I am nearly 300 lbs, morbidly obese with diabetes and high blood pressure. To be at a normal size I am going to have to try to lose half my body weight to just be at 150 lbs. I am 61 years old. Years ago I lost 75 lbs at Weight Watchers so I know it can be done. I have been trying your recipes on your website and from your cookbook for nearly a year. I am going to try to give this a serious go this year. Too many family members have died and never enjoyed retirement. I do not want to be one of them. Just from adding more vegan plant based recipes and meals, I have already improved my blood sugars. Getting my blood sugars and blood pressure under control might help me with insulin resistance which has been a huge roadblock to weight loss. Your website is wonderful , the recipes you and your wife and your beautiful daughter Bridgette Rose. Thank you for trying to help people like me!!!! PS: I see your point already with the packaged vegan products: they are sadly loaded with sodium.
I've been basically following a low calorie density diet over the past 30 days and have lost 10 pounds without even trying! Through my transition I totally cut out processed foods and drinks(other than keto coffee and smoothies), but I still had some meat and dairy, a little bit of oil as I was learning and still lost 10 pounds! I'm getting better at eating healthier and really enjoying this new way of living!
I'm 2 months in and now down 16 pounds! Still getting better at making good decisions! Biggest problem I have is feeling hungry at bedtime and occasionally giving in and having a snack(a healthy one)!
I've been watching you and your family so long now but it's fun to go back and watch this old video from years ago. Thank you so much for sharing everything with us.
Just went to Chick-fil-A, we are on vacation and I was listening to this. I had a market salad no chicken, no blue cheese. They have rolled oats and almonds on the side. I added the rolled oats and no almonds. Got a large fruit cup and added that. Zesty apple cider vinaigrette. My family had a number 1 lol, I am full and satisfied.
Starch based is the way to go. I can eat all the rice and beans I want. Pasta. French or Italian bread. Lentil stew with onions and diced potatoes, I do use olive oil but no other oils. I forgot to mention big fresh salads. Nutritional yeast flakes for flavor and vitamins...No sacrifice. I agree with you on the nuts and avacadoes.GREAT VIDEO. Thanks for sharing your experience.
I know this isn’t recent but It is remarkable. I am very familiar with the starch solution lifestyle but have recently “strayed”. Your enthusiasm has inspired me and I will start again Monday. Your explanations are excellent and I applaud your success and that of your family. Thanks for this video.I have subscribed and bought your cookbook.
Thank you, as usual. I have sarcoidosis and can only do low impact exercise. This past month and a half I was following a wfpb lifestyle and losing weight, and I was getting very excited. Then something happen this past week that set me off and I spent a week at the pizzeria and watched my weight jump up. I'm pulling my boot up and getting back on wfpb. It really is the best thing.
I know this is an older post, but love it. I am trying to catch up on some of your posts, so forgive me if I put some comments on these older posts. I've been on and off this way of life, (sort of) for years, but still have some weight to go, and have a bad habit of getting into some of the 'do not eat these' in the Starch Solution. I love hearing about keeping it simple, so had to post a thank you. You've certainly overcome a lot. If you can, I can. Hopefully....
I don't have any diseases or big problems in my 60s except a major issue will chewing on my fingernails and cuticles. My weight has always been good some how, I love salads and steamed vegetables.
Watched the 2015 series 10000 BC where people were left in the wilderness to live as people were thought to live at that time. At first they thought they would be hunting and fishing like cavemen...they mostly ended up living on burdock root, rose hips, and crayfish! Burdock was by far the most reliable and least dangerous way of getting calories. Back in those days chestnuts were everywhere too.
I've been starch based mostly vegan for three years and feel that i got 15 years back. I weigh what I did in high school which matches the ideal body weight calculator.
I'm 40yrs old now. When I was in my early 20s, I was a heavy weight lifter, tons of animal protein... ripped. Then I started fracturing my bones left and right. Had a humerus fracture and a knee surgery. All because I had vitamin D deficient and low calcium. "WHAT? How come?" I told my doctor. "I consume a lot of calcium. I drink a lot of milk with my protein shakes and eat cheese. I don't understand." Not only that, I had 3% kidney failure and high liver enzymes, had urine problem because of BPH. I was so scared I became a raw vegan for a year. I resolved all my health issues but quit being a vegan because I didn't like to loose weight. Now I eat meat sporadically; however, I'm starting to feel sick of my prostate again. I'm transitioning to full vegan again for the sake of my sexual health. Hope it is not too late. 🙄
Diet is like cars: Meat eaters are on gasoline. It hurts the environment and a vehicle. Western diet are on a diesel, healthier for the environment and the vehicle, but still harmful. And plant based are on an electric cars. Good for the environment and the car. The only problem people face is that this diet have such a pure energy source that when you ride such a vehicle you can't feel or hear the engine... And for some reason they start to think that they don't have enough energy, so they return to the previous diet...
Is this starchy diet ok for a type 2 diabetic? I'm not overweight and eat mostly vegan and interested in your diet! I love watching you and your family on FB.
Why is all the information about loosing weight? I am 100 lbs. was on a low-carb diet. However, after listening to Dr, McDougall so many times, I started eliminating meat and oils. However, I am not interested in loosing any weight. I am female, five feet. HbA1c 5.2. Thank you.
Hi Gabriel! I am on day 9 of a "Mary's Mini" and I'm not having any luck with it. Over the last month I gained almost 10 pounds (been WFPB for almost 2 years). On the MM, I've actually GAINED a pound. No oils - and potatoes are my base starch. I side the potatoes with greens (salad, collards, mixed greens, green beans, peas) and other veggies. I have had a couple of bananas over the 9 days, and one apple because I needed a quick snack as I was heading out the door. I also made a big pile of little red skinned potatoes to eat as a snack because trust me, I've been getting HANGRY. I do have issues with identifying "hungry" v "not stuffed anymore". I can identify with the comment "If there's rice, I'm going to eat 8 cups." Aside from that, any suggestion on what I could be doing wrong (I'm only 15 minutes into the vid, so you might've answered something like this already).
If you eat more calories than you burn, you will gain weight. Find out how many calories you burn a day. Eat less calories than that number. Also exercise to burn more Calories per day.
Is there a way to eat a plant based Whole Foods diet and NOT lose weight? I have been a vegetarian for 3 years now Before I was a vegetarian I was in a bad car accident In which I broke my neck. While in the neck brace cast I was unable to eat properly because of That I lossed a LOT of weight. I've spent the last 3 years painstakingly building backup to what I consider a comfortable weight( This is extremely difficult as a vegetarian) I want to be as healthy as I can but I don't want to lose a whole bunch of weight again. What can I do on the mcdougall diet and not lose weight?
Hi, what do you recommend for someone who’s from Asian background, eating rice curry mostly? I really can’t eat potatoes without gravy or cheese 😬 how do I change that.
But doesn’t your body need plant based fats for brain health. I did the potato diet for 30days and I couldn’t focus, I was very forgetful and lupe. I’ve been plant based for 7 year’s already, I need to loose some weight, from over eating and eating vegan junk food as well.
I can eat a vegan diet I just don't hold enough anger and hatred towards others who don't eat like me. I can't see me protesting and assaulting people, flipping tables in restaurants and treatening others lives over it. I am just not that angry or hatefull to be a "good vegan"
if you dont eat oil you can handle carbs. Oil gets int the muscle cells and causes insulin resistance. It's called intramyocellular fat. Type 2 diabetes is curable and not caused by sugar. I.m on a 70% starch diet and my hemoglobin A1C is 4.8
I am nearly 300 lbs, morbidly obese with diabetes and high blood pressure. To be at a normal size I am going to have to try to lose half my body weight to just be at 150 lbs. I am 61 years old. Years ago I lost 75 lbs at Weight Watchers so I know it can be done. I have been trying your recipes on your website and from your cookbook for nearly a year. I am going to try to give this a serious go this year. Too many family members have died and never enjoyed retirement. I do not want to be one of them. Just from adding more vegan plant based recipes and meals, I have already improved my blood sugars. Getting my blood sugars and blood pressure under control might help me with insulin resistance which has been a huge roadblock to weight loss. Your website is wonderful , the recipes you and your wife and your beautiful daughter Bridgette Rose. Thank you for trying to help people like me!!!! PS: I see your point already with the packaged vegan products: they are sadly loaded with sodium.
I enjoy how clearly you speak.
I've been basically following a low calorie density diet over the past 30 days and have lost 10 pounds without even trying! Through my transition I totally cut out processed foods and drinks(other than keto coffee and smoothies), but I still had some meat and dairy, a little bit of oil as I was learning and still lost 10 pounds! I'm getting better at eating healthier and really enjoying this new way of living!
I'm 2 months in and now down 16 pounds! Still getting better at making good decisions! Biggest problem I have is feeling hungry at bedtime and occasionally giving in and having a snack(a healthy one)!
Great job Sarah!!!!
Thank you Gabriel! I enjoy your transparency and love of life, sharing health with us!
I've been watching you and your family so long now but it's fun to go back and watch this old video from years ago. Thank you so much for sharing everything with us.
Just went to Chick-fil-A, we are on vacation and I was listening to this. I had a market salad no chicken, no blue cheese. They have rolled oats and almonds on the side. I added the rolled oats and no almonds. Got a large fruit cup and added that. Zesty apple cider vinaigrette. My family had a number 1 lol, I am full and satisfied.
Starch based is the way to go. I can eat all the rice and beans I want. Pasta. French or Italian bread. Lentil stew with onions and diced potatoes, I do use olive oil but no other oils. I forgot to mention big fresh salads. Nutritional yeast flakes for flavor and vitamins...No sacrifice. I agree with you on the nuts and avacadoes.GREAT VIDEO. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Very interesting. Thank you
Hi Gabriel: Thank you very much for sharing your experience on a whole food plant based lifestyle. It was very informative.
I know this isn’t recent but It is remarkable. I am very familiar with the starch solution lifestyle but have recently “strayed”. Your enthusiasm has inspired me and I will start again Monday. Your explanations are excellent and I applaud your success and that of your family. Thanks for this video.I have subscribed and bought your cookbook.
Thanks, this was great! Greetings from Finland!
Thank you, as usual. I have sarcoidosis and can only do low impact exercise. This past month and a half I was following a wfpb lifestyle and losing weight, and I was getting very excited. Then something happen this past week that set me off and I spent a week at the pizzeria and watched my weight jump up. I'm pulling my boot up and getting back on wfpb. It really is the best thing.
cheering you on as you get back to the WFPB way!
I’ve been plant based for 6 years and it works great for me.
I know this is an older post, but love it. I am trying to catch up on some of your posts, so forgive me if I put some comments on these older posts. I've been on and off this way of life, (sort of) for years, but still have some weight to go, and have a bad habit of getting into some of the 'do not eat these' in the Starch Solution. I love hearing about keeping it simple, so had to post a thank you. You've certainly overcome a lot. If you can, I can. Hopefully....
I don't have any diseases or big problems in my 60s except a major issue will chewing on my fingernails and cuticles. My weight has always been good some how, I love salads and steamed vegetables.
Watched the 2015 series 10000 BC where people were left in the wilderness to live as people were thought to live at that time. At first they thought they would be hunting and fishing like cavemen...they mostly ended up living on burdock root, rose hips, and crayfish! Burdock was by far the most reliable and least dangerous way of getting calories. Back in those days chestnuts were everywhere too.
I've been starch based mostly vegan for three years and feel that i got 15 years back. I weigh what I did in high school which matches the ideal body weight calculator.
What is so nice about Gabriel is how relentlessly smart he is.
The man speaks the truth. Energy levels go through the roof
I like how your right eyebrow raises up when you talk
Great video! Was your dad able to keep his leg?
I'm 40yrs old now. When I was in my early 20s, I was a heavy weight lifter, tons of animal protein... ripped. Then I started fracturing my bones left and right. Had a humerus fracture and a knee surgery. All because I had vitamin D deficient and low calcium. "WHAT? How come?" I told my doctor. "I consume a lot of calcium. I drink a lot of milk with my protein shakes and eat cheese. I don't understand." Not only that, I had 3% kidney failure and high liver enzymes, had urine problem because of BPH. I was so scared I became a raw vegan for a year. I resolved all my health issues but quit being a vegan because I didn't like to loose weight. Now I eat meat sporadically; however, I'm starting to feel sick of my prostate again. I'm transitioning to full vegan again for the sake of my sexual health. Hope it is not too late. 🙄
Going to send this to family
very well explained, i started just like you did.
Hey man I haven’t listened to the whole thing yet I’m 30 minutes in. Do you recommend easing into starch based or just go straight in?
Diet is like cars:
Meat eaters are on gasoline. It hurts the environment and a vehicle.
Western diet are on a diesel, healthier for the environment and the vehicle, but still harmful.
And plant based are on an electric cars. Good for the environment and the car. The only problem people face is that this diet have such a pure energy source that when you ride such a vehicle you can't feel or hear the engine... And for some reason they start to think that they don't have enough energy, so they return to the previous diet...
Is this starchy diet ok for a type 2 diabetic? I'm not overweight and eat mostly vegan and interested in your diet! I love watching you and your family on FB.
If you dont eat oil then you can eat the starch.
Check out the youtube video "A nutritional approach to reverse diabetes" by Dr Neal Bernard.
Why is all the information about loosing weight? I am 100 lbs. was on a low-carb diet. However, after listening to Dr, McDougall so many times, I started eliminating meat and oils. However, I am not interested in loosing any weight. I am female, five feet. HbA1c 5.2. Thank you.
Hi Gabriel! I am on day 9 of a "Mary's Mini" and I'm not having any luck with it. Over the last month I gained almost 10 pounds (been WFPB for almost 2 years). On the MM, I've actually GAINED a pound. No oils - and potatoes are my base starch. I side the potatoes with greens (salad, collards, mixed greens, green beans, peas) and other veggies. I have had a couple of bananas over the 9 days, and one apple because I needed a quick snack as I was heading out the door. I also made a big pile of little red skinned potatoes to eat as a snack because trust me, I've been getting HANGRY.
I do have issues with identifying "hungry" v "not stuffed anymore". I can identify with the comment "If there's rice, I'm going to eat 8 cups." Aside from that, any suggestion on what I could be doing wrong (I'm only 15 minutes into the vid, so you might've answered something like this already).
First of all.....stay off of the scale! You seem to know your issue is portion control.
If you eat more calories than you burn, you will gain weight. Find out how many calories you burn a day. Eat less calories than that number. Also exercise to burn more Calories per day.
Do you follow Dr macdougall?
so what is the difference between starch diet and regular vegan or vegetarian ?
I started a starch based diet a couple days ago. I’m already down two pounds
Great channel! Thanks! So you did NOT do the 50/50 plate and you still lost weight??
Not sure what he did, but 50/50 isn't required for weight loss if that's your question.
@@cheezheadz3928 So what percentage starch vs veggies? I'm not losing anymore after doing great at first.
Is there a way to eat a plant based Whole Foods diet and NOT lose weight? I have been a vegetarian for 3 years now Before I was a vegetarian I was in a bad car accident In which I broke my neck. While in the neck brace cast I was unable to eat properly because of That I lossed a LOT of weight. I've spent the last 3 years painstakingly building backup to what I consider a comfortable weight( This is extremely difficult as a vegetarian) I want to be as healthy as I can but I don't want to lose a whole bunch of weight again. What can I do on the mcdougall diet and not lose weight?
Of course! Just eat more, healthy, calories.
Why do you soak potatoes with baking soda?
The Irish need Plant Based Gabriel.
Hi, what do you recommend for someone who’s from Asian background, eating rice curry mostly? I really can’t eat potatoes without gravy or cheese 😬 how do I change that.
Sorry my email is shantona@hotmail.co.uk
Really appreciate the support
RUclips search “starch solution cheese sauce” or “starch solution gravy” you’ll find some recipes!
Is it ok to put a little munk fruit to oatmeal?
I want to know this too
What about white rice I don’t like brown rice
Sam's club has an organic maple syrup that is the least expensive I've found. Most are about $15. Sam's has the organic for $10.
Starch 🌱👍
it is REAL MAPLE SYRUP though not the high fructose corn syrup butter flavor syrup......a little goes a long way........lol
But doesn’t your body need plant based fats for brain health. I did the potato diet for 30days and I couldn’t focus, I was very forgetful and lupe. I’ve been plant based for 7 year’s already, I need to loose some weight, from over eating and eating vegan junk food as well.
So no fruit?
Awesome video, thanks for sharing the information. Except it made me cringe when you said you were monitoring your wifes weight.
haha sorry responding to an add.
I can eat a vegan diet I just don't hold enough anger and hatred towards others who don't eat like me. I can't see me protesting and assaulting people, flipping tables in restaurants and treatening others lives over it. I am just not that angry or hatefull to be a "good vegan"
funny how a professor can be so stuptd!
Get to the point of how to start,,,
Worst diet possible, 😫 all starches, Carbs break down to SUGAR, DO YOUR RESEARCH!!!!
if you dont eat oil you can handle carbs. Oil gets int the muscle cells and causes insulin resistance. It's called intramyocellular fat. Type 2 diabetes is curable and not caused by sugar. I.m on a 70% starch diet and my hemoglobin A1C is 4.8
Sorry dude. You waffle on too much . Couldn't take anymore aftwr 5 minutes. Please get to the point. Had to watch elsewhere.
@@kingqakn ????moron
you're r a chiropractor not a nutritionist.