Newsletter Subject Index 2004-2005

• • Protein Overload
  • Could Mad Cow Disease Already be Killing Thousands of Americans Every Year?
  • Favorite Five:
  • Mammography Is Fraud Promoted by Industry and Governments
  • High Carbohydrate Diet Causes Effortless Weight Loss
  • Formula (Bottle) Feeding Causes Infant Brain Damage
  • Cow’s Milk Causes Multiple Sclerosis
  • Hot Tubs Are Safe for People with High Blood Pressure
  • Introductory Weekend Report

February 2004

• • Type-2 Diabetes – the Expected Adaptation to Overnutrition
  • Widespread Infection with Leukemia Virus from Meat and Milk
  • Atkins Was Grossly Overweight and Sick– But the Media Loves the Dead Guy
  • Favorite Five:
  • One Virtual Colonoscopy Best at Age 55 to 60
  • Treating Homocysteine with Vitamins Fail
  • Buckle Up Your Back Seat Passengers
  • A Little Exercise Makes a Big Difference
  • Be careful About Experimental Trials

March 2004

• • A Natural Cure for Depression
  • Favorite Five:
  • Hypertension Caused by Blood Flow Restriction
  • Take Your BP at Home – Get Off Medications
  • Natural Hormone Supplements of Questionable Value
  • Even “Good” Dairy Fat is Bad
  • Tai Chi Improves Overall Health
  • Recent McDougall Media Appearances: McDougall on Atkins — the Mayo Clinic Proceedings Neil Cavuto – Fox News Channel – the Cheeseburger Bill NY Times New Studies Question Value of Opening Arteries The TV show “McDougall, MD” is reaching new markets.

April 2004

• • People – Not Their Words – Tell “The Carbohydrate Story”
  • How to Prevent and Treat Degenerative (Osteo) Arthritis
  • Favorite 5: Need Potassium? Take Vegetables, Not Pills More Sex, Less Cancer Mammography Over-Diagnoses Millions of Women with Breast Cancer US Preventative Task Force Says “No” to Heart Tests HDL “Good” Cholesterol is Not Worth Your Attention

May 2004

• • The Atkins Scientific Research – Deceit and Disappointment
  • Favorite Five For Children Get the Coke© Out of Schools Child Abuse from the Dinner Table Bottle-feeding Kills Babies Soon Children Will Be on Blood Pressure Pills Food Additives Do Affect Your Child’s Behavior
  • Highlights of the May 14-16 McDougall Advanced Study Weekend

June 2004

• • Alzheimer’s Disease Can Be Safely Prevented and Treated Now
  • The Skinny on Atkins By Michael Greger, M.D.
  • Favorite Five Articles:
  • Eat Healthier for Better Sex
  • Can’t Suck Off the Fat for Better Health
  • Bubbly Mineral Water Reduces Heart Attack Risks
  • Save Your Eyes with a Healthy Diet — Glaucoma
  • PSA for Early Prostate Cancer Detection Fails Again

July 2004

• • Coffee – Pleasure or Pain
  • Over-treat Your Blood Pressure and You Could Die Sooner
  • The Skinny on Atkins, Part II. By Michael Greger, M.D.
  • Catered McDougall Foods for the Bay Area, California

August 2004

• • A Cesspool of Pollutants Now Is the Time to Clean-up Your Body
  • High Carb Diet Linked to Breast Cancer – More Deceit
  • Favorite Five:
  • Soy Supplements Fail to Benefit Bones, Brain or Heart
  • Western Diet As the Cause of Schizophrenia and Depression
  • Cinnamon Spice Benefits Blood Sugar and Cholesterol
  • Folic Acid Supplements Cause More Heart Disease
  • Don’t Take Plavix and Aspirin Together
  • Highlights of Costa Rica Adventure 2004

September 2004

• • What Next, Bill Clinton?
  • Favorite Five:
  • Vioxx and Celebrex May Give You a Heart Attack and More
  • Conservative Breast Cancer Treatment Best – No Mastectomy, No Radiation
  • Time to Quit Using the PSA says Stanford University
  • Vaginal Yeast Not Helped By Lactobacillus Pills or Inserts
  • Echinacea Fails Again – What Am I Going to Do during Cold Season?
  • McDougall Weekend Report

October 2004

• • Resisting the Broken Bone Businesses: Bone Mineral Density Tests and the Drugs That Follow
  • Tea Time Increases Life Time
  • Thanksgiving Planning by Mary McDougall
  • Meet Dr. Henry Heimlich
  • Open Letter from Michael Greger, MD

November 2004

• • Sick People Take Medications – Healthy People Are Drug-Free
  • My Favorite Five Articles Found in Recent Medical Journals:
  • Vitamins Do Not Prevent Cancer and May Increase Likelihood of Death: How Supplements Can Make You Sicker
  • Chiropractic Care Provides Superior Results
  • Commonly Used Antacids May Give You Pneumonia
  • Ulcerative Colitis Relapses with Meat and Beef
  • CT-scans – Looking for Cancer May Cause Cancer

December 2004

• Lose a Half Pound a Day – Setpoint
• Results of the McDougall Program
• Year in Review 2004
• Favorite Five:
• Avoid Supplements – Breast Cancer Increases with Folic Acid
• Rheumatoid Arthritis and Meat
• Blood Pressure Pills (Calcium Channel Blockers*) Kill
• Shark Cartilage and Cancer –Nonsense and Not Good for Sharks
• Over-fat Means Brain Loss

• • Pushing Your Set Point to the Limits – The McDougall Program for Maximum Weight Loss
  • Sleep Like a Baby – Lessons from My Grandson on How to Cure Insomnia

February 2005

• • The McDougall Program Cures People; The Risk Factor Improvements Are Incidental
  • All Popular Diets Are the Same – Failures
  • Mary In Your Kitchen
  • Report on the Advanced Study Weekend with Dr. Heimlich

March 2005

• • Eggs Are For Easter
  • Favorite Five:
  • Dairy Fails Children’s Bones
  • Fish Can Cause You Heart Disease
  • Meat Can Cause You Colon Cancer
  • Fast Food Makes People Fat and Diabetic – Duh!
  • Don’t Exercise – Until after You Have Changed Your Diet
  • Mary In Your Kitchen – Part 2

April 2005

• • Soy – Food, Wonder Drug, or Poison?
  • Favorite Five:
  • Dairy for Weight Loss – Another Big Fat Lie
  • Cataracts from Vegetable Oil
  • Fosamax Makes Bones Brittle
  • The Mediterranean Diet Prolongs Life
  • Raw Food Vegetarians Have Strong Bones and Better Heath

May 2005

• • Sunny Days, Keeping Those Clouds Away
  • Favorite Five:
  • Dairy and Type-2 Diabetes – Wrong Conclusion
  • The Best Breast Cancer Treatment: Diet and Exercise
  • What’s New in Prostate Cancer Treatment?
  • Calcium and “Vitamin D” Do Not Prevent Fractures
  • “Liver Cleansing” with Olive Oil and Lemon Juice – Myth
  • Mary In Your Kitchen (Part 2 of 3) CHANGE CAN BE BOTHERSOME…OR EXHILARATING

June 2005

• • Acrylamide Poisoning – Cancer from Overcooked Carbohydrates?
  • Experts Know – Drug Companies Buy Research and Medical Journals
  • Mary In Your Kitchen (Part 3 of 3)

July 2005

• • The Annual Physical Exam – A Ritual to Be Avoided
  • Favorite Five:
  • The Only Way to Lifelong Weight Loss
  • Neither Aspirin Nor Vitamin E Will Save Women
  • Vegetarians Don’t Have Insulin Resistance or Metabolic Syndrome
  • Coffee Damages Artery Function – Another Mechanism for Heart Disease
  • Low-Fat, Low-Protein Diet Prolongs Life
  • Mary In Your Kitchen – Hot Summer Dishes

August 2005

• • Beneficial Bowel Bacteria – Our Neglected Friends
  • Favorite Five:
  • Cats Don’t Like Sugar – They’re Carnivores
  • Mammograms and Breast Exams Fail Women Again
  • Acrylamide May Not Be a Real World Cancer Risk
  • Diet Shown to Help Men with Prostate Cancer – Ornish Leads the Way Again
  • Fish Oil May Increase Heart Trouble
  • Mary in Your Kitchen – Stocking Your Kitchen

September 2005

• • Could It Be Celiac Disease?
  • Favorite Five:
  • Stress Reduces Your Risk of Breast Cancer
  • Feed Your Children Right—Fries Today May Mean Breast Cancer Tomorrow
  • Removal of Ovaries Unjustified along with Hysterectomy
  • Stop Aspirin Suddenly—Die of a Stroke
  • Acupuncture Safely Helps Knees with Arthritis
  • Learn About the Criminal Behavior of the Pharmaceutical Industry—Save Yourself and Your Family

October 2005

• • How to Choose a Primary Care Doctor — If You Must
  • Pharmaceutical Companies Promote Sleeping Sickness
  • Folic Acid Supplements are a Health Hazard
  • Mary in Your Kitchen – Thanksgiving Planning

November 2005

• • The Gluttony Pill—Can Scientists Successfully Imitate Nature?
  • How to Help the Volume Eater—The Person with a Binge Eating Disorder
  • November’s McDougall Program Attendees Meet T. Colin Campbell, PhD

December 2005

• Thyroid Deficiency Strikes One in Six
• Lessons to Be Learned from the “Fiber Not a Cancer Stopper” Story
• Jay Gordon, M.D