Newsletter Subject Index 2006-2007

January 2006

- Aging in Style— Maybe to 100 with sensible care
- You’ll Get the Truth Only If There Is Money To Be Made—Heart Surgery
- Costa Rica McDougall Adventure 2006

February 2006

- Moderation Is Impossible for Passionate People
- Readers’ Responses to the “Low-fat Diet Failure” News
- Report on the February 2006 Advanced Study Weekend

- How Foul Is Fowl?
- My Favorite 5 Articles Found in Recent Medical Journals
- High Protein Diets Harmful and Unnecessary for Endurance Athletes
- Plavix Fails Heart Patients and Causes Bleeding
- Diabetic Pills Kill
- Drugs Fail for Depression
- Bragging Rights for Prostate Surgeons

- Securing Respectful Medical Care
- Non-stick Pots and Pans: Are They Safe?

- Report on the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) Meeting, May 23 to 26, 2006
- The Newest Food-Cure: Coconut Oil for Health and Vitality

- Mary’s Mini-McDougall Diet
- Gout Is on the Rise

- Glycemic Index – Not Ready for Prime Time
- More on Mary’s Mini-McDougall Diet
- Report on the Celebrity Chef Weekend of July 14 to 16, 2006

August 2006

Taking Advantage of the Medical Specialist
Favorite Five for August 2006
Vegan Diet Benefits Diabetes
Pomegranate Juice Benefits Prostate Cancer Patients
Overtreating Blood Pressure Kills
“Low-fat Diet Failure”—Good News about Bad Habits
Adding Avocados or Oils to Salads Aids Absorption of Nutrients—More
Good News about Bad Habits

September 2006

- Sugar, Coated with Myths
- The Angioplasty Debacle

October 2006

- Refined Carbohydrates for Food Addicts
- Fish: Alternative to a Rock and a Hard Place
- Report on the September 2006 Advanced Study Weekend

November 2006

- Artificial Sweeteners Are Unnecessary and Unwise
- Favorite Five:
- Vegetables Will Save Your Mind
- Calcium Does Not Benefit Children
- Research Fails to Support Flu Shot’s Value
- Cow’s Milk Promotes Acne
- Review of the Evidence that Diet Causes Autism

December 2006

An Inconvenient Truth: We Are Eating Our Planet To Death
Global Warming Strategy by Noam Mohr
Favorite Five My favorite articles found in recent medical journals:
Low-fat, Plant-food Diet Slows Breast Cancer
Mammograms Fail Women from Age 40 Years
Raw Food Vegetarian Diet Protects Us from Cancer
Low-carb, High-protein Diets Reduce Survival
Herbal Valerian for Sleep
Comments on new McDougall Made Easy DVD

January 2007

- Human Health and Planet Health—Same Solution
- Favorite Five:
- The Food Industry Buys Nutrition Research—Threatening Your Family’s Health
- How Long to Take Plavix and Aspirin after a DES (Heart Angioplasty Stent)
- Ear Tubes—Another Money Maker’s Benefits Disproved
- Antacids Promote Hip Fractures
- Complications Are Common from Colonoscopy
- Responses to the December 2006 McDougall Newsletter on Global Warming

February 2007

- When Friends Ask:
- Where Do You Get Your Calcium?
- Disease Mongering:
- New Women’s Guidelines for Heart Disease
- Report on February 2007 Advanced Study Weekend

- When Friends Ask: “Why Don’t You Drink Milk?”
- Defending the McDougall Diet—If I Must
- Report on the Amazing Costa Rica Trip

- When Friends Ask: Where Do You Get Your Protein?
- Favorite Five: People Don’t Lose Weight on Diets
  Because They CheatAngioplasty Fails Again and Again (8 out of 8 times)Vitamin Supplements KillSalt Restriction May Be Good for the HeartCured Meat Hurts the Lungs

- When Friends Ask: “Why Did You Quit Meat?”
- Who Should Take Statins?
- Update on “Death by Veganism” by Nina Planck

- Confessions of a Fish Killer
- Save Your Kidneys—Part 1—The Hard Way, with Medications
- “Death by Veganism” Begins Its Slow Demise

- Rich Diet Is Child Neglect and Responsible People Need to Act
- Save Your Kidneys—Part 2—Diet and Kidney Health
- Study Fails to Show Benefits of Fruits and Veggies for Breast Cancer Patients – Women are Blamed, but the Investigators Were at Fault

August 2007

- When Friends Ask: Why Do You Avoid Adding Vegetable Oils?
- Favorite Five:
  
  Sex and Still Aging
  
  Colon Cancer Patients Die Faster with Western Diet
  
  Birth Defects from Mother’s Western Diet
  
  Antacids Cause Dementia
  
  Drug Companies Rig Research—I Don’t Know How to Prescribe
- Dr. McDougall’s response to: Looking Past Blood Sugar to Survive with Diabetes by Gina Kolata in the August 20, 2007 New York Times

September 2007

- Low Vitamin D: One Sign of Sunlight Deficiency
- If I Could Be Your Doctor, I Would Love to Tell You How To Lose Excess Weight Effortlessly, Painlessly, and Permanently
- Advanced Study Weekend September 7 to 9, 2007

October 2007

- Everyone Is Fiddling as California Burns
- If I Could Be Your Doctor, I Would Love to Tell You How To Keep Your Arteries Clean and Reverse Atherosclerosis
- Favorite Five Articles from Recent Medical Journals
  - DNA TESTING PROVES HUMANS ARE DESIGNED AS STARCH
    EATERS
  - CALCIUM REQUIREMENTS MUCH LOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY
    ESTIMATED
  - RISING TREND—DOUBLE MASTECTOMIES
  - LOW-FAT DIET REDUCES OVARIAN CANCER
  - ADDITIVES IMPAIR CHILD’S BEHAVIOR
- Just Released – New DVD – McDougall Made Irresistible Holiday Meal Planning

November 2007

- Vitamin B12 Deficiency—the Meat-eaters’ Last Stand
- One-pot Meal Favorites
- Our Newest DVD—McDougall Made Irresistible: Our Biggest Hit Ever

December 2007

To Juice or Not to Juice? What’s A Bottle of Magic Worth?
Easy Meal Favorites