a day or less, it was very difficult mentally and physically. My body wanted carbs so bad and I fought that every day! I lost 22 pounds during that time. I couldn’t keep it up any longer and the weight piled back on (and then some) once I started eating the SAD diet again. On the Starch Solution I lost the same amount of weight in about 10 weeks as opposed to 5 months, and it was much easier. I’d even say very easy. I also don’t experience the health issues I used to have that I experienced on keto (heartburn, headaches, inflammation).
@@jonfreeman9682ppl on here are sorely deluded. The best diet is a BALANCED ONE!
Fabulous information of Dr McDougall! One of our treasured Dr of the US! Thank you so much for sharing this video!
Wow, I forgot how amazing Dr.McDougall is. He helped me change my protein view when I first went vegan 8 years ago.
I'm on his program and strict whole food-plant based for 5 years, starting at age 48. I corrected my cholesterol, which was my reason. I fixed many other things. I am free from the specter of heart disease and many other issues now.
All I know is that I feel best on a plant based diet! Plus I don't feel like I need to eat as much as I did on the ket o diet I was on a few years ago. Listen to this guy!
Dr. McDougall always on 🔥! He’s the one doctor who has stood firm by his conviction. All others are wishy washy. McDougall’s diet shows how to succeed as a vegan : HIGH CARB, low fat and protein
Correct 👍
Dr Mcdougall is the greatest doctor we could ever have or ask for! He may not be a god lol but he is a godsend for sure 🙏🏻 his book completely changed my life!
Thank you, Dr MacDougall, a man from whom you will never hear anything not backed up by peer reviewed scientific research. I appreciate him and his accurate info so much.
Concerning cholesterol this scientific knowledge is outdated and false,plus he ,as always, looks emaciated
@@zamfirtoth6441 he looks great and he is sharp as a tack...
We can learn so much just by being observant. . . . Thank you for being observant Dr. McDougall!
Thanks Dr. McDougall, you’re the best! Thanks also to Roy for asking him about Keto diet, which really clarifies the carb/starch myth.
Dr McDougall is a physician, nutrition expert and a hero! Love this guy, listen to him! He will save your life and quality of life!
Dr McDougall helped me conquer my fear of potatoes. Which is great because they are absolutely amazing for my body. I have so much more energy and don't feel so sluggish and weighed down like i was on just a vegetarian diet.
I quit salting my food & now I have amazing energy! All that salt gave me chronic fatigue.
What about high glycemic of white potato?
@@nayanmipun6784 Potatoes are one of the healthiest foods on the planet. They are only a problem if you are coating them with oil and fat. If you are worried then have them with other foods to lower the GI of your meal
@@jgrysiak6566 this is a first. Everywhere I look they say add salt. Especially for low carbers like me. Are you very sure it is the salt and not something else?
My problem is low energy...
Quitting salt can end up in hospital.
"We are eating the planet to death!" Facts.
Yes, all of the planet is being grown sugars. What the hell is the point of that? Millions of acres of wheat, corn and sugar.
In everyway,, Oil, metals, materials, diamonds,,, minerals.. then turning them into in-organic non-biodegradable materials.
@@toni4729 roughly 90% of soy crops are fed to animals, you have to feed 10x calories to get 1 calorie of beef.
Feed lots use a lot of grains to feed their cows, chickens etc.
@@ooo789456123 The cows were removed from the land to grow the crap you're talking about. Does that make sense?
Soy is in everything that's on the supermarket shelves now including medicines and baby food so don't try telling me that it's grown for the cattle and fowl. If anything they get the leftovers and the land are being poisoned by Monsanto's genetically modified crap and toxins sprayed all over the land that we're all eating because the plant matter are soaking it all up. It won't be long before the land turns into sand because of it.
We already have toxic rain and poisoned water, rivers and oceans. The seas are now killing the fish and you're praising this stuff.
The north American continent once had six billion bison running on it and it was green.
Then whiteman came. What a change.
Now the land is used for your wonderful crops and the water is being dragged up from hundreds of feet underground. That water can't be replaced and people are wondering why the waterlevel is rising?
Why the earth is getting hotter? Why the land is getting dryer? PUT THE ANIMALS BACK WHERE THEY BELONG. They fed the land. THEY didn't need all that water.
@@toni4729 to feed all the factory farmed meat , dairy & eggs.
Dr McDougall's favorite comic? "Starchie!"
I discovered Dr McDougall about three years ago when I was an overweight vegetarian suffering with type 2 diabetes. My doctor wanted me to go on medication for the diabetes but I decided to try McDougal's diet instead. Within 6 months my diabetes disappeared and after the first year my weight dropped down to a normal weight for my height.
Thank you!
Did you go back to the doctors, what was their response.
@@helpimlost.62 Surprise and confusion. But not interested in hearing what I had done to cause the change.
@@theprintguide3610 glad that you're in better health.
Not surprised with the doctors response.
Dr. McDougall has relentlessly worked towards getting people healthy throughout his career. His message is clear, concise, and consistent: starch is the solution to our health and climate crises, and an important means to end animal exploitation. He often talks about east Asian cultures and rice, but it's also great to know the importance of starch in Indian civilizations. In northern India, wheat is such a crucial part of our diet that the way to ask someone if they finished their meal is "roti kha li?" which means "did you eat roti (wholewheat flatbread)"? In the south, rice is the main part of every meal. Traditionally, we only feel like we have truly eaten when we have had our starch. Unfortunately people have over time incorporated far too many rich foods and westernized their diet, leading to a growing health crisis, which, ironically and sadly, some people blame on carbohydrate consumption.
Hi Simran i m.also indian
Hv u tried starches heavy diet
Dr.John McDougall is the best diet teacher he changed my life thank you proud to be vegan💚
If all doctors were this guy, the world would have a happier face.
I disagree because there different doctors that help in different ways. I know what you saying tho this guy is a good person helping others
Dr. McDougall is the BEST!!!
We need more Doctor like him who really cares about people health. Definitely educational is all
Imagine if someone could start a fast food chain called "McDougall's" wow I'd get breakfast from that.....only supplying quick healthy starch based foods - a healthy plant based food alternative on every corner lets fight back .... the McDougall's against the McDonald's in the good Scottish tradition of family name competition. 👍👍👍👍👍
That would be so awesome!!!
Inspiring and fearless, I love Dr McDougall..
Amen Dr! God bless you. 🕊️
I've a friend who's Type2 and obese. He drinks a bottle and a half of red wine every evening, and swears he's saving the planet because he buys locally produced "sustainable" meat. Because he's from a 'science' background, no amount of telling him what an arse he is and that he COULD reverse his chronic health, makes any difference. Cognitive dissonance at it's most annoying.
I know someone similar, except he drinks less. It's a family member I care about. It's really frustrating.
Dr. McDougall, thank you for pointing out that animal agriculture is responsible for a large part of CO2 emmissions. No one speaks of this! I’ve been vegan for 5 yrs now, it feels good to contribute in a positive way.
You mean methane (CH4) emissions, not CO2, and this methane is part of a natural 10 year cycle as it's broken down in the upper atmosphere so it does no long term damage (tune ke CO2). The extraction and burning of fossil fuels from the transportation and energy industries represents around 70+% of total worldwide emissions and is NOT part of any natural cycle, it's NEW carbon pollution and is the major polluting industries. MacDougall is completely wrong, sorry to burst your bubble
In addition, the inorganic NPK fertiliser used on all commercial plant crops worldwide results in Nitrogen emissions that are NEVER mentioned. What a shame because NO2, and other Nitrous gases formed from these fertilisers are HIGHLY toxic to the atmosphere, up to 250 times more so than CO2
The story is complex, don't just believe everything that's reported to you, even by myself. Do your own research and you will be better informed
And the animals suffer needlessly! That, and my health are the reason I’m vegan!🥰
I've tweaked my vegan diet over the past few days after listening to videos of Dr. McDougall and his wife, Mary. I have hot flashes so bad I use ice packs and have to keep my hair in a ponytail everyday because my neck and the back of my head sweats. I accidentally, today, didn't have my hair up. I had a hot flash and then it went away and I realized that I was ok just taking my sweater off. I was shocked. I've worn my hair down all day and had many hot flashes, but just taking my sweater off has been fine. I can't believe I've improved in only a few days! I'm fascinated with this diet now and want to learn all I can. Thank you so much, Dr. McDougall and Mary McDougall!!
Excellent excellent thank you 🙏
I love this guy too ❤ 🥰😇. He's a good soul.
I’ve always felt that McDougall was right…look at how healthy he looks
@@daggettbeaver242 I'm pretty sure that for a 74 yo he looks quite amazing...
@@bazileia9222 He does indeed. Not fat like most men.
@@daggettbeaver242 he looks amazing. Not fat, sick and hanging on for dear life.
Good lighting in front of camera for web is not always optimal and can affect the way someone look
@@daggettbeaver242 he defenetley is healthier than my grandpa was he died with 65 or somthing and he looked way older than mcdougall does and he also seems like he has a very fit mind for his age
Thanks for adding the environmental aspect when promoting your whole food diet. Don’t forget to start growing your vegetables and fruits.
I would love Dr. McDougall talk about Weston A. Price and his studies. I am plant based, but am confused after reading Price’s book.
He’s been my favorite for years. He grabbed me early enough in life that I can take his wisdom with me for good. And he finally got me on the way I feel best eating and that is so easy. Once you reset your taste buds, it’s all downhill from there. Thank you, Dr. McDougall! :)❤❤❤
FBG, A1c, cholesterol, TG, and BP improved while eating as many potatoes as my heart desired. Thanks Dr McDougall.
I agree with his thought that going plant based can save a lot of unnecessary heat released into the atmosphere in the form of climate change but I do wish we could have a version of this video with that part edited out. There are so many people that will automatically discount all his medical advice when he starts talking about Al Gore and climate change. So I’m talking strictly from a point of view that some people will get turned off due to politics. Even though what he saying is obviously true but some people don’t wanna hear that.
It's obvious that the planet is going to "burn in hell"?
@@firecloud77 wait lol are you taking those out of context three words literally?
Did you listen to his explanation? He’s right. We’re still spiraling past the point of no return and there needs to be global cooperation immediately like even with governments
@@sagearbor9414 Obviously I was speaking figuratively, *hence the quotation marks.*
So you have faith in the claim that we will figuratively "burn in hell."
For how long have you been laboring under this delusion?
Al gore got rich on our stupidity. Don t trust global warning that changed to climate change! Think.!..read Chill by bjorn lomburg.
@firecloud77 actually the heavens and earth will be burned then a new heaven and earth. 3/4ths prophecy fulfilled only 1/4th left. So whose joking?
Starches are not for everyone. Please get your AMY1 genes checked. Just as some people are lactose intolerant some people are starch intolerant. His diet raised my triglycerides (to the highest level I’ve ever had), hsCRP, and Apolipoprotein B. Lowered my HDL. I kept a good record of my food intake (still do) using chronometer. When I stopped the diet those markers normalised. I really wanted it to work but realised it wasn’t for me. There’s a lot of genetics involved in nutrition.
After eating every single way/diet possible that is the realization that I’ve come to. You have to find what works for you and listen to your body.
Exactly agree 100%
There were people who had no illnesses at all and die of Covid what is he saying. We need to safe ourselves first they always saying the planet . U know why the planet is this way all the chemical and toxic environment that’s it.
You are a living legend Doc 🙌 👏, thank you for everything
The grocery stores are filled 95% with "the king's food".
Let them have it, Dr. Macdougall! Shared!
Amazing doctor! 💚🙏
Love a doctor who is not afraid to let the world hear his knowledge and facts which are based on science and his own research. How he wants to make a change not only in ppl's lives but also the planet. Everyone should eat plant based, while contributing to sustainability, recycling, reducing waste etc.
I'm on his program, Jazar. I describe the overall result in one word: freedom. I am free from the specter of chronic degenerative illnesses caused by diet, including obsesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and what I had before was high resting heart rate.
Great show. Please ask the doctor to do a video on sarcopenia.
Wow have I been doing it wrong when thinking I had to have high protein.
RA moved me over to a plant based diet ten years ago. Concern about the planet kept me there.
I'm glad you fixed RA! 👍
😊 Thank-you the best doctor on the planet x
What a genius -saved my life!
I love Dr. McDougall!!
And when he says eat the potatoes, rice, etc...he means without the fat, 'more of which' (not that I'm super perfect, just the glucose does what it's meant to without as much fat decreasing its absorption process), 1 tbsp of olive oil is 14 g of empty calories of fat, you can use other sidekicks for taste, check out Chef AJ's and Well Your World's channel to name a few
fat is not, has never been and never will be empty calories. Fat and protein are essential macro nutrients, carbohydrates, on the other hand, is not.
I really appreciate Dr McDougall and have followed his advice for many years.
Thank you for having Dr Mcdougall. He is wonderful. Gore however with his mansions and jets making millions off of his lies.
I am always mind blown when ever I watch a video from this channel. So much thought put in , so glad to be vegan!
Preach! Dr McDougall is our gift in a world on fire.
My Crohn's Disease is 100% better since going plant based.
As long as u are not afraid of sugar and have loads of fruits and rest starch u are good to go !
Starch Solution states 3 Fruits a day
@@phylliswarder9779:
Good thing I do the exact opposite; I have small servings of starch, and eat several kilograms of fruit each day.
i love this so much! i practically live on potatoes and veg! Its also been 2 years of no Covid for me!
Any fat and salt with your potatoes?
Dr. McDougall's plant-based starch-based diet sounds great, but what about type 2 diabetics like me. Every time I eat any starch base foods my blood sugars go off the charts.
Hey LA classic rock, do you eliminate all oils and extra fats? So it’s OK to have the fat if it’s naturally occurring in the food like the fat that occurs in nuts (limiting amounts) or the fat that occurs in corn or potatoes, etc. But are you totally eliminating all the oils and if you’re really bad even fat that’s in avocados could potentially cause issues if you eat too much of it. Feel free to reach out I’ll help you. I’m not a doctor but I am a biologist.
My symptoms of diabetes gets worse when a eat potatoes.
@@MaryDavidson911 maybe you can help me out, when I eat potatoes my diabetes comes back.
@@ceasaresquivel4344 give up carbs is the best option. plant based keto suit you well
@@joehandajoehanda7847 maybe you can help me out with that, not really sure what a plant based keto is. I'm on a regular keto now, which is causing me to have heart problems
Love you Mcdougall ❤
He had me at starch and lost me at Al Gore...
Modern humans have been hunters and gathers for hundreds of thousands of years prior to agriculture.
Processed food is bad; not meat
U are right 100% why this man says thinks that are not correct some but not all .
Brilliant. What a star!
I saw your talk with Chef AJ the other time, very nice. Just a thought... Perhaps you'll tap into quite a different target group (and convince more people to adopt a plant based life style/increase the number of subscribers of your YT channel) if you'd (also) focus on the beneficial health aspects of a vegan lifestyle. More "plant based" and less "vegan", if you understand what I mean (I got a reprimand recently of someone who had a problem with me using the word "vegan" because I was "only" talking about food and about the health benefits of a vegan/plant based way of eating). I appreciate the activism of this channel, but the argument "I went plant based and I got healthy again" perhaps does not get the attention it deserves on this channel. I'd encourage you to invite people like Dr. McDougall, Dr. Barnard, Dr. Greger, Dr. B, Will Bulsiewicz and Chef AJ of course.
EDIT: Apologies... I now see you did talk to the Drs.. Years ago. Dr. Barnard and Dr. Greger are repeating their message every single week on their YT Channels Physicians Committee and Nutrition Facts.
Why does Gregor look awful.
I agree! The term “vegan” can be negative sounding for many. Stick with starch based, and whole food or plant based.
@@Chris-kr7gg I think he looks good for 74. Slim, healthy, bright and young in his mind. What else do you want from men of this age?????
You must be very young or recent vegan to come out with all this. We have enough of doctors, chefs, celebrities who follow/encourage vegan diet. Why Dr McDougall should follow chef AJ whom I had to look up because had no idea who he or she is (I am not American although lived there for 3 years). Those promo heavy make up pictures put me off. All of them are doing the great job, are in limelight for tens of years and don’t need advice from us, their followers. Just follow whoever appeals to you, they are out there, were for a long time, very easy to find. Check Europeans, Asians, Australians etc.; they have great things to tell us too.
@@annaal7480 You must have written this in a hurry.... Dr. McDougall is a guest in this episode, so not the one addressed. The suggestion is made to the people behind this channel. The Doctors referred to are not just "whoever appeals to you", they are physicians with a solid professional reputation, who base their "vegan message" on science, contrary to many "whoever appeals to you". Just the fact that Dr. Neal Barnard and his team fought legal battles, that is years ago, to have plant based proteins included in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (the basis for all food programs in the US, such as in schools) makes him one of the heavy motors behind the vegan movement. And despite his great achievements, he still seems down to earth, anwering questions every single week on a RUclips channel, the same health questions, over and over again, of people having switched over or considering switching over to a vegan lifestyle. You may not be aware that "whoever appeals to you" often relies on the science brought forward by exactly these physicians. That's why they merit recurring attention.
And.. off topic.... if you lived in the USA you should know that American culture kind of dictates women to wear heavy makeup and use tons of creams. It's must be very difficult to shake that ingrained habit to paint your face off. But that's another movement 🙂
Two significant changes drove evolutionary brain-size increase in hominids: walking upright and eating meat. We didn't evolve eating whole grain bread and potatoes. Brains are energy hogs. For our ancient ancestors, the most efficient source of energy to fuel bigger brains was meat. Like most animals, feeding and fasting was part of the food surplus/scarcity cycle. Eating meat and fat allows surviving longer between meals. We evolved as intermittent fasters. Depending on carbs requires eating all the time. That's why the human body actually functions more efficiently on protein and fat than it does on a high-carb diet. That's why high-carb diets drive insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome. You can deceive yourself that high-carb is beneficial for whatever reasons, but it isn't how humans evolved.
+1 brother! But seems like geographically man has evolved in different ways. So if you feel better as a startchivore then go for it, fasting and low-carb due to eastern european desendenacy is my way. Peace!
So you think you are going to 'help evolution by eating more meat'? Try unclogging your brain arteries of saturated fat.
That’s the problem with people wrapped up in certain nutritional dogmas; they love to ridicule others who don’t agree with them. It just so happens I am the one out one hundred people who are actually open minded enough to continue searching for better information and evolving my beliefs. My post above is old news. I’ve come to realize that extremist diets, be the carnivore or keto to vegetarian or vegan are not the ideal human diet. We didn’t evolve as meat eaters, we evolved as omnivores and it depended upon specific, local environments the balance of meat to carbs that were consumed. While plant eaters get higher marks on long term health prospects, some limited amount of meat-think some fish and chicken, limited red-offer a variety and diversity that is an overall positive. Indeed, that is why I don’t like either McDougall and his starch diet or Sisson and his carnivore diet, they lack diversity. I now follow the Mediterranean diet which has the support of far more nutritional scientists and medical professionals than any other fad, outlier diet because of its diversity. And yes, it leans heavily on whole foods and plants. As for the production of food on this planet, it’s riddled with significant problems be it growing of crops, production of meat, or catching fish. But how do you expect to feed six billion people?
@@Nicksonian Ah, true. 🙏👍 Best wishes.
I love you Dr. McDougall 😁🥰
Great interview, Dr McDougall looks fabulous, he's aging in reverse, wonderful intelligent man! 😊
Saved my life!
Mic the Vegan is an excellent channel too
McDougall wasn't concerned about the ecology in 2017. In fact, he whined attention to ecology distracted from his mission to switch people to his starch-based diet. He got "interested" more recently when I and others raised hell.
I periodically watch McDougall as a reminder of just how amazing it is how ideology can let you ignore scientific knowledge, and easily guide others to do the same.
You follow “your science”
@@jodyditzel5623 Lol!
You would think he hasn’t been screaming this from the mountain tops for decades. This isn’t new! What is it going to take to wake people from their stupors?
Have you ever come across the theory that food structure/pattern/shape symbolizes what it’s good for? They claim that the common cruciferous are good for the brain (as they look brainy), tomatoes for the heart, carrots kind of look like an eye inside, etc. etc.
So if we were to go off that logic, what part of the body would potatoes be good for?
The pancreas is shaped like a sweet potato 😆. The pancreas converts food into fuel.
He tells the truth. Sadly he kinda reminds me of an old horror movie called, "Invassion of the body snatchers", where people's bodies are taken over by pods while they "sleep" ( like the money hungry food industry) and one person tries to warn the other towns but nobody believes him. The Earth will make us change or she will get rid of us and start over. Hope were not too close to human extinction.
If it’s not going to reverse my aging by years or halt it I’m not really interested in living to 90 and struggling with things or having a war with my mind
I lectured my farmer uncle nearly 30yr ago when I was 13 😂about how farming is bad for environment. And he replied, that's just the way it is (the way it was). Now he's seeing I'm right!
Farmers is not bad for the environment is the chemicals and the toxic that are doing to this world don’t blame the farming . The world needs to wake up.
GMO Plant based diet is really great…for planet earth 👍
Love this
I experimented with a plant based diet and I never felt full. Eating a whole plate of fried rice with tons of vegatables didn't make me full. Vegatables also make me bloated; my digestion was screwed up. Going on a meat-based diet has helped that and I'm actually shedding a few pounds. And it's all about quality meat/eggs/fish, not conventional.
Well dont only eat rice ad vegetables lol
Well, obviously I did more than just rice and vegetables, by that should say something about how not filling carbs really are. Also tried a vegan meal delivery service and was still always hungry and never full. The satiety level just wasn't there for me.
@@alexandraelfers7900 yeah you defenitely have to eat more when you become vegan (which is great) and you just have to experiment and find foods that you like. Quality meat is pretty irrelevant to the animal though because they still get their throat cut in the end so why kill animals when we don't have to? Better for your health, much better for the environment and no unnecessary suffering for the animals
I had the same experience, gave whole food plant based a huge go, never full, in the end I had to go with what works, meat heals
@@davidrogers6997 meat heals 🤦♂️ you're eating dead bodies..
He might be right but for a start it has to be organic and non GMO. And it also doesn’t help the fact that theirs lots of gluten allergy and coeliacs that can’t touch 🌾
exactly. for someone like me i can’t have gluten, avocados, oats, carrots, bananas, cucumbers, peppers, potatoes, melons, eggs, dairy.
Celiacs disease is pretty rare though, about 1 % of the population, and gluten sensitivity another couple of percent. The population as a whole can eat gluten without problems. The fear of gluten is blown out of proportion. Society need to focus on cutting out animal foods and processed sugars first and foremost.
If you're going to eat breads, pastas, whatever made from wheat, especially in the US, get it fresher baked. Most of the store bought bread is junk full of junk and sprayed with junk.
As a vegan and generally healthy eater, I can’t help but be appalled by the advertising that is EVERYWHERE. I paused a streaming show yesterday, the the pause screen was a huge bacon cheeseburger. Billboards along the freeway offer beef this, chicken that, pharmaceuticals to cure what those cause.
6:30 People are sick because they eat the wrong kind of food and they get well - Huh!? LOL!
Agree 100%
Starches do make you fat, but its the starches mixed with fat like in poato chips. I have 10 pounds to loose so I'm cutting back on my carbs & eating more vegetables, plus extending my intermitent fasting period.
I agree with eating mostly a plant based diet however people eat too much. OMAD plant based is best.
Whats OMAD?
Horrible advise especially if ur thyroid is already down
@@garibaldi54 one meal a day.
@@garibaldi54 One Meal A Day
@@garibaldi54 , One Meal a Day (OMAD)
John Mc Dougall is spot on.Right through history disease increases with wealth and a diet rich in meat and other animal products.When we eat vegeatables and starches our health improves.Just read the bible ; Daniel 1
I would argue it's not the meat it's sugar and oil which the king's and queens first had access to. Also him saying "Western Diet" is a bit annoying, fast food diet or something else would be more appropriate because many asian countries are going down or already on that path and their junk food is Asian junk food quite often. Rice dishes laden with fat and sugar for example. I actually looked up sugar consumption per Capita by country and although it did surprise me a little it didn't surprise me much, Thailand is higher in per Capita sugar consumption than the US. I have frequented Thailand a lot and almost all food is very sweet to me.
@@annoyedaussie3942 It is a combination of meat,especially processed meat in fact all processed foods. Too much sugar defineatly.Oils should be kept to a minimum.The asian palette is sweet,that is well kwown.
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"Most history of human race" --> Agricultural crops were invented 10 000 years ago. History of human race is around 300 000 years (first homo sapiens). How did they get their potatoes and corn?
Also, starches requires cooking methods which requires development of fire. How is it most of human history?
Also, white rice is product made by rafination of rice grains. This process requires fairly advanced tools that weren't available for most of human history. It's so misinformed and misguided.
Hi Arth. Yes, white rice needs these tools but brown rice is even healthier. Humans are feasting on grains for at least 100,000 years. Our human ancestors began cooking sometime between 1.8 million and 400,000 years ago. Very few non-human primates have any meat at all in their diets, but of cause humans have always been eating meat, but with some exceptions, it never was the main energy source.
I agree with you. The grains and rice available today are not the same quality which our ancestors ate. Most are now stripped of their nutrients. Wild meats, offal, fish, clams, roots, berries and nuts was the main diet of our ancestors for 200,000 plus years. The western diet of today is literally plunging us into a life of disease and early death. Health statistics prove this. I'm sorry but I disagree with the contents of this video.
@@stevethewindsurfer8911 How can human ancestors began cooking 400,000 years ago when first homo sapiens is dated around 300,000 years ago? You need invention of fire to cook starchy products. There's big problem with starchy foods - it needs to be cooked. We don't digest raw starch (so called resistant starch forms) and most of starchy foods are toxic to humans when raw (uncooked). I could accept fruits theory, but this starchivores doesn't make sense.
You can't have enough wild grains to make diet out of it. You need to produce it in agricultures for it to make sense. Diet of most pre-agricultural humans was based on (persistence) hunting.
@@stevenhull5025 Yeah, berries, roots and nuts make sense, because it can be eaten raw. Grains doesn't make sense, because it would be hard to collect enough wild grains everday to make it staple of diet and also it nearly every starchy foods requires cooking, because we don't digest raw starches (so called resistant starch) and also most of raw starch sources are toxic for humans (potatoes, many legumes etc). I don't know if starch based diet is really best for humans, but that arguments with appeal to ancestors was kind of stupid.
Personally, I think optimal diet for humans is something based on fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, lots of fresh greens, mushrooms, some nuts and fatty seeds with good fatty acids profile (omega 3 to omega 6 ratio) and some good quality animal proteins like fishes, seafoods, maybe some white meat, eggs also fermented dairy products like yogurts. Add some herb spices and herb teas.
I don't think most species are meant to eat seeds like grains or legumes. Seeds are embryonic forms of plants which are meant for reproduction purposes. Plants incorporates many mechanisms that are meant to protect seeds from digestion and deter animals from eating it, messing with their digestive tracts and strictly poisoning them. Grains proteins (glycoproteins) or legumes lectins are very immunoaggressive within digestive tract. It looses their toxic properties and antinutrients after sprouting or/and fermenting, so the best option in my opinion is to make bread from sprouted grains (so called essene bread which btw was traditionally made bread in many cultures). Same method with legumes - either sprout it or ferment it like natto, miso, tempeh. It'll change structure of proteins and neutralize many antinutrients compounds.
7th year vegan 🥰
Love his passion in the 2nd part!
Did John ever say his diet isn't for everyone, and why?? Because ppl with metabolic dysfunctions should definately not eat McDougall, nor diabetics. Its in the literature. My functional MD told me that his diet could be a harbinger for cognitive impairment and muscle loss. Metabolic variations whether u thrive or flounder on this diet is genetically determined. 90% starch and no cholesterol is very damaging for the body. I recommend Four Reasons Why Some People Do Well As Vegans, While Others Dont....and btw: THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THE MACDOUGALL DIET IS EFFECTIVE.
Its terrifying how this feels like the real life verison of "Don't Look Up"
whenever "weight loss" is mentioned in a Diet, everyone jumps on it!!! Apache - ...Wow this video is only 5 days old, awesome :)