It's true for me, too, Ellie! Also, sticking to store brand foods I end up with a bill that can be about $120 a month. I think oranges are the most expensive thing, and really. If I ended up going with sweet potatoes I could make it even cheaper (they have the vitamin C, too). I just have to cook them in a microwave and see if I like it.
@@RiDankulous I have been steaming and microwaving spuds along with some peas and sprouts .... simples ! I am still a massively heavy biffer but at least I know why I am fat and what I can do about it. The only problem is getting other people around me to accept this approach. Its amazing how addicted people are to dairy, meat, processed food, seed oils and so forth.
Me too! I dropped nuts, seeds, avocados, oils, processed foods of all kinds and my food bill is halved. We are ripped off when buying fancy upsold processed 'food' . I have a full shopping cart of veg and fruit for a fraction of the cost and it looks beautiful. My cooking has been simplified. I don't feel like I have to make complex recipes anymore with 25 ingredients! I feel like i have been released from food tyranny! HURRAY! P.S I lost 5 pounds this month too.
@@VeganV5912 I took off 35 pounds on potatoes only about 4 years ago and just watch the scale and go back on potatoes when I gain 5 pounds. Works like a charm!
Dr. McDougall, you and your potatoes have changed my life. In a few words, I grow them, I eat them, I spent less, I live more free. Thank you. So much.
@Milica Skenderovic, Mag. Pharm. Dr McDougall always says he prescribes medicine when people have malignant symptoms. Congratulations for realizing that most pharmaceuticals only deal with symptoms and not the root cause of these food related illnesses.
I couldn't have said it better! I have been telling my friends I want to start growing potatoes in my basement (I only have a patio, no yard) since I have a lot of unused space! I just need to teach myself how! lol
@@christianecatherinasils-me7992 Ich bin leider nicht bei Facebook, da kann ich leider nicht weiterhelfen, tut mir sehr leid! Aber die Bücher von Dr. McDougall, Caldwell Esselstyn und Familie kann ich sehr empfehlen, falls Sie nach Informationen suchen. Auf der Homepage von Dr. McDougall finden Sie auch kostenfrei sämtliche Infos, die man braucht, ebenso wie in unzähligen TH-cam Videos! Viel Erfolg Ihnen!
Steel cut or old fashioned oats with raisins, dried cranberries, and blueberries for breakfast. A Yukon gold potato with sauerkraut, Applesauce, 5 dates and an apple for lunch. Pasta or salad for dinner. I strictly did the McDougall diet for 6 months. Now I do the Pritikin diet. It allows 4 oz. Of lean chicken or fish. And low fat dairy. I have been doing this since 2019. Weighed myself yesterday and am 169 pounds. (Was 215 In 2018).
Dean Sherzai is a neuro doc. Loma Linda. I think you would mostly agree on what a healthy diet is. Usually questions like this misrepresent the position of one person vs. another. Missing any nuances
Dr. McDougall; on behalf of all the unhealthy vegetarians who you have SAVED - THANK YOU - God Bless You! I was a vegetarian for over 35 years and I was fat and miserable. Isn’t this crazy? When I read your book the Starch Solution I was so overcome with gratitude that you dedicated a whole Chapter to the ‘Fat Vegetarian.’ I began your diet that very day. I dropped all dairy, oil, nuts and seeds. Guess what? I have never lost weight so fast in my LIFE! I lost 40 lbs, went from size 14 to size 8 in only 3 months! And, I was post menopause!!!! You have changed the life of millions. Saving us from being trapped in miserable and uncomfortable bodies. God Bless you…. 💗💕💗
I got fat and sick enough I felt like what could it hurt to give this a try. Immediately my life changed. I used to be so constipated the only way I could have a bowel movement was to have a morning enema. I lived this way for most of my life. The first day of this diet I was fixed. Dr McDougal has many videos on colon issues that are right on point. I am so grateful for his work and putting this information out there. I say to anyone just try it and to Dr Mcdougal thank you.
What I truly appreciate about Dr Mcdougall is this: " if you can't figure out what to do about your health, just eat potatoes, or sweet potatoes and water, until you figure it out." The SIMPLICITY of the starch based diet, that stands alone in a sea of 'what to eat' confusion.
I just keep remembering that as a child growing up, the only thing I would eat was mashed potatoes, spaghetti, and cream of wheat. Those were my favorites, and would not eat the meat that my mother was trying to get me to eat. I had to make a wide circle to get back to that place.
Buy a few large buckets. Drill some drainage holes in the bottom. Put a small layer of compost at the bottom. Arrange potato eyes. Water the plants. Add more compost or potting soil as the potato grows. Can be grown on a small balcony. Tomatoes, radishes, spinach, beans, peas and sweet potato in the same way. Easy. Try it!
Potatoes cost $CDN 4.00 for a 10 pound bag and are frequently on sale for half that. You could not grow them that cheap. I can't see lugging buckets of dirt up 3 stories to my balcony!
Dr McDougall, thank you for repeating the same message for decades. I am slow to change and require hearing the same truth over and over and you are such a pleasant person to help.
Same here Steve. I am extremely slow to change. I don't trust a lot of information I hear or read but am slowly coming around to Dr. McDougall's way of thinking. I am starting to eat more vegetables for fiber to prepare to change my diet to a starch diet. I have MS and poor digestion so I tend to be extra careful in any changes I make. I hope you and I both are able to make and sustain the changes needed to follow this doctors great advice.
@@JoAnn_Vegan_USA I worked in Long Term Care, too...and you're right, it's sad to see people suffering in a place that contributes to the proliferation if illness and does nothing to help these people truly heal. It's the food that contributes to their decline. It's very sad.
Dr. McDougall is so right! Truth never has to change and when it works, it works!! Potatoes have definitely been helping me and I never seem to get tired of them because I can eat them so many different ways!
McDougaller here - May I even refer to myself as a Star McDougaller?? 😂 I started eating this way 20 months ago. I was obese and had a lot of minor health issues at age 42. Within a couple weeks, I was relieved of my constant headaches, heartburn, acid reflux, dizzy spells, heart palpitations, and aches and pains. Within 15 months I had lost 75lbs and now easily maintain a healthy BMI of 21. What an amazing revelation after decades of yo-yo dieting and trying every other “diet” I’d heard of! I’m so grateful to Dr. McDougall for continuing to share this information! ❤
I read your book "Starch solution" 7 months ago. Before I was a vegetarian and my health problems were always frustrating my life at that time ... High cholesterol, fatigue, weight gain even though I only ate 2 times a day, salads and low calorie meals ... I was frustrated. Since I started following your advice, I have lost 25 pounds. My cholesterol is perfect ... Your studies and efforts to give us all this information have paid off. I will be eternally grateful!
@32.50 I grew up on rice and beans. I ran out of rice and decided to give potatoes and beans a try and my body loved it. It felt as if my brain and guts were at the Olympics celebrating that I had finally figured out this simple nutritious combo after all these years.
McDougall is always right. I do weightlifting. In the bulking season, I eat rice and various beans. When summer is approaching, I switch to a potato and cabbage diet, and I get shredded. You can grate cheese (which I don't eat) on my abs.
You saved my life Dr. McDougall when you got me off Paleo in 2013. If you had not had Paleo in your description I would not have have watched your video. I was a die hard Paleo and I was mad at you when you criticized the Wheat Belly diet. But I kept watching more of your videos. I bought all your books and now I am a die McDougler . Thank you again for saving my health!!!!
Ditto. I am about a year post keto/low carb and my gut bacteria has been severely compromised as a result. Can't eat veggies like broccoli as I used to, just zucchini, mainly. It's slow going, but I'll get there. The thing that is saving my life right now is plantains, since they are astringent/resistant starch and they help with the diarrhea. Following a "pitta" dosha pacifying diet (Ayurveda), which coincides with the the starch based approach taught here.
I love, love, love fingerling or other small potatoes cut in half with dill relish. I roast sweet potatoes, potatoes and cook 4 cups of rice every Sunday then just have salads, steamed veggies and soups etc...with my favourite starches. I sailed through menopause, no symptoms at all and weigh the same as I did in high school. My last bloodwork was "immaculate" according to my doctor. Best healthy eating plan ever, it'sjust back to basics, simple. Good luck!
Same as me... I swapped all bread for baby boiled Potatoes... Usually I have smoked mackerel and boiled eggs for breakfast .. I lost 14lbs in first 6weeks and stayed at 170lb, doing gym Crossfit training 5 times a week... I'm not massive just athletic fast with max endurance
I agree - the potato has changed my life steamed potato - crisped in an air fryer = yum yum. My blood pressure was high and unstable. My blood pressure has normalized. Well compared to before. But I can now include exercise - so I'm really aiming at really getting healthy.
The green in potatoes is mainly caused by light exposure. It happens when growing them if they happen to become exposed, or when left out on the counter. With that said, simply cut off or peel off the green parts and eat away. As for the roots, simply cut them off and cut out the area right around where the root was and the potato is just fine to eat. Store potatoes in a cool, dry, and DARK place.
Dr. McDougall, like so many people have said, you have changed my life! I was so sick, physically and emotionally, and I would not have taken the leap had I not stumbled across your videos and your books. You make it all so very simple and unintimidating. I hope one day you win the nobel peace prize!
I went to mostly potatoe a year ago. I was chasing potassium. Soon potatoes was all I wanted and I did not get tired of them. Lost 38 pounds much to my surprise. Love potatoes.
I love your presentation dr McDougall and heather thank you for being a valuable blessing and inspiration with your dad , love the whole food plant based lifestyle so enjoyable 💝
When I was living in Jordan, I ate primarily potatoes and it was the healthiest I'd ever been. Now, watching these videos, I know he's completely right.
I have known this deep down for years and have tried every diet that deleted these foods. When I was fed up with diet fads… I decided to eat only what I wanted… plants and potatoes… for the first time in years I felt full and satisfied. Totally agree with you and this is exactly how I eat now and feel much better! Thank you!
It’s funny how listening to this in the background reduces my stress and anxiety. Maybe it’s because it’s strengthening what I already know to be true. Maybe because it separates out the bullshit. Idk. Love it.
Since starting my starch centered diet my cholesterol and triglycerides levels have plummeted and my blood pressure is lower. I've also lost weight and I eat all I want. Starch rocks.
You are a genius, dr. Mcdougall. I have been eating starches ever since i first listened to you 1 year ago. I finally feel hunger satisfied. I am so happy i found you. Thank you. I tell everyone.... eat more starch. (The more starch they eat, the less animals they eat.)
I have watched this lecture about 20 times now, and everytime I discover a new thing. It's my favorite video on youtube, and made me go plant based. 31 of august 2022 was my 1 year anniversary of going plant based, and iam never going back! Potato's for life!
Potatoes will never cause indigestion, it is my preferred food even though I grew up with rice The Starch Solution has made me healthy. Seven years eating starches and my blood work is perfect. I do love my potatoes & beans stew over rice, THANK YOU!
Basic foods, like potatos, along with rice, are associated with long life in MANY cultures around the world! Who does not like these foods? Pharmaceutical companies!
@Milica Skenderovic, Mag. Pharm. Cool! In my younger years, I was a pharmacy tech, then a bio-med electronics tech! I worked in both civilan and military hospitals.
O I will never get enough of these wonderful talks by you Dr Mcdougall!! Ty so much! I was eating a big bowl of split pea soup and a steamed potato while listening!!! 🤣Ty Heather for all you do also! Love you both!!!!❤️🥰🌺❤️
I have a suggestion to make,something I picked up in an article I read on the internet…put a sponge or two in your bag of potatoes in your fridge( this works for other veggies too) the sponge will draw up the moisture,this works and I keep a few sponges in my fridge and with my bags of veggies…from a happy potato lover🥰🥰🥰
Onions give off a gas which will cause other vegetables to spoil or to do other things. Storing raw potatoes in the fridge causes the starch to become simple sugars ruining the benefits of the tuber.
Will forever miss you dr. Mcdougall! You changed our life! Will miss your videos for sure as well as your consistency of information. It never changed. Thank you!❤
HI Thank you so much! This has been so paradigm shifting for me after following a low carb diet, [ which HAS reduced my cravings and blood sugar spikes and crashes, mainly due to having sourdough bread instead of the fast rise store bought white bread,] but this lecture has provided a grounding in solid knowledge as to what the real culprit was, and that is highly refined starches, Potatoes provide complex carbs so ALL GOOD. I am reminded of Rudolf Nureyev the famous Russian ballet dancer who had grown up in poor circumstances, eating only potatoes, but having a superb healthy athletic physique none the less! Shalom to us only in Christ Yeshua.
The only issue I seem to run into eating Dr. McDougall's recommended diet is that my finger nails tend to get very brittle when I cut out too much fat. Before going vegan my nails were extremely hard. Afterwards they may be half strength. Going low fat seems to really destroy them.
May I ask how low fat have you gone my friend? I still add some olive oil in my potatoes or salads or other starches and some corn oil in my pop corn and my nails seem greater than ever...
I noticed all these posts were in the middle of covid. My fingernails break easliy too but I have not changed my diet, in my case it was the dramatic increase of use of the waterless hand sanitizers.
Today, I ate potatoes, pasta and sourdough bread and was I blown away! I actually played really well today! (Tennis) I didn’t realize that I was getting weaker and weaker over time when I was on my diet. I have been eating predominantly rice, veggies and fruits and fish. I realized that I wasn’t eating enough carbs! I have been binge watching all of the videos in your channel, so I tried eating more carbs today. I actually felt stronger!!! Thank you so much, Dr. McDougall for sharing your knowledge! More power to you and your family and everyone around you!
I have tried the carnivore diet 5 times. It always makes me sick, and gives me diahrea for months. A fruit and vegetable diet has never, ever made me sick !
i now eat white potatoes, orange sweet potato, white sweet potato and red potatoes at every meal! Currently age 52, male, 6’3” tall, 175 lbs, LDL of 77. At age 48 I was 245lbs and LDL was 230!
All plants have some level of toxins, potatoes are especially toxic in the skins, but some are worse than others. Indigenous people in South America eat potatoes with a sauce made from types of clay which effectively detoxify the potatoes and makes them safe to eat.
I’ve been eating nothing, but potatoes and an oatmeal based “cheese” sauce for the past 33 days and I’m down 30 pounds with no exercise. I’m going to continue for the rest of this month and switch it up a little the next.
@@poppyseedprtheremix8362 Wonderful all around! You're going to be so pleasantly surprised when you start to exercise. The energy and recovery you have on a plant based diet is truly amazing!
Chef AJ, who also loves Dr McDougall, recommends eating two pounds of leafy greens a day. Add steamed kale to the potatoes every day, and you’ll have a much healthier diet. Basically, potatoes and oatmeal and leafy greens are my main diet as well.
@@MissAtson so true... especially when I’m trying to get away from fried foods... I’m reading Dr Bulsiewicz book “Fiber Fueled” right now... so similar to Dr McDougal’s plan of eating.. it’s fascinating and makes so much sense..
When i listen to my body, i got healthy. For 2-3 weeks after my cancer surgery, i didn’t have appetite for meat or anything. I ended up just eating steamed sweet potato & potato for 3 months straight.
Dr Macdougal and Heather, I’m 77, no medication’s, my grandson has type one diabetes he developed it at six years old, thank you so much I’m not hungry anymore Thank you very much, I never knew about the potato and I’ve been a vegan since I am 35
@@travist7777 I was wondering the same thing until I googled it. This is the first thing that popped up " Place the potatoes in a cardboard box, paper bag, mesh bag, or basket to ensure good ventilation. Plastic bags won't allow them to breathe and will shorten their shelf life considerably, so remove them from a plastic bag".
I know this is an "old" video but I have to ask whether "Sun Chokes/ Jerusalem Artichokes" are even better than potatoes due to there nutritional content? Btw I love all potatoes - these would be my first choice too. Unfortunately "The Starch Solution" is sold out in the UK
If you have Cuban roots, you know that yucca and malanga are two starch staples of the Cuban diet, so there are variations of the potato around the world that are excellent "starches"
Since 1st grade, in Armenia, my mother would always feed me and my sister bread with jam or bread with honey for breakfast, and she’d say, “Eat sugar so you do well in school.” I never ate eggs or meat for breakfast, and I was a straight A student. Potatoes have always been my favorite lunch or dinner food, albeit usually made with oils, but still. My husband and children, however, don’t like potatoes unless it’s tater tots. 😒
Dr McDougall, You truly are God sent. I just starting your program and can’t wait to see the results. I’ve been everywhere looking for, what you are helping your fellow man and woman with these last 4 decades. May God Bless you and your family, with long life. Christina A. 😊❤️🙏🏾
👍🏽Thanks helpful and interesting. Also intuitive to eat the same food we did as we were evolving. Add in organic whole food and plant based dietary lifestyle along with fasting and psychedelic therapy and immersion in nature.. we have all we need to be healthy when with our Mother Earth💚🙏🏽
Amazing simplicity like this can calm your system and synchronize it with your spirit so that you are open, if you so desire, to following a harmonious and healing existence, starting with your most basic function of eating and drinking.
I've never been thinner, my digestion has never been better, and my grocery bill has never, ever been less. Love and respect, and all my gratitude
It's true for me, too, Ellie! Also, sticking to store brand foods I end up with a bill that can be about $120 a month. I think oranges are the most expensive thing, and really. If I ended up going with sweet potatoes I could make it even cheaper (they have the vitamin C, too). I just have to cook them in a microwave and see if I like it.
@@RiDankulous I have been steaming and microwaving spuds along with some peas and sprouts .... simples ! I am still a massively heavy biffer but at least I know why I am fat and what I can do about it. The only problem is getting other people around me to accept this approach. Its amazing how addicted people are to dairy, meat, processed food, seed oils and so forth.
Me too! I dropped nuts, seeds, avocados, oils, processed foods of all kinds and my food bill is halved. We are ripped off when buying fancy upsold processed 'food' . I have a full shopping cart of veg and fruit for a fraction of the cost and it looks beautiful. My cooking has been simplified. I don't feel like I have to make complex recipes anymore with 25 ingredients! I feel like i have been released from food tyranny! HURRAY! P.S I lost 5 pounds this month too.
Couldn't of said it better.
Perfect!
RIP Doc your work will live on!
I went "potato" wfpb 6 years ago, lost 100 pounds, and kept it off. Me like potato. :-)
Sweet potatoes 🍠, Cook them and 🍃, Stir fry them. One minute. No oil !!!
@@VeganV5912 I took off 35 pounds on potatoes only about 4 years ago and just watch the scale and go back on potatoes when I gain 5 pounds. Works like a charm!
Congrats!!!😍
Do u eat russet, white & Idaho potatoes?
@@zpoedog , then why go off of them?
Dr. McDougall, you and your potatoes have changed my life. In a few words, I grow them, I eat them, I spent less, I live more free. Thank you. So much.
Sounds amazing, well done!
Have u lost any weight?
@Milica Skenderovic, Mag. Pharm. Dr McDougall always says he prescribes medicine when people have malignant symptoms. Congratulations for realizing that most pharmaceuticals only deal with symptoms and not the root cause of these food related illnesses.
I couldn't have said it better! I have been telling my friends I want to start growing potatoes in my basement (I only have a patio, no yard) since I have a lot of unused space! I just need to teach myself how! lol
💕💕💕💕
Yes, you´re absolutely right, Dr. McDougall. Here in Germany, starch is called "Stärke" and this word means strength.
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Hallo Daniela, ist Ihnen eine deutsche FacebookGruppe o.ä. bekannt? LG Christiane
@@christianecatherinasils-me7992
Ich bin leider nicht bei Facebook, da kann ich leider nicht weiterhelfen, tut mir sehr leid!
Aber die Bücher von Dr. McDougall, Caldwell Esselstyn und Familie kann ich sehr empfehlen, falls Sie nach Informationen suchen. Auf der Homepage von Dr. McDougall finden Sie auch kostenfrei sämtliche Infos, die man braucht, ebenso wie in unzähligen TH-cam Videos! Viel Erfolg Ihnen!
Wow!
Omg I love this!
Arthritis, Asthma, Diverticulitis, high blood pressure, and 50 pounds GONE on this diet. Thank you Dr.McDougall !!!
I feel 10 years younger!
How long did it take to see results ?
Please tell me your diet...every day routine
Steel cut or old fashioned oats with raisins, dried cranberries, and blueberries for breakfast. A Yukon gold potato with sauerkraut, Applesauce, 5 dates and an apple for lunch. Pasta or salad for dinner. I strictly did the McDougall diet for 6 months. Now I do the Pritikin diet. It allows 4 oz. Of lean chicken or fish. And low fat dairy. I have been doing this since 2019. Weighed myself yesterday and am 169 pounds. (Was 215 In 2018).
I immediately felt better. Lost 3 pounds a week like clockwork till 50 pounds was gone...then stabilized at 165 pounds.
Dean Sherzai is a neuro doc. Loma Linda. I think you would mostly agree on what a healthy diet is.
Usually questions like this misrepresent the position of one person vs. another. Missing any nuances
Dr. McDougall; on behalf of all the unhealthy vegetarians who you have SAVED - THANK YOU - God Bless You!
I was a vegetarian for over 35 years and I was fat and miserable. Isn’t this crazy? When I read your book the Starch Solution I was so overcome with gratitude that you dedicated a whole Chapter to the ‘Fat Vegetarian.’ I began your diet that very day. I dropped all dairy, oil, nuts and seeds. Guess what? I have never lost weight so fast in my LIFE! I lost 40 lbs, went from size 14 to size 8 in only 3 months! And, I was post menopause!!!! You have changed the life of millions. Saving us from being trapped in miserable and uncomfortable bodies.
God Bless you…. 💗💕💗
I got fat and sick enough I felt like what could it hurt to give this a try. Immediately my life changed. I used to be so constipated the only way I could have a bowel movement was to have a morning enema. I lived this way for most of my life. The first day of this diet I was fixed. Dr McDougal has many videos on colon issues that are right on point. I am so grateful for his work and putting this information out there. I say to anyone just try it and to Dr Mcdougal thank you.
U could have a sluggish or dead thyroid too. Very iodine deficient!
What exactly did you eat to fix constipation ? Did you eat a lot of cruciferous veggies?
Start taking magnesium constipation
What I truly appreciate about Dr Mcdougall is this: " if you can't figure out what to do about your health, just eat potatoes, or sweet potatoes and water, until you figure it out."
The SIMPLICITY of the starch based diet, that stands alone in a sea of 'what to eat' confusion.
Same goes for broccoli and rice! Both 'meals' are nutritionally perfect and require no thought
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@Phil Adams , haven't had Steamed kale & brown rice in years, that's another good combo with Dr. Braggs liquid aminos!
I just keep remembering that as a child growing up, the only thing I would eat was mashed potatoes, spaghetti, and cream of wheat. Those were my favorites, and would not eat the meat that my mother was trying to get me to eat. I had to make a wide circle to get back to that place.
Just picked up the book
The Starch Solution… my Irish and German ancestors would be so proud!
Buy a few large buckets. Drill some drainage holes in the bottom. Put a small layer of compost at the bottom. Arrange potato eyes. Water the plants. Add more compost or potting soil as the potato grows. Can be grown on a small balcony.
Tomatoes, radishes, spinach, beans, peas and sweet potato in the same way. Easy. Try it!
Potatoes cost $CDN 4.00 for a 10 pound bag and are frequently on sale for half that. You could not grow them that cheap. I can't see lugging buckets of dirt up 3 stories to my balcony!
Thx! Love this!
I love this man’s energy and soul 😂 he is a true rebel and is so passionate about this .
I’m German and I can confirm that “starch” in German is “Stärke”, and it also means strength, force, power, fortitude 🥰
Dr McDougall, thank you for repeating the same message for decades. I am slow to change and require hearing the same truth over and over and you are such a pleasant person to help.
Same here Steve. I am extremely slow to change. I don't trust a lot of information I hear or read but am slowly coming around to Dr. McDougall's way of thinking.
I am starting to eat more vegetables for fiber to prepare to change my diet to a starch diet. I have MS and poor digestion so I tend to be extra careful in any changes I make.
I hope you and I both are able to make and sustain the changes needed to follow this doctors great advice.
Faith comes by hearing and hearing...
@@JoAnn_Vegan_USA I worked in Long Term Care, too...and you're right, it's sad to see people suffering in a place that contributes to the proliferation if illness and does nothing to help these people truly heal. It's the food that contributes to their decline. It's very sad.
Dr. McDougall is so right! Truth never has to change and when it works, it works!! Potatoes have definitely been helping me and I never seem to get tired of them because I can eat them so many different ways!
McDougaller here - May I even refer to myself as a Star McDougaller?? 😂 I started eating this way 20 months ago. I was obese and had a lot of minor health issues at age 42. Within a couple weeks, I was relieved of my constant headaches, heartburn, acid reflux, dizzy spells, heart palpitations, and aches and pains. Within 15 months I had lost 75lbs and now easily maintain a healthy BMI of 21. What an amazing revelation after decades of yo-yo dieting and trying every other “diet” I’d heard of! I’m so grateful to Dr. McDougall for continuing to share this information! ❤
What did you eat and how?
I read your book "Starch solution" 7 months ago. Before I was a vegetarian and my health problems were always frustrating my life at that time ... High cholesterol, fatigue, weight gain even though I only ate 2 times a day, salads and low calorie meals ... I was frustrated. Since I started following your advice, I have lost 25 pounds. My cholesterol is perfect ... Your studies and efforts to give us all this information have paid off. I will be eternally grateful!
Already watched this 2 or 3 times. This is just such a good reminder for what to focus on when eating 🥔🌾🌽
This is my diet now for 3 years. Potatoes are my favorite starch.
You can’t be serious lol. Try sweet potato instead
You’re the best, Dr. McDougall! I never tire of hearing your talks.
@32.50 I grew up on rice and beans. I ran out of rice and decided to give potatoes and beans a try and my body loved it. It felt as if my brain and guts were at the Olympics celebrating that I had finally figured out this simple nutritious combo after all these years.
He is just beaming with pride at his daughter!
She looks just like him!
My breakfast today was mashed garlic potatoes and some steamed brussels! This is one of my favorite staple meals
McDougall is always right. I do weightlifting. In the bulking season, I eat rice and various beans. When summer is approaching, I switch to a potato and cabbage diet, and I get shredded. You can grate cheese (which I don't eat) on my abs.
This is such a noble cause 🙂 God bless the father daughter duo with long life. You are doing great service to humanity
I've always been a follower of Dr
McDougal. We're lucky to have you.
A 20 lb bag of potatoes is $10 where I live. I ate about half of that in a week… $5/week of food 😂 how can you beat that? And I feel amazing
You saved my life Dr. McDougall when you got me off Paleo in 2013. If you had not had Paleo in your description I would not have have watched your video. I was a die hard Paleo and I was mad at you when you criticized the Wheat Belly diet. But I kept watching more of your videos. I bought all your books and now I am a die McDougler . Thank you again for saving my health!!!!
Ditto. I am about a year post keto/low carb and my gut bacteria has been severely compromised as a result. Can't eat veggies like broccoli as I used to, just zucchini, mainly. It's slow going, but I'll get there. The thing that is saving my life right now is plantains, since they are astringent/resistant starch and they help with the diarrhea. Following a "pitta" dosha pacifying diet (Ayurveda), which coincides with the the starch based approach taught here.
I eat 1 pound of boiled potatoes every day. I am lean with a normal BMI.
How do you prepare them? What do you season them with?
What do you eat it with.
I love, love, love fingerling or other small potatoes cut in half with dill relish. I roast sweet potatoes, potatoes and cook 4 cups of rice every Sunday then just have salads, steamed veggies and soups etc...with my favourite starches. I sailed through menopause, no symptoms at all and weigh the same as I did in high school. My last bloodwork was "immaculate" according to my doctor. Best healthy eating plan ever, it'sjust back to basics, simple. Good luck!
Same as me... I swapped all bread for baby boiled Potatoes... Usually I have smoked mackerel and boiled eggs for breakfast .. I lost 14lbs in first 6weeks and stayed at 170lb, doing gym Crossfit training 5 times a week... I'm not massive just athletic fast with max endurance
I agree - the potato has changed my life steamed potato - crisped in an air fryer = yum yum. My blood pressure was high and unstable. My blood pressure has normalized. Well compared to before. But I can now include exercise - so I'm really aiming at really getting healthy.
The green in potatoes is mainly caused by light exposure. It happens when growing them if they happen to become exposed, or when left out on the counter. With that said, simply cut off or peel off the green parts and eat away. As for the roots, simply cut them off and cut out the area right around where the root was and the potato is just fine to eat. Store potatoes in a cool, dry, and DARK place.
Dr. McDougall, like so many people have said, you have changed my life! I was so sick, physically and emotionally, and I would not have taken the leap had I not stumbled across your videos and your books. You make it all so very simple and unintimidating. I hope one day you win the nobel peace prize!
@Milica Skenderovic good for you! I'll check it out..
I went to mostly potatoe a year ago. I was chasing potassium. Soon potatoes was all I wanted and I did not get tired of them. Lost 38 pounds much to my surprise. Love potatoes.
Thank you for this info. So well researched and yet so simple!
potatoes are my favorite food!!! so glad for this!! purple sweet potatoes and red ones are so good as well.yummmmmm
Potatoes, beans.and rice. I could live on that and be happy.
I do😊
Woefully inadequate!
I love your presentation dr McDougall and heather thank you for being a valuable blessing and inspiration with your dad , love the whole food plant based lifestyle so enjoyable 💝
When I was living in Jordan, I ate primarily potatoes and it was the healthiest I'd ever been. Now, watching these videos, I know he's completely right.
I have known this deep down for years and have tried every diet that deleted these foods. When I was fed up with diet fads… I decided to eat only what I wanted… plants and potatoes… for the first time in years I felt full and satisfied. Totally agree with you and this is exactly how I eat now and feel much better! Thank you!
It’s funny how listening to this in the background reduces my stress and anxiety. Maybe it’s because it’s strengthening what I already know to be true. Maybe because it separates out the bullshit. Idk. Love it.
And as he says....the word starch means "strength" in German
Since starting my starch centered diet my cholesterol and triglycerides levels have plummeted and my blood pressure is lower. I've also lost weight and I eat all I want. Starch rocks.
How long did this take?
What's your blood type? I'm type O & been on this diet amost 7 yrs & can't get cholesterol under 190 & tryglycerides are always high @ 250
@@jgrysiak6566
Do u took any fruit juices since starch diet ?
@@RAY-bg2po , got them out. Haven't had blood work done since Nov
Antioxidants can help in your Trygeseride plus cholesterol level
You are a genius, dr. Mcdougall. I have been eating starches ever since i first listened to you 1 year ago. I finally feel hunger satisfied. I am so happy i found you. Thank you. I tell everyone.... eat more starch. (The more starch they eat, the less animals they eat.)
The healthiest foods are the cheapest. best diet ever for my soccer and pocket. love your work dr. mcdougal
put spaces in your sentences or it becomes a hot link
@@johngaspar4425 thx haha didnt notice
Indeed😊
I have watched this lecture about 20 times now, and everytime I discover a new thing. It's my favorite video on youtube, and made me go plant based. 31 of august 2022 was my 1 year anniversary of going plant based, and iam never going back! Potato's for life!
Keep going, keep going
Potatoes will never cause indigestion, it is my preferred food even though I grew up with rice
The Starch Solution has made me healthy. Seven years eating starches and my blood work is perfect. I do love my potatoes & beans stew over rice, THANK YOU!
Thank you. Everybody should know this. More power to you.
Basic foods, like potatos, along with rice, are associated with long life in MANY cultures around the world! Who does not like these foods? Pharmaceutical companies!
@Milica Skenderovic, Mag. Pharm. Cool! In my younger years, I was a pharmacy tech, then a bio-med electronics tech! I worked in both civilan and military hospitals.
Yes😅😅😅
Well stated!
Says "potato" more times in this video than Al Pacino said "f#ck" in Scarface.
O I will never get enough of these wonderful talks by you Dr Mcdougall!! Ty so much! I was eating a big bowl of split pea soup and a steamed potato while listening!!! 🤣Ty Heather for all you do also! Love you both!!!!❤️🥰🌺❤️
I was watching live when this was on. It's a great program!
I have a suggestion to make,something I picked up in an article I read on the internet…put a sponge or two in your bag of potatoes in your fridge( this works for other veggies too) the sponge will draw up the moisture,this works and I keep a few sponges in my fridge and with my bags of veggies…from a happy potato lover🥰🥰🥰
If you've got potatoes, you've got a meal.
I am going to get a copy of the 📖 soon
Onions give off a gas which will cause other vegetables to spoil or to do other things. Storing raw potatoes in the fridge causes the starch to become simple sugars ruining the benefits of the tuber.
Will forever miss you dr. Mcdougall! You changed our life! Will miss your videos for sure as well as your consistency of information. It never changed. Thank you!❤
HI
Thank you so much! This has been so paradigm shifting for me after following a low carb diet, [ which HAS reduced my cravings and blood sugar spikes and crashes, mainly due to having sourdough bread instead of the fast rise store bought white bread,] but this lecture has provided a grounding in solid knowledge as to what the real culprit was, and that is highly refined starches, Potatoes provide complex carbs so ALL GOOD. I am reminded of Rudolf Nureyev the famous Russian ballet dancer who had grown up in poor circumstances, eating only potatoes, but having a superb healthy athletic physique none the less! Shalom to us only in Christ Yeshua.
Dr McDougall, you are a godsend! Thank you for all the work you do to keep us healthy!
Thoroughly enjoyed watching both parts. Thank you so very much for your kindness in sharing your invaluable life's work!
I'm "in" :-)
May Dr. McDougall rest in peace! Thank you for all your work!
One of the most persuasive Doctors I’ve ever listened to. Just an amazing teacher. 🌟😄
The only issue I seem to run into eating Dr. McDougall's recommended diet is that my finger nails tend to get very brittle when I cut out too much fat. Before going vegan my nails were extremely hard. Afterwards they may be half strength. Going low fat seems to really destroy them.
May I ask how low fat have you gone my friend? I still add some olive oil in my potatoes or salads or other starches and some corn oil in my pop corn and my nails seem greater than ever...
@@ilianto No overt fats at all. I seem to do a lot better when I eat a little peanut butter daily.
@saul brittle nails is a sign of protein deficiency
@@SjarMenace low calcium u can add egg shells and low thyroid
I noticed all these posts were in the middle of covid. My fingernails break easliy too but I have not changed my diet, in my case it was the dramatic increase of use of the waterless hand sanitizers.
OMG! Mid-forties? Heather looks thirty at most! Congratulations! That's the best argument supporting the McDougall diet!
Dr. M is 74 and only looks 94!
@@itzakehrenberg3449 Well, he never concealed the fact that he was very ill in his youth and survived a major stroke before he turned vegan.
I love these videos McDougall imo is genuinely hilarious, in the best of ways.
Today, I ate potatoes, pasta and sourdough bread and was I blown away! I actually played really well today! (Tennis) I didn’t realize that I was getting weaker and weaker over time when I was on my diet.
I have been eating predominantly rice, veggies and fruits and fish. I realized that I wasn’t eating enough carbs!
I have been binge watching all of the videos in your channel, so I tried eating more carbs today. I actually felt stronger!!!
Thank you so much, Dr. McDougall for sharing your knowledge! More power to you and your family and everyone around you!
This is a wonderful lecture. I'm looking better and feeling better all the time. Thank you Dr. McDougall.
I have tried the carnivore diet 5 times. It always makes me sick, and gives me diahrea for months. A fruit and vegetable diet has never, ever made me sick !
Just bought myself a big bag of potatoes 😊
They are so nice😊
Truth doesn't change. I appreciate Dr. McDougall's confidence and consistency in his beliefs.
Thank you very much for this information, appreciate it, and I am a potatoes eater. 🥔😃
i now eat white potatoes, orange sweet potato, white sweet potato and red potatoes at every meal!
Currently age 52, male, 6’3” tall, 175 lbs, LDL of 77.
At age 48 I was 245lbs and LDL was 230!
👍🙂
All plants have some level of toxins, potatoes are especially toxic in the skins, but some are worse than others. Indigenous people in South America eat potatoes with a sauce made from types of clay which effectively detoxify the potatoes and makes them safe to eat.
What, Bentonite Clay? Lmk😊
I will be preserving 100 lbs of sweet potatoes this week. Never microwave your food. It ruins all the enzymes and nutrition
He’s such a proud papa at the intro :)
I’ve been eating nothing, but potatoes and an oatmeal based “cheese” sauce for the past 33 days and I’m down 30 pounds with no exercise. I’m going to continue for the rest of this month and switch it up a little the next.
Please do some form if exercise. We need movement. Just walking 30 minutes a day is so good for our mind and body. Enjoy nature.
@@cares3262 it’s starting to get nice outside so I will 😊
Congratulations!
@@poppyseedprtheremix8362 Wonderful all around! You're going to be so pleasantly surprised when you start to exercise. The energy and recovery you have on a plant based diet is truly amazing!
Chef AJ, who also loves Dr McDougall, recommends eating two pounds of leafy greens a day. Add steamed kale to the potatoes every day, and you’ll have a much healthier diet. Basically, potatoes and oatmeal and leafy greens are my main diet as well.
I dig the tie, Doc
I have an air fryer... it makes the best French fry’s and potatoes with no oil...
I absolutely love the air fryer. Such a great tool in this way of eating
@@MissAtson so true... especially when I’m trying to get away from fried foods... I’m reading Dr Bulsiewicz book “Fiber Fueled” right now... so similar to Dr McDougal’s plan of eating.. it’s fascinating and makes so much sense..
Love Dr. McDougall!! Great informative video. Thank you for all you do. I have 2 of your books. Life changing for me.
Dear Dr.McDougall you have changed also my life. Thank you
Love this. Thank you, Dr. McDougall. (Just a thought, you've most likely heard of "Spuds McKenzie", I know crown you, "Spuds McDougall"!)
When i listen to my body, i got healthy. For 2-3 weeks after my cancer surgery, i didn’t have appetite for meat or anything. I ended up just eating steamed sweet potato & potato for 3 months straight.
@@EverythingLvl what’s non food?
Dr Macdougal and Heather, I’m 77, no medication’s, my grandson has type one diabetes he developed it at six years old, thank you so much I’m not hungry anymore
Thank you very much, I never knew about the potato and I’ve been a vegan since I am 35
@@carolpessin4006potstoes are life
Simple diet. Yes, it's so simple, but I actually eat more variety now than I ever did before Plant Based.
Such a great lession! Thank you both - may God bless you!
@Milica Skenderovic, Mag. Pharm.
Oh, i looked for your channel and subscribed - very interesting content! Thank you! Good luck!
I love spuds!
Great dr ,,,,you change d my thinking of potato
Thank you so much
Thank you so much for this wonderful information and your lifelong work !!!
Love you two and thank you 🙏🏾 😊 you have helped me tremendously.
Upset me that military insurance won’t pay for a nutritionist unless I’m diabetic. Horrible. They know nothing
Ah yup😊
Is there a backstory or was that just some sort of Tourettes posting?
I eat potatoes everyday Is 100% plant based
Yeees😊
Never store your potatoes in plastic bags store in paper bags in the dark and cool place
Why not plastic?
@@travist7777 I was wondering the same thing until I googled it. This is the first thing that popped up " Place the potatoes in a cardboard box, paper bag, mesh bag, or basket to ensure good ventilation. Plastic bags won't allow them to breathe and will shorten their shelf life considerably, so remove them from a plastic bag".
Thank you Dr. McDougall and Heather for this brilliant podcast. Much appreciation.
Love your information, thank you!
I know this is an "old" video but I have to ask whether "Sun Chokes/ Jerusalem Artichokes" are even better than potatoes due to there nutritional content? Btw I love all potatoes - these would be my first choice too. Unfortunately "The Starch Solution" is sold out in the UK
If you have Cuban roots, you know that yucca and malanga are two starch staples of the Cuban diet, so there are variations of the potato around the world that are excellent "starches"
I have Cuban friends & they never eat those. Just fried plantains!
Since 1st grade, in Armenia, my mother would always feed me and my sister bread with jam or bread with honey for breakfast, and she’d say, “Eat sugar so you do well in school.” I never ate eggs or meat for breakfast, and I was a straight A student. Potatoes have always been my favorite lunch or dinner food, albeit usually made with oils, but still. My husband and children, however, don’t like potatoes unless it’s tater tots. 😒
I’d listen to this everyday to detox from keto mindset, those doctors saying carbs aren’t essential.
"Detox"??? Lol!!!
so informative and interesting, cant wait for part 2
"I developed a passion" is a beautiful statement and what most people lack for true positive impactful change to their lives.
Dr McDougall, You truly are God sent. I just starting your program and can’t wait to see the results. I’ve been everywhere looking for, what you are helping your fellow man and woman with these last 4 decades. May God Bless you and your family, with long life. Christina A. 😊❤️🙏🏾
Yes 😊
👍🏽Thanks helpful and interesting. Also intuitive to eat the same food we did as we were evolving. Add in organic whole food and plant based dietary lifestyle along with fasting and psychedelic therapy and immersion in nature.. we have all we need to be healthy when with our Mother Earth💚🙏🏽
Amazing simplicity like this can calm your system and synchronize it with your spirit so that you are open, if you so desire, to following a harmonious and healing existence, starting with your most basic function of eating and drinking.
Yes 😊
I’m new to plant base and hearing so much of your dad and I’m ready to order the book. Starch Solution.