John McDougall, MD: Update on COVID-19

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By John McDougall, MD (Please do the opposite of the advice below to lose weight faster) One common question I get from people who seriously follow my instructions is, “How do I stop losing weight?”  For example, this e-mail from a woman says, “I was a 100% raw foodist for almost 2 years and this past 10 days I came off that diet and went on your plan.  My question is this: your plan is definitely the ONE; however, I was only 105 pounds as a raw foodist (usually high in fat with nu

By John McDougall, MD No one loves me more than my mother; even though there were times during my childhood when I thought she was trying to poison me. Could the chemical aftertaste, belching, and nausea I experienced following the One-a-Day multivitamin capsule she forced me to take along with my orange juice at breakfast have been a warning? She told me vitamins tasted bad, like medicine, so that if a little child found them he or she wouldn’t mistake these pills for candy. By this time i