My dear Dr. McDougall, you maybe will not even read this. But I have to tell you how much I appreciate you, everything you do for us. It's only because of you, that I can live a healthy and a happy life today. Five years ago I was diagnosed with arthritis and the whole year with no treatment was a hell on earth for me, the worst time of my life. After I have adopted the wfpb diet after reading your books I was able to get my life back in a matter of weaks. You have been such a big influence in my life without even knowing this. Thank you for helping me, you are my biggest hero 🙏
I have been following a high starch low fat (5-9% of total calorie intake) McDougall diet for 4-5 years and developed IBS-D this past fall for the first time. I followed the low FODMAP elimination diet as a wfpb vegan for 4-6 weeks and discovered which foods I cannot have: apples, cauliflower, onions and not a large amount of chickpeas.
I was diagnosed with IBS M quite a few years ago. Finally I paid for a stool sample & my microbiome is not balanced. I don’t do well with fruit more than 1 serving of fruit. If I do I feel ill. So I stick with potatoes & sweet potatoes, rice. I can’t even have oatmeal & I love oatmeal. I think healing the intestines with starch lifestyle takes time and worth it.
Hydration is not just water. It’s also electrolytes (magnesium, potassium, sodium). Plain water washes out your electrolytes and dehydrates you further.
I had a stool evaluation done and they recommended low fodmap foods for my values. Everything I eat is not compliant. All beans, potatoes, fruits, rice say it should be minimal. ☹️
I was diagnosed with spastic colon syndrome in my 20s. Wish I figured out the starch connection earlier, but today doing ok. I was given a pill to calm my intestines early on, but I don't think it's just one thing. It's complicated. For me; high fiber, high starch, and no probiotic or magnesium supplements.
How about heavy metal toxicity? Is starch diet good for it ? I also was thinking about candida caused due to heavy metal..For candida doctors say starch is a no no. Please help
He doesn't talk about unique triggers at all. Mine was red chili, along with a couple others. I just did a fast which relieved my symptoms and then paid attention to what was triggering. When I figured that out, most of my IBS (cramping and diarrhea) was gone. I cook with oil every day, and contrary to what he says I've never noticed it gave me constipation because I'm always using it. Some people say taking olive oil can actually help with constipation.
Antioxidant intake and daily fibre amount and diversity helps but it’s only a very controllable tool. Exercise is another tool. Therapy and dealing with the source of anxiety is the main thing you can do. Good luck
Healthy anxiety is when you predict something bad is going to happen to you and you were correct, it saved you from an issue. Think identifying a snake in the bushes. It's a beneficial evolutionary trait. Unhealthy anxiety is when you predict something bad is going to happen to you and you were incorrect, nothing bad was going to happen. The solution to anxiety is slowly taking your time and learning to predict the future more accurately. One can do this through a journal where you write down your predictions and see what ended up happening. This will give food for thought on why a prediction was wrong and what you can do better next time. Every time you do this anxiety will be reduced. You can also take CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) or DBT (dialectical behavior therapy). Both are like courses that teach you how to remove anxiety. I think CBT's anti anxiety is 12 sessions, one session a week. It is not talk therapy. DBT gives you homework. It's like a class that teaches you everything you need to know far beyond what a single comment can say. Good luck with everything.
Brown rice chewed thoroughly is wonderful for UC. Chewing well is essential. Also, be careful introducing beans when in a flare. But I lived on potatoes, brown rice and bananas when I was flaring.
Sir please make a video on how previous generation of people ate grains and legumes without fire and utensils? Like we have to soak them in water and use fire to cook them. How did they do it. ? Please make a video on this. Very important topic to prove that people ate starches from the start.
Fire was first used for cooking at least 300,000-400,000 years ago. Its use for cooking starches played a big role in the evolution of humans and the shift to modern civilizations
What does that matter to your life? You live in today. You have water and a cooking source. Think of time as money. You're asking someone else to spend their money your question. Tell you what you send me $1000 and I'll look up a hours worth of ancient cooking methods on the internet. Deal?
Read potatoes not prozac. Saying your on a plant based diet isn't enough info. That's why I love The Starch Solution. Starches are not expensive. You can grow your own. Their easy to store.
I was thinking "he looks pretty good for a 90-something", then I look up his birthdate: May 17, 1947....😳 He's only 74? I'm digging into a fatty rib-eye, ASAP!
The people who tend to live past 100 look like him, as thin as a rail but hiding muscles behind it all. (If he's just thin without muscle he will not make it to 100.) The people who look not as thin tend to live a shorter amount of time. From what I've seen in studies our body can only make so many stem cells. If your body is bigger, e.g. muscular, then you've got more cells to cycle and it will shorten your lifespan. However, not enough muscle and you get medical problems (e.g. type 2 diabetes), so it's a balancing act.
My dear Dr. McDougall, you maybe will not even read this. But I have to tell you how much I appreciate you, everything you do for us. It's only because of you, that I can live a healthy and a happy life today. Five years ago I was diagnosed with arthritis and the whole year with no treatment was a hell on earth for me, the worst time of my life. After I have adopted the wfpb diet after reading your books I was able to get my life back in a matter of weaks. You have been such a big influence in my life without even knowing this. Thank you for helping me, you are my biggest hero 🙏
I have been following a high starch low fat (5-9% of total calorie intake) McDougall diet for 4-5 years and developed IBS-D this past fall for the first time. I followed the low FODMAP elimination diet as a wfpb vegan for 4-6 weeks and discovered which foods I cannot have: apples, cauliflower, onions and not a large amount of chickpeas.
I was diagnosed with IBS M quite a few years ago. Finally I paid for a stool sample & my microbiome is not balanced. I don’t do well with fruit more than 1 serving of fruit. If I do I feel ill. So I stick with potatoes & sweet potatoes, rice. I can’t even have oatmeal & I love oatmeal. I think healing the intestines with starch lifestyle takes time and worth it.
Gr8 info Dr McDougall. Love the pun at 6.07 mins ‘let me hit the bottom line for you’.😆
My friend swears by simply drinking more water, she fixed her ibs by being careful to never become dehydrated, including avoiding alcohol and caffeine
Caffeine is really bad
Hydration is not just water. It’s also electrolytes (magnesium, potassium, sodium). Plain water washes out your electrolytes and dehydrates you further.
Everything he is saying worked for my husband. He can now have beans and lentils but had to ease into it.
I have IBSD. It has definitely helped me. I’m normal
I had a stool evaluation done and they recommended low fodmap foods for my values. Everything I eat is not compliant. All beans, potatoes, fruits, rice say it should be minimal. ☹️
I was diagnosed with spastic colon syndrome in my 20s. Wish I figured out the starch connection earlier, but today doing ok. I was given a pill to calm my intestines early on, but I don't think it's just one thing. It's complicated. For me; high fiber, high starch, and no probiotic or magnesium supplements.
Starch is not a bad food but you also need meat goodness look at the guy. If you want heal something check-out dr Ray peat.
The longest lived healthiest people in the United States are Seven Day Adventists in Loma Linda California. They use the food combining diet.
Super helpful!
Thanks. Any chance doing a video on Parkinson’s?
How about heavy metal toxicity? Is starch diet good for it ? I also was thinking about candida caused due to heavy metal..For candida doctors say starch is a no no. Please help
how does heavy metal toxicity present in the body?
He doesn't talk about unique triggers at all. Mine was red chili, along with a couple others. I just did a fast which relieved my symptoms and then paid attention to what was triggering. When I figured that out, most of my IBS (cramping and diarrhea) was gone. I cook with oil every day, and contrary to what he says I've never noticed it gave me constipation because I'm always using it. Some people say taking olive oil can actually help with constipation.
Avoid cooking with seed oils. They raise your trans-fats and inflame your arteries. Use butter or beef tallow instead.
@@demoskunk Extra virgin olive oil all the way with me, made with 100% California olives!
@@SunFellow941 I try to drink a cup of EVOO daily
@@mikefixac WOW. It bothers my stomach when I take it on an empty stomach, so I don't think I could take that much!
What about anxiety I’m on a plant based diet and I have it
Antioxidant intake and daily fibre amount and diversity helps but it’s only a very controllable tool. Exercise is another tool. Therapy and dealing with the source of anxiety is the main thing you can do. Good luck
Try aloe Vera drinking gel by forever living products That should heal the gut.
Add some animal proteins and fats to your diet. Try mollusks.
Healthy anxiety is when you predict something bad is going to happen to you and you were correct, it saved you from an issue. Think identifying a snake in the bushes. It's a beneficial evolutionary trait.
Unhealthy anxiety is when you predict something bad is going to happen to you and you were incorrect, nothing bad was going to happen.
The solution to anxiety is slowly taking your time and learning to predict the future more accurately. One can do this through a journal where you write down your predictions and see what ended up happening. This will give food for thought on why a prediction was wrong and what you can do better next time. Every time you do this anxiety will be reduced.
You can also take CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) or DBT (dialectical behavior therapy). Both are like courses that teach you how to remove anxiety. I think CBT's anti anxiety is 12 sessions, one session a week. It is not talk therapy. DBT gives you homework. It's like a class that teaches you everything you need to know far beyond what a single comment can say. Good luck with everything.
you are a only most respectable noble doctor . I love rice potato. but I love oil not good. it is my problem.
Just go through the fat withdrawal. Takes 1-3 weeks . Once u go through it u won't crave fatty & greasy foods anymore. They will just be a memory.
@@jgrysiak6566 really? I love ptatochips and karinto(Japanese sweets)is fried dough and caramel coating. 500cal per one pack.1-3week must stand.
@@mrstiggy8905 , eat baked potato chips while transitioning FF & then quit eating them
@@jgrysiak6566 thankyou
Sir my hba1c is increased to 7.4 , even my FBS is always come 70-90 mg/dl
I think so.. total remission after kicking animal foods to the curb +5 years now
Doesn't starch trigger when you have ulcerative colitis?
I would say from experience nope 😊
Brown rice chewed thoroughly is wonderful for UC. Chewing well is essential. Also, be careful introducing beans when in a flare. But I lived on potatoes, brown rice and bananas when I was flaring.
UC and Crohn’s aren’t the same as IBS which is a functional disorder of people sensitive to FODMAPS.
I eat tons of fiber. Still constipated.
Make sure to drink enough water
U could have a sluggish or dead thyroid. Order Iodoral 12.5 MG tabs online; wake up your thyroid, no more constipation & a Whole new world.
Kelloggs bran buds works real well.
Eat celery 😊
In order to be eating tons of fiber you'd have to be eating tons of food. --- you're not eating tons of food.
Sir please make a video on how previous generation of people ate grains and legumes without fire and utensils? Like we have to soak them in water and use fire to cook them. How did they do it. ? Please make a video on this. Very important topic to prove that people ate starches from the start.
Fire was first used for cooking at least 300,000-400,000 years ago. Its use for cooking starches played a big role in the evolution of humans and the shift to modern civilizations
@@Simran15895 any reference or book?
What does that matter to your life? You live in today. You have water and a cooking source.
Think of time as money. You're asking someone else to spend their money your question. Tell you what you send me $1000 and I'll look up a hours worth of ancient cooking methods on the internet. Deal?
Read potatoes not prozac. Saying your on a plant based diet isn't enough info. That's why I love The Starch Solution. Starches are not expensive. You can grow your own. Their easy to store.
@@virginiatozier9957 i didnt ask you for shit. Alright. So dont write anything. Mind your own business.
I was thinking "he looks pretty good for a 90-something", then I look up his birthdate: May 17, 1947....😳 He's only 74?
I'm digging into a fatty rib-eye, ASAP!
Sorry to hear that
You can't just judge by looks. Lots of beautiful and healthy looking people drop dead all the time.
The people who tend to live past 100 look like him, as thin as a rail but hiding muscles behind it all. (If he's just thin without muscle he will not make it to 100.) The people who look not as thin tend to live a shorter amount of time.
From what I've seen in studies our body can only make so many stem cells. If your body is bigger, e.g. muscular, then you've got more cells to cycle and it will shorten your lifespan. However, not enough muscle and you get medical problems (e.g. type 2 diabetes), so it's a balancing act.
Look so malnourish and very old I need fish ,seafood at least
He had a very serious medical condition from a young age and wasn’t meant to live very long so to still be here is amazing x😊