Earlier today, I was made aware of some writing Dr. McDougall shared recently and I thought I should reproduce it here. Some great "food for thought".
John McDougall wrote:Dr. McDougall's Quotes
Representing 55 years of Study and Practice
(Without claim for originality -- rough draft)
1. I have published research in my books dating from 1984, using available
science.
2. Scientists had it right by this time. Most chronic diseases are due to food
poisoning.
3. Food poisons are animal and oil products.
4. I quoted "dated studies." Fortunately, "the truth don't change."
5. Current publications show that important truths in medicine and nutrition were well established before 1984.
6. It's the Food! People are starch-eaters, starch-ivores, starch-itarians.
General Nutrition:
7. Juicing: The quality of fruits and vegetables is not improved by hitting them a thousand times with a steel blade.
8. Taking vitamin supplements cause nutritional imbalances; increasing the risk of cancer, heart disease, and death.
9. There is no such thing as dietary calcium deficiency.
10. Protein deficiency is impossible, even on a pure vegan diet.
11. I have never seen problems from nutrient deficiency, but millions suffer from excess.
12. I have never seen problems from calcium deficiency, but millions suffer from excess.
13. Cow's milk is ideal for a calf, but causing overnutrition in babies.
14. Dairy is a dirty word: full of chemicals and microbes.
15. I have never seen problems from protein deficiency, but millions suffer from excess.
16. Excess protein damages the bones, liver, and kidneys.
17. Simple sugar provides calories (4 calories/gram), rot teeth, these are empty calories, triglycerides increase.
18. People need minerals, too little and too much salt can become problems.
19. Plants, not fish, make all omega-3 (good) fats.
Weight and Obesity:
20. The fat you eat is the fat you wear.
21. Sugars do not ordinarily or easily turn into body fat. (de novo lipogenesis).
22. Sugar satisfies the hunger drive. So does starch. Fat is unsatisfying.
23. Sugar makes diabetes better.
24. Dieting causes hunger pains few can tolerate and sustain.
25. Low-carb diets cause ketosis (seen with serious sickness); suppressing the
appetite.
26. GLP-1 agonists (Ozempic) are derived from reptile venom. (Gila Monster)
27. GLP-1 agonists (Ozempic) make people too sick to eat (nauseas, vomiting,
diarrhea).
28. The McDougall Diet is the anti-Ozempic Diet.
29. Give in! Starches make you thin, healthy and satisfied.
General Medicine:
30. The body is always healing. Unfortunately, the damage continues.
31. Heart surgery does not save lives with chronic disease (old scars).
32. A low-fat diet stops chest pains (angina).
33. A low-fat starch-based diet lays the foundations for reversal of atherosclerosis.
34. Early detection is really late detection.
35. Breast, prostate, and colon cancer have been growing 10 years before discovery.
36. A starch-based diet slows and/or stops cancer growth.
37. PSA, mammograms, and colonoscopy are the ultimate in disease mongering
38. Aggressive treatment of diabetes kills.
39. Type 2 diabetes is nearly 100% curable with weight loss.
40. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease -- cow's milk can be the culprit.
41. Supersaturation of bile with cholesterol causes gallstones.
42. Die with your gallstones. Stop the pain with a low-fat diet.
The Doctor-Patient Relationship:
43. I cannot feel your pain.
44. I cannot remember my pain from yesterday. Time heals wounds.
45. Sick people take drugs, healthy people don’t.
46. Sick people have body parts checkered by surgical scars, healthy people don’t.
47. Stay away from doctors. The body will tell you about troubles that need
attention.
48. In order to "get “the cure,” you must stop "the cause.
49. Moderation kills:
50. Partial adherence is neither partial nor adherence.
51. Minor and occasional indulgences are often neither minor nor occasional.
52. Tell them to just eat sweet potatoes and broccoli.
53. Talk to John if anyone recommends anything for my family.
General Thoughts:
54. Consider yourself a healthy, trim person to be revealed by a starch-based diet.
55. People like to hear good news about their bad habits.
56. Civilized people protect their children.
57. Criminals take your money and hurt you. Someday members of the food and medical industries should face the fate as tobacco executives.
58. I want to be remembered by being on the right side of history.
59. Soon everyone will eat a starch-based diet by choice and/or necessity.
The wisdom of a lifetime of service toward healing patients and our world.
My best to all. May the days ahead be marvelous and filled with inspiration! Take care & be well!