Interview with Dr. McDougall on COVID-19 and more

Many are interested in our simplified version of the McDougall diet which often creates much interest and many questions. Mary’s Mini-McDougall Diet® is offered as a way to ease the learning curve for those just starting our program and to increase the efficiency of the regular McDougall diet by simplifying food choices. Mary's Mini-McDougall Diet® is based on simplicity and monotony. It can help to lose weight and/or reset taste buds and get back "on the wagon" to following the basic McD

By John McDougall, MD If you have high blood pressure, your doctor may insist that your blood pressure must be lowered all the way to “normal” (110/70 mmHg* or less) – but he’s dead wrong. And no matter how much the pharmaceutical companies protest with their billions of dollars of marketing money for research and advertising, over-treatment of your hypertension increases your risk of heart attacks, strokes, and early death.  (*mmHg means “millimeters of mercury” and is the me

By John McDougall, MD The Medical Board of California approved their much-awaited Action Plan on February 6, 2014 to fulfill the requirements of SB 380.  Unfortunately, the Medical Board's actions may amount to nothing more than a couple of insignificant newsletter articles published biannually. On September 6, 2011, after the unanimous passage by both houses of the California State Assembly, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 380. The sole purpose of thi