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The Starch Solution: Eat the Foods You Love, Regain Your Health, and Lose the Weight for Good!
The Starch Solution: Eat the Foods You Love, Regain Your Health, and Lose the Weight for Good!
The Starch Solution: Eat the Foods You Love, Regain Your Health, and Lose the Weight for Good!
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The Starch Solution: Eat the Foods You Love, Regain Your Health, and Lose the Weight for Good!

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From Atkins to Dukan, fear of the almighty carb has taken over the diet industry for the past few decades-even the mere mention of a starch-heavy food is enough to trigger an avalanche of shame and longing. But the truth is, carbs are not the enemy. Now, bestselling author John A. McDougall, MD, and his kitchen-savvy wife, Mary, prove that a starch-rich diet can actually help us lose weight, prevent a variety of ills, and even cure common diseases. By fueling the body primarily with carbohydrates rather than proteins and fats, listeners will feel satisfied, boost energy, and look and feel their best.

Including a 7-Day Sure-Start Plan, helpful weekly menu planner, and nearly 100 delicious, affordable recipes, The Starch Solution is a groundbreaking program that will help listeners shed pounds, improve their health, save money, and change their lives.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 27, 2016
ISBN9781515982166
The Starch Solution: Eat the Foods You Love, Regain Your Health, and Lose the Weight for Good!

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    It's about time I've read a book by Dr. McDougall. I've been hearing about him and seeing random tidbits from him here and there ever since I went vegan five years ago. This book just might be a life-changer for me. Even though I have never bought into low-carb diets and would always defend healthy carbs in whole grains, beans, fruits, and vegetables, I still held onto some carb-phobia, thinking I needed more fat and more protein to be healthy and satisfied. Now once and for all, I am convinced by the scientific evidence in this book, Dr. McDougall's decades of experience with his own/his patients' diets, and my own recent experimentation with my diet that a healthy high carb/starch diet will not make you fat, will not give you diabetes, and is, indeed, satisfying. That last part about it being satisfying is a huge deal for someone like me to say. I'm a lifelong food addict and have been overweight or obese (mostly obese) since I was 8 years old. I am rarely satisfied; I either go hungry after a meal if I eat a "normal" sized portion, or I stuff myself to discomfort. There is almost never middle ground, but I've noticed that eating starches gets me to that nice, physically, and most importantly for me, psychologically satisfied middle ground.

    A low-fat mostly whole foods plant-based diet with no calorie counting has worked for me in the past, but I wasn't satisfied often enough, so I went back to old habits even though I had lost 20 pounds. I realize now I wasn't satisfied because I was avoiding eating rice or potatoes or other high starch foods with my meals, and I was skipping out on fruit almost entirely. The only reason I was avoiding these things was because of some pseudo-science metabolic type diet book and just the general carb-phobia in our culture.

    I am glad Dr. McDougall included a chapter called The Fat Vegan. I can't stand when some writers mislead people when they say stuff like, "If you go vegan, I promise you will lose weight." or "Fat vegans are extremely rare." Yeah, right! Maybe I lost like 2 pounds when I went vegan, but I then quickly gained it back plus about another 20 when I figured out where to buy all the fatty vegan products (nondairy sour cream, cream cheese, cheese, butter, cookies, etc.) and how to eat for comfort just like I used to with nonvegan food. It's about time that writers start making the distinction between a low fat plant-based diet that can help you lose weight and a vegan diet done solely for ethical reasons (which can include chips, vegan cookies, cakes, pie, ice cream, french fries, tater tots, dark chocolate, and the list goes on).

    10 people found this helpful

  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I went into this expecting it to strictly focus on the diet aspect, but was pleasently surprised to find it incredibly well rounded, including ethics as well as nutrition, both equally important in my opinion. This isn't a diet in the traditional sense, but reverting back to our ancestral lifestyle of delicious whole foods that allow us to eat to live, and not to live just to eat. Highly recommend!

    1 person found this helpful

  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This book is literally life saving. This book includes detailed nutritional information and science based facts relating to how we should be eating for optimal health and disease prevention. I am recommending this book to all my friends and family members.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Really great book for food information made easy. Very informative
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    So much information i love the facts I will read it again‼️
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I will try out the starch diet. It seems easy and good.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Dr McDougall is a legend, his explanations leave no room to misinterpret the simple lesson of a starch based approach to good health.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    Will not play the audio book on scribd subscription
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    THIS IS A MUST READ. VERY VALUABLE INFORMATION ON STOCKING YOUR STAPLES TO ENSURE SUCCESS!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Fantastic, wish I had listened to Dr. McDougall years ago and I might never have wasted 10 years overweight.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    These are complicated notions about health and diet that are communicated in a clear, convincing manner. There are plenty of practical suggestions to get started. If you succeed, you could save your life!
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    There's no science presented to back up any statements, only vauge uncritical cherry picking of poorly correlated events like "gladiators ate barely and they were strong", " ketosis is a sickness because people on keto look sick", and "I had a stroke when I was younger therefore meat is s bad".
    I'm not claiming he is wrong, but there is no critical research to draw his conclusions from. Mostly personal and antidotal stories, many points which contridicts large amounts of existing research, like meat is unhealthy, fat makes you fat, grains help you lose weight, protein and fat don't make you feel full - because the author doesn't feel full on meat.
    This reads like a sales pitch and really can only help people who want to keep eating a lot of carbs. And are currently eating an awful diet.

    6 people found this helpful

  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    One of the rare times in my life that I will buy a book, i checked this out from the library to see if I like the recipes, and, as I do, i will buy it as a reference book for my Kindle.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    The man's a rare genius and makes more sense than I've heard in a long time. Highly recommended for everyone.