Healthy Living Mini-Programs

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The McDougall Program for
Gut Health

This session promises insights that can transform your life. Backed by solid scientific evidence, discover the link between diet and common digestive issues and learn how the McDougall Diet can not only prevent but also reverse them.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to take charge of your digestive well-being. Also included in the course is a copy of the book, Digestive Tune-Up, including recipes for gut health and an in-depth guide to the Elimination Diet. Some of the many topics include:

Banishing Bad Breath (Halitosis)
Tackling Fatty Liver
Navigating Appendicitis
Preventing Colon Cancer
Relief from Hemorrhoids
Addressing Varicose Veins

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From the moment food touches your lips to the moment it exits, we'll delve into every aspect of how the McDougall program improves your gut health.

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From the moment food touches your lips to the moment it exits, we'll delve into every aspect of how the McDougall program improves your gut health.

Mary’s Mini-McDougall Diet®

Discover the authentic Mary’s Mini-McDougall Diet® as crafted by its originators, Dr. John and Mary McDougall.

Mary’s Mini-McDougall Diet® is a straightforward approach to weight loss centered around starch-based nutrition: a streamlined, rapid-adjustment version of the standard McDougall diet. It acts as a simplified resource for those who may find starting the McDougall program daunting – or need to accelerate their progress – and is a nutritionally balanced regimen to consider adopting for the long term, if not a lifetime.

Reboot your weight loss journey and regain your footing in healthy eating, all without the need for calorie counting or adhering to specific meal timings.
Combat cravings for sugar and high-fat foods effectively.
Learn an uncomplicated entry point to the regular McDougall diet.
Receive prompt guidance from the McDougall team to address any queries that arise (available within the online mini-course).

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Monotony is key. Choose one starch and one vegetable. Eat when you are hungry and until you are comfortably full.

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Monotony is key. Choose one starch and one vegetable. Eat when you are hungry and until you are comfortably full.

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Thank you for providing this course. I find this has helped me stay the course since I have a busy schedule that keeps me on the road traveling with little time to prepare food. I use rice as my main starch but also enjoy a bowl of microwaved oatmeal with berries in the morning before I head out for the day. I have experienced a surge of brain clarity, lessened pain from knee arthritis and decreased acid reflux. THANK YOU!!!!

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- Michele H.

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Thank you all for this wonderful program. I actually did this for 10 days and lost 12 pounds and was less achy. I also had more energy. I had surgery and ended up just eating whatever I could grab that was easy. I’m getting ready to do this program again and hoping to keep it going. I have been on a plant-based lifestyle for a few years but sometimes struggle with sugar cravings. I am going to work hard on this. Thank you again!

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- Teresa M.

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I am absolutely thrilled to be a part of learning and participating in this lifestyle. I so appreciate all of the education, science, experience, care, compassion and ability to make this change you have compiled for our benefit. It would take the average person 100 years to gather all this information on our own, and furthermore to make sense of the science and behavior involved.

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- Carla O.

"Mary’s Mini is basically a very simple starch-based weight loss program where you just choose one starch that you eat at every meal, the same starch every day for 10 days. Then you can add assorted green and yellow vegetables to the program, but you always eat the same starch, so if you choose potatoes that means you eat potatoes for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and any snacks in between meals, and to that you can add assorted green and yellow vegetables."

- Mary McDougall

Maximum Weight
Loss Program

Lose up to 15 pounds a month with a whole food, starch-based diet without going hungry or counting calories.

Learn the fundamentals of the McDougall Program for Maximum Weight Loss and specifically which foods to eat (and to avoid). This mini-course is designed to help you easily learn the most important aspects of how to lose weight in a safe and sustainable way.

Lose weight effortlessly by eating your favorite starch-centered comfort foods like potatoes, beans and rice
Never feel hungry again – as you may have experienced, diets that limit food and leave you hungry do not work long-term
Eat as much as you want of the right foods, when you want (with no calorie counting or time-specific eating windows)

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Our Fat Free Golden Gravy recipe over mashed potatoes is not only a community favorite, it's one of the many weight loss and comfort food ideas inside this course!

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Our Fat Free Golden Gravy recipe over mashed potatoes is not only a community favorite, it's one of the many weight loss and comfort food ideas inside this course!

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I also attended a 3-day in Santa Rosa; actually, I believe Dr McDougall’s last live 3-day event. March 6-8, 2020. Fantastic Event. This refresher is what I have been looking for!

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- Miky D.

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Thoroughly enjoyed this presentation! The Stop Light analogy was so meaningful and easy to grasp. Learned a lot! Thank you!

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- Susan M.

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Thank you, Dr. McDougall! Excellent presentation as usual! I’m 41 and I’ve been 2 years on your regular program by reading your books and implementing it and I’ve lost 40 pounds and gained my health back, just a little bit left to go now.

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- Michelle B.

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Heather this was a really great informative lecture. Lots of simple ideas which is just what I’m looking for. I hope to share what I’ve learned with my daughters who are working moms without a lot of time to cook. Thank you!

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- Paula T.

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I have found great benefits of free eating plant-based, whole foods, since my heart surgery, but have been cautious with some starches. I appreciate you opening up my choices!

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- Stephen D.

"If you haven’t eaten the best diet or lived a healthy lifestyle, now is the time to start. The body is very forgiving and has a tremendous ability to recuperate. You will be surprised and pleased by the results you experience on the McDougall Program for Maximum Weight Loss. Don’t waste another minute."

- John McDougall, MD

New

The Truth About Food

Alleviate the pain of chronic illness and start living the life you deserve.

The Truth About Food covers four main pillars of nutrition that are commonly misunderstood. After learning about these hot topics, you’ll know more about food and its effect on human health than most doctors, dietitians and nutritionists have learned throughout their years of professional training about these vital subjects.

The scientific facts about how much protein, fats, sugar and vitamins your body needs for optimal health
How osteoporosis is caused by excess protein and how to reverse it naturally
How fats and oils affect your heart health
The truth behind sugar and diabetes
The health benefits of eating starch, how whole plant foods provide complete nutrition, and the best sources of B12 and vitamin D
How to optimize your health with perfectly-packaged, nature-made foods

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Learn the science behind what makes Sweet Potato Beginnings an excellent example of delicious, easy-to-prepare food that can help heal your body.

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Learn the science behind what makes Sweet Potato Beginnings an excellent example of delicious, easy-to-prepare food that can help heal your body.

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Dr. McDougall thank you! Your lectures are ALWAYS so well presented and full of information. You make everything make sense and provide the research to support and prove it.

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- Cathleen L.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this part of the lecture series. I am sharing this info with my family and I can see how it is impacting their cooking choices when sauteing. Thank you for the slides it is helpful to have them for references.

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- Bev N.

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All the lessons were excellent! Part 4, however, was brilliant! Few people including MDs are aware of of this information! How tragic! Many thanks for enlightening us!

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- Gary L.

Aging Gracefully

The biggest fear we have as we get older is losing our ability to function – in particular, losing our mental functions. We want to make the best of – and ideally avoid – dementia.

The results of the McDougall program and McDougall diet have proven beyond the shadow of a doubt that you can make a difference as far as diseases that now take you in the prime of life.

Avoid Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia with safe, non-toxic, relatively inexpensive and effective treatments
Reverse common diseases like arthritis, heart disease and atherosclerosis, type-2 diabetes, kidney disease, osteoporosis, multiple sclerosis, depression and more
Preserve and improve cognitive health and gain additional benefits like lower insulin resistance, cholesterol, body weight and blood pressure

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Linda reversed heart disease, lost 50 pounds, and at 78 years old, lives a vibrant life and feels wonderful!

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Linda reversed heart disease, lost 50 pounds, and at 78 years old, lives a vibrant life and feels wonderful!

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Dr.McDougall is so knowledgeable. He is easy to learn from making it so understandable and interesting.

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- Bonnie A.

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Exceptional meal planning advice. The options are yummy and creative!

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- Kymberley S.

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Jeff Novick is amazing. He explains nutrition density so well. I will review his presentation again to remind me how to remain on the straight and narrow. Thank you!

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- Michael C.

"We need to focus on the things we can control today, not our genes, good luck or good fortune. The information within these lectures are messages that every doctor should be providing for their patients."

- John McDougall, MD

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