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Real McDougall Meals: Daily Eating Simplified

By Stacy Cross, 12-Day McDougall Program Support Specialist

I generally eat 4 meals and sometimes a piece of fruit for a snack at some point in the day. I exercise a lot, so I eat a generous amount of food over the course of a day. And I practice what I preach: eat when I’m hungry and stop when I’m comfortably full! 

Breakfast: Oatmeal with 1 tablespoon of ground flax, 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder, blueberries and some soy milk on top.

Lunch: Air-fried slices of polenta (from a tube) topped with black bean and veggie soup.

Mid-afternoon meal: Large sweet potato and strawberries.

Post-gym snack: A banana.

Dinner: A very large entree salad with greens, hearts of palm, sun-dried tomatoes, red peppers and about a cup of brown rice. Sunflower-based dressing made by my husband.

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  1. Laura Westra says:
    Will this diet dangerously spike insulin?
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    1. Admin
      Heather McDougall says:
      Hi Laura, It will spike your insulin. All food does. This is a natural and expected response to what happens after you eat. If you'd like to learn more about why complex carbohydrates are not the problem, but rather excess fat, please start here: https://www.drmcdougall.com/education/common-health-problems/diabetes/. I hope this helps.

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