The Early Years of Dr. McDougall: Video

Jeff Novick, MS, RDN: Thanksgiving is often thought of as time of feasting and indulgence and, for many, it means a time of overindulgence. As food is central to many of our celebrations and our health, I want to share some personal thoughts on Thanksgiving.

This time of year, the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays frighten many people who eat a healthy diet. They wonder how to socialize with friends and how to prepare a meal in their home. Mary McDougall makes it easy.

By John McDougall, MD Two-thirds of Women Have Weak Bones. Or Do They? A large study published in the New England Journal of Medicine included 5,470 women from three communities forming a representative spectrum of women living in the US.1 Of these women, 1,255 were considered to have normal bones, whereas 4,215 suffered from osteoporosis or osteopenia. (Osteopenia is a milder loss as measured by the BMD and is due to the natural thinning of the bones that occurs as women age and does no