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Maralyn Millar: Pain & Discomfort Free from Rheumatoid Arthritis
Elena: Diabetes, Heart Attack & Subsequent Recovery
Tim Kaufman: Changed His Diet & Changed His Life
Peggy Fought Ovarian Cancer by Changing to a Starch Based Diet
Mark’s Cardiologist Told Him He Wouldn’t See His 64th Birthday
Star McDougaller: No Longer Suffers from Debilitating Arthritis Pain
Stacy: Lost Over 50 lbs. and Stopped 3 Medications Simply By Changing Her Diet
Gustavo: Lost Over 70 Pounds, Regained His Health and His Passion for Life
Jeff: Lost Over 100 Pounds, No Longer Suffers from a Long List of Health Problems
Phyllis: Changed her Diet in 2001 After She Was Diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Paul: Lost Weight and No Longer Suffers from Severely Painful Intestinal Issues
Jerry: Cured his Heart Disease by Switching to a Starch Based Diet
Evan: Got Rid of his Fatty Liver and Lost Weight
Nancy: Lost Weight and Lowered Her Cholesterol
Judith: Needlessly Suffered from Many Chronic Illnesses for 40 years
Sharon: Loves Trying Recipes in the McDougall Cookbooks and Has Lost Over 30 lbs.
Tarver: Lost Weight & Regained His Health by Eating a Starch Based Diet
Rebecca Lewis: MS No Longer Controls Her Life
Nina & Randa Nelson: Cure Embarrassing Acne & Oily Skin
Peggie: No Longer Suffers from Acid Reflux
Valerie & Ed: Lowered Cholesterol & Blood Pressure
Paula: No Longer Suffers from the Debilitating Effects of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Paula: Tells why she had to come to an Advanced Study Weekend
Daniel: Has taken back control of his health
Dan: No longer needs blood pressure meds
Brett: Lost weight and regained health
Dr. Walter Vermeulen’s patients in Samoa are sick and dying because of the Western Diet
Judy Patti: Lost weight and no longer spends $800 on medications
Randy: Lost over 70 pounds and is off all medications after 2 Transient Ischemic Attacks in 6 months
Jo Lynne: No longer suffers from severe pain in her feet
Frank: Whole Foods Market Team Member Lost Nearly 160 Pounds
Steve: Changes to Starch Based Diet, Regains Health
George Goff: Triple Bypass Surgery
Elaine: Chronic Illness, Obesity, Type-2 Diabetes
Joani & Mark: Sick Overweight Vegetarians
Roberta Joiner: lost weight and no longer suffers from severe pain
Ed Smith: Lowered PSA, Lost Weight, Gained Health
Ellen Jaffe Jones: Beating the Genetic Odds
Bill Zahlar: Suffered Massive Heart Attack
Norm Weinstein: Lost 250 Pounds
Jackie Swoboda: Cured Rheumatoid Arthritis
Phyllis Heaphy: Cured of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Karen Barrow: Lost 100 Pounds & Kept it Off
James Brown: High Blood Pressure & High Cholesterol
John Roberts: High Cholesterol & Upper Respiratory Illnesses
Ann Wheat: Constipation & Abdominal Pains
Barbara Leary: Suffered from Type-2 Diabetes
Mary Duffield: Cures Obesity & Hypertension
Sondra Berk: Suffered with Crohn’s Disease for Years
Juliea Baker: Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Michael Goldberg: Type-1 Diabetes w/o Complications
Andres and Alex Vallejo: Found New Health & Hope
Caroline Duke: No Longer Suffers from Psoriasis
Benjamin Eksouzian: Cures Type-2 Diabetes
Mark Jones: Cures Arthritis, Heart Disease & Obesity
Cloudy Rockwell: Loses a Hundred Pounds
Jeb McIntyre: Lost Weight and Regained his Health
Jessica Bowen: My Winning Battle with Breast Cancer
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Ashlynne: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis -NEW
Taylor has lost 70 pounds since discovering The Starch Solution – NEW
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Al: Got off Statins, Healed GERD and Returned to his College Weight! -NEW
Janice: Her Inflammation Dropped Along with Her Excess Weight
Jason Davis: The McDougall Immersion Program Changed My Life -UPDATE
Samantha: Lost over 100 Pounds and Made a Lifestyle Change for Her Growing Family
Tiffany How Jaundice and Joint Replacement Led Her to The Starch Solution
Vance: Lost 92 pounds
Sheldon: The Starch Solution Was My Solution
Kayla: Starch Made Her Diet Sustainable
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John: Keeps Up with His Love for Adventure
Phil: Cured Irritable Bowel Syndrome & Took Up Competitive Cycling
Melysa: Ticking Time Bomb Turned Off
Roger: John McDougall, MD & The McDougall Plan Changed My Life
Anna Shives: Down 60 Pounds and Counting
Sue Pratt: Finds Success After 10 Years of “Yo-Yo Dieting”
John: Reversed His Diabetes and Beat His Family Genetics
Kiki: What a Change Has Taken Place in My Life!!
Shelly: Finds The Starch Solution and Regains Her Life
Kate: Terminal Prognosis Turns Into Tremendous Results
Star Lauralee: Cures Inflammation and Completes IronMan
Randy: McDougall Soups for the Win
Christine: Cured Crohn’s Disease
Jennifer: Loses an Average of 0.3 Pounds Per Day
Christopher Falcone: A Family’s Transformation
Esther: Her New Life
Raynal: Discovered the Power of Plants Before Age 21
Linda Chalmers: Cured High Blood Pressure & Lost Weight
Fran Myers: Discovered the Starch Solution, Lost weight, Now Pain Free
Marjorie Hart: Low-Carb Enthusiast Turned Starch Strong and Dialysis Free
Claudia Dealmeida: Had Debilitating Migraines, Now Pain Free
Michael Glaser: Lost 80 lbs, Overcame Rheumatoid Arthritis, Fully Enjoys His Life
Maralyn Millar: Free of Pain & Discomfort from Rheumatoid Arthritis
Vickie Barlow: Lost 63 lbs, No Longer has Gout or Arthritis
Donna Kondrak: Lost 60 lbs. No Longer Needs Diabetes Medications
Gain John: Hypertension, Lost 66 Pounds, Has Loads of Energy
Josh: Lost 100+ Pounds & Kept His Cholesterol Under 120
Bethany: Conquering Rheumatoid Arthritis
Gabrielle: Overcame Ulcerative Colitis
Chrystal Lax: Lost 80+ Pounds, Feels & Looks Younger Than Ever
Amanda Carlson: Went No Oil and is Now More Fit Than Ever
Gerard Talamo: Lost 31 Pounds in Only Six Weeks
Jane Golson: Having the Time of Her Life
Syd Wyemann: My Hands Were Crippled With Arthritis
Lyndall Shick: Had Her First Heart Attack at 41
Bobby Andersen: The Plant-Fueled Trucker, Wants to Help Millions of People with His Success Story
Kim Hoffman: Beating MS!
Diane Weedling: Diet Freed Me from Lupus and Medical Specialists
Benji Kurtz: A Relatively ‘Healthy’ Obese Person
Shannon Woods — World Class Athlete: on the Verge of Obesity
The Weaver Family: Conquering Ulcerative Colitis, Family Heart Disease & Finding Vibrant Family Life
Nicole S. O’Shea: Cured Crippling Psoriatic Arthritis & Skin Psoriasis with Diet
Karen Cooper, MSW, LICSW: “I Can’t Have MS!”
Leslie Craine: Cured RA (rheumatoid arthritis)
Amy Fewel: Cures Herself of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ron M: How One Man Put an End to All of His Problems
Ryan Schultz, DVM (veterinarian) Cures Himself of Crohn’s Disease
Jessica Bowen: My Winning Battle with Breast Cancer
Mary Duffield: Cures Obesity & Hypertension
Cloudy Rockwell: Loses a Hundred Pounds
Karen Barrow: Lost 100 Pounds & Kept it Off
Phyllis Heaphy: Cured of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ellen Jaffe Jones: Beating the Genetic Odds
Juliea Baker: Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Debbie Cockrell: Rheumatoid Arthritis
John Staley: Lost Half a Person 22 Years Ago
Stinker: Overweight, Cholesterol
Dan Brotherton: Overweight, High Blood Pressure
Joe Jacob: Overweight, Cholesterol
Uncle Buck: Permanently Cures Obesity
Joyce Shank: Cures Obesity, Arthritis
Lars P. Lidberg: Painful Arthritis, Cholesterol
Anneliese Moore: Breast Cancer Treated with Diet
Cheryl M. Lambert: Cures Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Christine Sorenson: Cures Obesity, Weightlifter
Pat and Marge Luyk: Elderly Recover with Diet
Mike Wilson: Cures Obesity: 450 pounds down to 185 pounds
Sabrina Nelson: Cured Relapsing Polychondritis
Ruth Heidrich: Defeats Cancer and Osteoporosis, Breast Cancer
Jean Brown: Cures Rheumatoid Arthritis
Jessica Parsons: Sheds 90 Pounds, Cures Obesity
Joan Isa: Hiatal Hernia, GERD, Indigestion
Jan: Better Health, Overweight
Vanessa: Lupus Nephritis
Mary Lou Sheehan: Hypertension, Diabetes
Gerald Klosky: Obesity, Type-2 Diabetes, Hypertension
Scott Raphael, N.D.: Type-2 Diabetes, Obesity
Scott Haas: Cures Hypertension
Robin Avery: Singer, Overweight
Roberta Varney: Weight Problems
Rich Richardson: Heart Disease
Nat Cohen: Elderly Recover with Diet
Mayra: Almost Lost to Lupus
Lassie Nelson: Lost 135 Pounds: Cures Morbid Obesity
Kelly G.: Cures Morbid Obesity
Kathy Roberts: Model – No Longer Overweight
June Ziegler: Depression, Heart Disease, Overweight
Joseph Wysoki: Physician, Cholesterol, Overweight
Jon Hess: Reversing Heart Disease
Jason Wyrick: Cured Type-2 Diabetes and Obesity
Howard Bartner: Coronary Heart Disease, Hypertension
Evelyn Johnson: Helping Others, by Example
Dan McCrady: Overweight, Athlete
Dan Curtin: Depression, Hypertension, GERD, Obesity
Christensen / Alexander Families: Vegan Family
C. Scott Campbell: IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
Burgess Laughlin: Dermatitis, Arthritis, Bursitis, Tendonitis, Iritis
Barbara Ellicott: Hypertension, Marathon Runner
Ashley: Compulsive Overeating, Obesity
Anne Heineman: Lost Over 70 Pounds
Paula: Cured Endometriosis
Deb Tasic: Stops Multiple Sclerosis
Jim Ettinger: Heart Disease, Cholesterol, Hypertension
Jeff Armstrong: Weight Loss, Sleep Apnea
Jeff Kristad: Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Edna Roseberry: Elderly, Angina, Reverses Heart Disease
Peter Rogers, MD: Heals Self
Donna McFarland: Diagnosed with MS; Food Became My Medicine
Darrell Woodruff, MD & Norma Woodruff
Kelly Caraway: Choosing diet over drugs after a heart attack
Charles Alexander: Listen to your body’s wake up calls
Joanne Irwin: Reduces Cholesterol, Cures Arthritis, Helps Others
Michelle Bachmann: loses over 100 pounds
Teresa Rodriguez: Learning to Love Myself Again
Beth Burns: Goodbye to Migraines!
Mary Splady: Standing up to the Osteoporosis Hype
Donna Byrnes: Conquering my weight issues after 40 years
Nettie Taylor: Finally Winning the Weight Battle
Robert Cross: Formerly Dying from Heart Disease
Joyce Rainwater: Overcoming Obesity for Good
Meredith Fishman: Running Marathons after Debilitating Rheumatoid Arthritis
Andrew: Recovered from Severe Ulcerative Colitis
Joyce Rossi: From Crippled to Running
Cathy Stewart: Loses 150 Pounds
Elizabeth TeSelle: Beyond Veganism
George Sanders: Freeing Myself of Metabolic Syndrome
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