I adopted the Starch Solution Diet three yrs. ago: I lost 20 lbs., my cholesterol went from 273 to 176 (no meds). Sugar level was in pre-diabetic range, now normal. Since I feel satiated (not hungry, after eating potatoes, lentils, corn with veggies, as much as I want), I feel this is sustainable and long-term. One of the best things I’ve done for myself, thank you, Dr. McDougall!
@@louisepotts1806 Louise, this is a good question, as in my case, it was not immediate. First year, cholesterol went down to 210, second year plateaud (I was frustrated, but kept going, as other benefits outweighed this), then at end of third year, finally hit 176! Apparently, some people go down fast (in mths), but about 2%, go down slowly, like me. But I’m so glad I stuck with it, as my mother now has late-onset dementia (she’s 88) & a vegan diet w/ normal cholesterol levels has decreased my chances of getting it significantly (apparently 50%+).
@@sk.n.9302 , Thank you so much for your reply. I go for a cholesterol retest next Wednesday. It's only been six months for me. My original number was very close to 300. I also carry the gene for the potential early onset of dementia. I am encouraged by your story. I won't give up if my numbers haven't moved as much as I hoped in these six months. If I can achieve anything closer to 150 I would be elated. I dread having to go in a statin. 🙂
I would like to thank sweet potato as part of my family's life. My family will not survive without sweet potato due to us being poor. Sweet potato is very easy to grow and very nutritious.
I couldn't agree more and totally relate as I was a holistic nurse for 33 years and forced to be a needle and pill pusher when I, like you, learned all I could about real nutrition based on how the body systems actually work ! Dr. McDougall and Dr.Bernard have been instrumentals in my better undersanding of all this. I grew up with plenty of rice, potatoes , flat bread, veggies and fruits but kept being told i had to eat more red meat to raise my iron. Only it kept going lower. Now after being whole plant based starch based diet , with lots of potatoes even in my rice veggie curry dishes (yum), chick peas, and lentils added brought up my iron once I stopped eating fleshmeats and dairy ! Thank you Doc ! Much love to you and your family ; your legacy lives on ! ❤❤❤
We are pescetarians that grow about 95% of our yearly food supply in one of our 7 (10,000 SF total) garden plots, greenhouses, etc., here on our mini-farm/homestead in East TN USA. "Tators" take up one full plot (about 1,200 SF,) usually red-skinned potatoes. We mainly eat them for breakfast, about 4 times a week and love them! We are very healthy and happy! Blessings to you and your family Dr. McDougall and all who read my comment.
oooo … do you do aquaculture / aquaponics stuff? farm some fish? 😊 I haven’t gotten fish yet, but the idea looks pretty great! 💜 using fish-water on the plants, and drain the plants back into the pond / tank. so they recycle each other’s nutrients.
No wonder I crave them often and like to consume them even with no salt or sauces, spices and feel satiated eating them. But it’s important to make sure they are grown in a clean region with no pesticides/chemicals
I enjoy listening to Dr. MCDOUGALL. His lecture are always helpful and honest. I also laugh a little too. He has a great sense of humor. I want to be like that when I am that age. He is a very charismatic man.
Oh yes the people of Ireland, but also the Belgians are big potatoes eaters. ..I was born in Belgium and we eat every day as a staple food Potatoes! Thank you Dr macdougall.
Potatoes are amazing. I love them! Sweet potatoes are my fav! As a vegan I love steaming potatoes or baking them. Yum and this doctor is amazingly smart. This was an interesting presentation. I loved it.
I don’t even need to see the whole video, but I hundred percent agree with this guy just aura and energy. I could tell you tell him the truth. He so excited about the great news.
Potatoes are indeed humanity's food. Every part of the world I look on TH-cam videos potatoes are grown; even in the frozen lands of Russia. Thank you!
As a young boy I loved mashed potato. I never liked meat. For my 21st birthday I ordered Bangers and Mash, ( sausages and mashed potato ) I was whole food plant based for about 8 months and had great results. I can now get back to it, with the humble spud, ( potatoes) I am going shopping tomorrow to buy a large supply. Thank you very much Dr McDougall. I am deeply indebted and owe my life to you. Thank you again. Take care and enjoy your spuds.
I am actually upset! I love potatoes! But, over the years all I heard is that potatoes aren’t good for you for one reason or another… I am so tired of being fed bull#*%, pun intended. I am going to eat all the potatoes I want! Thank you Dr McD!!! This video is very liberating❤
@@Arabella (pretty name!!), I always tried to avoid them too!! After a very long juice fast, I found myself CRAVING potatoes!! So, I started eating them and something told me my body “needed” them-sure enough, I did some research and found out how great they really are! 🙌🏻
So glad I clicked on this fabulous Plant Based video....my evening meal is mostly potato with some greens and yellow veg....I love potato and cannot wait to enjoy the feast they are to my taste buds and body needs. I cook more than I need, to eat for lunch next day...I don’t look for tit bits, my potato’s make me happy. This video has taught me heaps, I think the book will be such an asset. Thank You for your enthusiasm, I am excited. I have been a vegan near on ten years and have not looked back....Thank You!
I'm growing my own potatoes in bags and containers. So so very easy to grow. And tasting a naked, home grown potato is heaven on earth. The flavor and texture is wonderful! Needs no toppings!
Do you have a website to recommend about growing potatoes? I had started searching and saw a variety of bags as well as in-ground tips. What type of potato have you had success with?
@@ginac7235 I learned here on TH-cam how to grow them. Here's a good tutorial: th-cam.com/video/LPnrBFVjC5A/w-d-xo.html .There are many! I used 5 gallon grow bags from Amazon plus one 10 gallon container. 2 seed potatoes per bag and 4 in the container. Left 2 sprouts on each potato. Layered: 4" compose, taters, 4" compost. Wait for sprouts to appear then add 4" compost and so on. I live North of Seattle and grew Red Norland, Latona (White), Russian Banana and Russet Norkotah. All have outstanding flavor. This is my first year growing and I'm surprised at the success of them all. Used G&B Organics, Harvest Supreme compost. Simple leaf compost works great too. Red Norland was most prolific. Adding purple next year. And using larger bags. Enjoy!
l just found Dr. McDougall, Mary, Heather and Chef AJ less 2 weeks ago. l must say l have been addicted to listening to their stories. My next grocery haul was potatoes, rice, corn and beans. New menu for my next meals. And definitely a lower grocery bill. lm inspired over this. l wish l would have met you all 20 years earlier. Even tho l don't have any sickness over me and lm a firm believer on zero supplements, lm going to switch my menu over to the starch solution. What a smart way for me to start off this new year on eating simple and healthy. l have shared with a friend and will continue to cheer for you. Thank you for appearing into my life
I started eating more potatoes after watching this, and now I finally realized why I have kept them to a minimum over the years and why I usually only eat them in the evening. Potatoes set up a craving for more food. It must have something to do with blood sugar, as starch turns to glucose in the body. I get the same problem with corn and peas. I like to make a soup out of organic cooked peas or corn while they are still hot from boiling, by blending them using my Nutribullet machine. I definitely noticed a spike in blood sugar after consuming them and then an extreme blood sugar drop after about an hour or so. Consuming them with other foods does not change that, at least for me anyway. Just sayin'
It’s the blender. Blending anything will cause the food to be absorbed into the body’s system way faster. Hence, the hunger cycle because the stomach empties out quickly when food is blended.
I understand the dr, but as a type 2 D I cannot eat 3 Oz of sweet potatoes without my sugar going to 12, what I don't know, is this ok, it comes down eventually, but it takes a while. He does not tell us how many potatoes to eat at any one time. I notice his plate of food, but I don't see how a diabetic who is not on medication to eat that type plate of food.
Itz because they are not calorie dense like typical standard American diet foods. Which is why you get to eat as much as you want on this diet and still reach a healthy ideal weight. Embrace it. Fill your belly and eat more!
@@pastryshack551 mcdougall has a lecture all about diabetes. Give it a watch. Just search mcdougall diabetes and it comes right up. His diet is the best for diabetes and he goes over the evidence to back up his claim
I love potatoes, but was mainly 80% Fruit/ with added small amount of veggies and potatoes, for a year and lost 80 pounds, along with relieving other health disorders, I did great and ate ALOT of Raw fruits and veggies. And the only reason I did LESS potatoes, which I love, was it was a RAW diet for that year, and had heard not to eat too many raw potatoes, although I know a major athlete that eats raw potatoes daily and does well.
dr john ,you the messenger of the god, you have changed my life, thank you, thank you ,thank you very much sir, may god bless you, once covid over i will come to usa to meet you...you the best man of my life, thank you very much sir.
As a potato loving vegan, I take it he's basically advocating for a high carb, low to no fat diet? I inadvertently was doing low fat, and I got very ill until I started integrating a healthy amount of fat.
It's a adequate fat starch based diet. It just seems low fat to the greasy hamburger, fries, chicken eating people of America. *Smiles*. He usually says something like you weren't eating enough fuel for your body and Fat has more energy/calories and it's what made you feel better.
@@Sam, thank you for saying this. He does advocate for a very low fat diet, but I think we’re all different. My genetics show I do well on both carbs and fat, and I smother my potatoes in full fat coconut cream. I do well on it, and it maintains my weight. I tried nothing but plain potatoes for 2 weeks. I didn’t enjoy it much (and I LOVE potatoes meals), and I started having a weird rash/eczema on my hands that cleared up once I brought fats back in. Potatoes only doesn’t work for me!
@@deepshadow1 potatoes are satiating (due to the amount of starches it contains), full of nutrients, don't make you fat, make you feel good because carbohydrates are the #1 fuel of the human body, full your body of energy, mental clearness, physical endurance.
@@MReza-nq3pd yes you can! Drop the meat dairy fat eggs etc. Fat clogs your insulin receptors, cholesterol blocks arteries, etc. Eat mostly potatoes with other delicious vegan foods!
My 4 year old doesn't eat enough vegetables but he loves potatoes, I'm a lot less worried. I always feel inspired after listening to McDougal. The thing stomping me from going full vegan at the moment is mild food addiction. I can only go so long then have uncontrollable cravings for UPF crap. I think i may try a two week all potato, (and green smoothis ) diet, see how far I get.
A few years back I watched a documentary about the lives of a particular remote African tribe. All they ate was a potato like starch they hacked out of a certain tree and crudely processed . I didn't see one that didn't look very healthy. It was a lot of work for them to do this but they were happy.
I stopped eating meat at 5 because I found out what meat was. I have been brought up on beautiful beautiful starch and I was pretty dang healthy, (apart from some skin issues that vanished after I cut out the dairy too). I only found out that "starch" is actually a whole category of food and that it's so vital to a diet. I fucking love starch.
I had the same experience of not liking meat when I was a kid. Did not like beef, pork or fish. Chicken was ok because we were allowed to put honey on it. Hot dogs were also good because we could put ketchup and mustard on them, and they came in that tasty bun. The first thing on my plate I always ate was the starch- the potato, rice, pasta, or bread.
same here when i ate dumplings, and many stir fries. I always liked the starchy dumpling skin wrapper and the vegetables. the pork and chicken were revolting tho...
My family grew up on starches. We couldn’t afford a lot of meat and the expense of salads. We ate hamburger in stews, mixed with rice or noodles, tomatoes were the primary salad veggie and lots of potatoes and beans.
I'm Arab guy who quit all dairy and meats for economic reasons honestly ... lentils chickpeas hummus, potatoes, sweet potatoes and eggplants are my main foods now .
In the Northern States of America, the 1800's Agricultural Census showed what the earlier people were eating and growing, Most had typical small farms with a small diversity of animals and a focus of Oats, Buckwheat, Corn and Hay for Feed. But everyone grew 1-2 acres of Potato's, and the bushels per acres are obviously much higher than the rest of what they grew. Hashbrowns and Eggs were on the Menu for sure. The first thing most poor people invested in were Chickens or a Milk Cow, than maybe a Sow to slaughter once a year. Animals were Equity in older times, no refrigerators and fresh food storage. Eggs, Milk, Butter, Cheese and limited Preserved meats like Salt Pork and Bacon, made up their animal products. Oatmeal, Buckwheat, Hominy, Cornmeal, Potatoes, Peas, Beans, and of course Bread was most of what they ate.
The problem today is that all grains and potatoes (and other foods) are saturated in herbicides and pesticides (particularly Round up) which is causing so many of our autoimmune diseases. I will only eat and grow organic (and no wheat) for that reason. It is hard to find organic corn as 90% is GMO and grown with glyphosate. Organic eating is costly? Not as costly as losing ones health.
Think about it, native populations around the world lived on starch as a chief ingredient in diets. Potatoes from South America, corn and beans were noted as the main staples in N.America. Add squashes/pumpkins and you have their main diet with game meat and fish added.
It gets cheaper than that when you grow your own 👍 😁 grow them in pots , bags , garden beds , on top of the ground covered with straw or dry grasses , very easy and organic no pesticides. 🌱
My mother always put potatoes in chili...I have carried on that tradition but with all vegan ingredients...suddenly I'm in the mood for some chili and garlic bread..and some cold sparkling water
In Germany the book unluckily was not called "Die Stärke-Lösung" but instead the title is "High Carb Diät". I guess the publisher didn't had the balls to go for the original title especially in Germany. 😂 But great book, read it. 👍
vllt ist es dann besser das Buch tatsächlich in der original Sprache zu kaufen. Unklarheiten kann man dann auf deutsch übersetzen und im Buch handschriftlich notieren :) Aber auf deutsch versteht es andererseits auch die "ältere Generation" in der Familie, falls Interesse besteht und die was daraus lesen wollen.
Honestly, the internet is full of people saying DO eat this, DON'T eat that. So many say don't eat potatoes because of X, Y, and Z - and some say definitely do eat them. It's so confusing. I love potatoes anyway so I shall keep eating them.
When I was a preteen I want to a restaurant to have lunch with my family. My parents told me I could have whatever I want, so I ordered French fries, hash browns and mashed potatoes. The waitress laughed and said it's all potatoes. I immediately disagreed with her, but my relatives explained to me how they were all potatoes.
I just listened to this for the first time, but I want to say that a year ago, I gave up Milk and cut down on bread. I've lost 20 lbs doing so. I feel better. I'm sticking with potatoes
Yep, hands down, potato is my favourite. I love it every which way it can be cooked! "You can't sit down and eat a bowl of sugar." You haven't met me... I ate cubed sugar as a kid, I didn't have good control over my sweet tooth (still don't). I was always sneaking lollies and chocolate.
I can't eat potatoes in any large amount by themselves or I get headaches. The type of headaches I get when my sugar rises too fast. I can eat a bowl of white rice but don't get the headache. I've measured my glucose after rice, 113. I'm going to say this O+ European does better with rice.
WOW! what a sharp contrast to what I've been exposed to.... I was previously told that sugar is cancer-causing,,, more recently I've been told that red meat is cancer-causing.... because of a long gut and heme-iron... I still do believe that sweet sugar is also cancer-causing... but not starchy potatoes... I was eating potatoes every day during covid and I was a bit over weight ... but I just think I gotta exercise and finish eating way before I got to sleep! Anyway ... I was hoping to learn about organic vs non-organic potatoes and whether its ok to eat all the potato skin and the fact that green potatoes are actually BAD, but the usual potatoes are GOOD!
So wonderfull - i love it - starch with a bit of vegetables and fruit make you feel happy, satisfied easy to follow everywhere except it can be difficult to find it low fat, low salt simple basic kitchen - not proccessed filled with fat, sugar etc-
Potatoes are very good, unless they are treated with modern fertilizer (big amount off cadmium), pesticides etc. The examples from movie were from the past - the soil was healthy. I grow my own potatoes only on compost.
I am a type 1 diabetic. I was diagnosed later in life (in my 30s). I liked bread and roasted potatos, but I noticed something that I could not understand. I was hungry all the time. I felt like I had a painful hole in my stomach, but as I grew older I found out that eating protein was quite satisfying. I was extremely overweight. I began to eat bacon and other meats in small amounts and I noticed that I was not hungry. I sometimes forgot to eat. Long and short, l do not tolerate high carbohydrates as they spike my glucose levels. I do eat some legumes, but any simple carbs and I am thrown into a tailspin of hunger all-day
@@Maxine, I’m glad you figured that out!! I think we’re all different. Genetically, I do well on both carbs AND fats. I definitely do well adding in some fats as well.
Ok. I gave up potatoes. Stayed with yams. This guy reminded me I do love potatoes. Esp potato pancakes. But I also want real butter with them. Delightful. Great info
I have bought and gifted the starch solution and repeats of many of his other books to keep as well as share with others whom sadly i must say do not want to hear it. I feel better having shared the information though, so i know they can heal or aid their diseases their pain and suffering…
Very interesting.. Here in Sweden for the last 3 years we have been growing about 10 or 12 varities of very colourful potatoes.. We get such a great harvest year on year.. We also save our seed potato..we also grow sweet potatoes and just about everything..there is literally zero inflation when you grow your own food and save seed..
I Love potatoes, its my staple carb ive been eating everyday for two years now and im fit and fine, i did start adding animal products along my potatoes and other plant foods and feel even better now. I tried pitatoes staple on a vegan diet and i did loose too much weight and wasn’t the best, but with a bit of irish butter it all changed😁
@@Frederick, I love eating mine with coconut cream/mustard, and some pickled onions. Heaven in a bowl, and it maintains my weight. I had genetic testing done, and my body does well with both carbs and fats, so it makes sense why this works so well for me.
UPDATE!!! I quit sugar and went Ketovore with Beef, Bacon and eggs as a staple. A1C went from 14.0 to 5.3 in 1&1/2 years+ 120lbs loss!! JUST CHECKED MY BLOOD TEST!!
Are we talking about regular potatoes or sweet potatoes? As i understand there's quite a difference between the two, and i would very much like to know which one is more nutritious. I am a vegetarian myself, but i would really appreciate some more input on this. Thank you!
I started the whole food plant base way of eating about 2 months ago, I feel good had it lower my insulin. I had a blood test done and dr said my blood platelets were too high 450. What can I do? I never heard of this?? I love this way of eating, love ALL potatoes. Dr McDougall can you help me? Waiting?? I really enjoyed the video Thanks You
1:49:42 "I'm self-educated. But maybe that's the best kind of education there is." "Self education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is." - Isaac Asimov
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is he serious???
@@mekaniliuthis is absolute madness
I adopted the Starch Solution Diet three yrs. ago: I lost 20 lbs., my cholesterol went from 273 to 176 (no meds). Sugar level was in pre-diabetic range, now normal. Since I feel satiated (not hungry, after eating potatoes, lentils, corn with veggies, as much as I want), I feel this is sustainable and long-term. One of the best things I’ve done for myself, thank you, Dr. McDougall!
That sounds great. Congrats!
Starches for the win!
Can you tell me how long it took for you to go from 273 to 176? Thank you. ♥️
@@louisepotts1806 Louise, this is a good question, as in my case, it was not immediate. First year, cholesterol went down to 210, second year plateaud (I was frustrated, but kept going, as other benefits outweighed this), then at end of third year, finally hit 176! Apparently, some people go down fast (in mths), but about 2%, go down slowly, like me. But I’m so glad I stuck with it, as my mother now has late-onset dementia (she’s 88) & a vegan diet w/ normal cholesterol levels has decreased my chances of getting it significantly (apparently 50%+).
@@sk.n.9302 , Thank you so much for your reply. I go for a cholesterol retest next Wednesday. It's only been six months for me. My original number was very close to 300. I also carry the gene for the potential early onset of dementia. I am encouraged by your story. I won't give up if my numbers haven't moved as much as I hoped in these six months. If I can achieve anything closer to 150 I would be elated. I dread having to go in a statin. 🙂
I would like to thank sweet potato as part of my family's life. My family will not survive without sweet potato due to us being poor. Sweet potato is very easy to grow and very nutritious.
Sweet potato says “you’re welcome.”
How many do you eat per day? Did you have other types of potatoes too? Im trying a potato rich diet to heal my gut and colon.
Ans for me. I am disabled. But potato3s are so cheap to to buy. Snd yummy to eat😊
I couldn't agree more and totally relate as I was a holistic nurse for 33 years and forced to be a needle and pill pusher when I, like you, learned all I could about real nutrition based on how the body systems actually work ! Dr. McDougall and Dr.Bernard have been instrumentals in my better undersanding of all this. I grew up with plenty of rice, potatoes , flat bread, veggies and fruits but kept being told i had to eat more red meat to raise my iron. Only it kept going lower. Now after being whole plant based starch based diet , with lots of potatoes even in my rice veggie curry dishes (yum), chick peas, and lentils added brought up my iron once I stopped eating fleshmeats and dairy ! Thank you Doc ! Much love to you and your family ; your legacy lives on ! ❤❤❤
We are pescetarians that grow about 95% of our yearly food supply in one of our 7 (10,000 SF total) garden plots, greenhouses, etc., here on our mini-farm/homestead in East TN USA. "Tators" take up one full plot (about 1,200 SF,) usually red-skinned potatoes. We mainly eat them for breakfast, about 4 times a week and love them! We are very healthy and happy! Blessings to you and your family Dr. McDougall and all who read my comment.
oooo … do you do aquaculture / aquaponics stuff? farm some fish? 😊 I haven’t gotten fish yet, but the idea looks pretty great! 💜
using fish-water on the plants, and drain the plants back into the pond / tank. so they recycle each other’s nutrients.
@@xanatax1844 Grose!😂
Fish? Sounds Grose! And they're not living and eating normal ocean food?
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Can I just skip work and listen to mcdougel talk about my love potatoes all day ❤️
Yesss!!!! I love hearing all this too. It’s like chicken, errr, potato soup for the soul. Haha!!
This was wonderfully entertaining and educational.
A great teacher with passion is not what I was expecting.
Thank you!
No wonder I crave them often and like to consume them even with no salt or sauces, spices and feel satiated eating them. But it’s important to make sure they are grown in a clean region with no pesticides/chemicals
same here 😍🥔
They actually don't accumulate toxins easily
@@efthimios1917 communists do
Yea as the communist above stated, I don’t believe that accumulate/absorb pesticides for the most part
@@dervla7786 Sorry but you will never correct the issues of capitalism. You will need a new system and communism worked very well.
I enjoy listening to Dr. MCDOUGALL. His lecture are always helpful and honest. I also laugh a little too. He has a great sense of humor. I want to be like that when I am that age. He is a very charismatic man.
What synchronicity! I’m waiting for my potatoes to steam and checking out what’s new on TH-cam.🥔🥔🥔
This presentation should be watched by every human on earth. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Oh yes the people of Ireland, but also the Belgians are big potatoes eaters. ..I was born in Belgium and we eat every day as a staple food Potatoes! Thank you Dr macdougall.
I was born in Idaho and I love potatoes any way they’re made.
Potato state rules
Potatoes are amazing. I love them! Sweet potatoes are my fav! As a vegan I love steaming potatoes or baking them. Yum and this doctor is amazingly smart. This was an interesting presentation. I loved it.
I don’t even need to see the whole video, but I hundred percent agree with this guy just aura and energy. I could tell you tell him the truth. He so excited about the great news.
Potatoes are indeed humanity's food. Every part of the world I look on TH-cam videos potatoes are grown; even in the frozen lands of Russia. Thank you!
As a young boy I loved mashed potato. I never liked meat. For my 21st birthday I ordered Bangers and Mash, ( sausages and mashed potato )
I was whole food plant based for about 8 months and had great results. I can now get back to it, with the humble spud, ( potatoes) I am going shopping tomorrow to buy a large supply.
Thank you very much Dr McDougall. I am deeply indebted and owe my life to you. Thank you again. Take care and enjoy your spuds.
I am actually upset! I love potatoes! But, over the years all I heard is that potatoes aren’t good for you for one reason or another… I am so tired of being fed bull#*%, pun intended. I am going to eat all the potatoes I want! Thank you Dr McD!!! This video is very liberating❤
@@Arabella (pretty name!!), I always tried to avoid them too!! After a very long juice fast, I found myself CRAVING potatoes!! So, I started eating them and something told me my body “needed” them-sure enough, I did some research and found out how great they really are! 🙌🏻
Love the McDougalls and potatoes! Thank you so much for sharing this video!
Thank you for this video Dr. McDougall & Plant Based News!
So glad I clicked on this fabulous Plant Based video....my evening meal is mostly potato with some greens and yellow veg....I love potato and cannot wait to enjoy the feast they are to my taste buds and body needs. I cook more than I need, to eat for lunch next day...I don’t look for tit bits, my potato’s make me happy. This video has taught me heaps, I think the book will be such an asset. Thank You for your enthusiasm, I am excited. I have been a vegan near on ten years and have not looked back....Thank You!
I'm growing my own potatoes in bags and containers. So so very easy to grow. And tasting a naked, home grown potato is heaven on earth. The flavor and texture is wonderful! Needs no toppings!
Do you have a website to recommend about growing potatoes? I had started searching and saw a variety of bags as well as in-ground tips. What type of potato have you had success with?
@@ginac7235 I learned here on TH-cam how to grow them. Here's a good tutorial: th-cam.com/video/LPnrBFVjC5A/w-d-xo.html .There are many!
I used 5 gallon grow bags from Amazon plus one 10 gallon container. 2 seed potatoes per bag and 4 in the container. Left 2 sprouts on each potato. Layered: 4" compose, taters, 4" compost. Wait for sprouts to appear then add 4" compost and so on. I live North of Seattle and grew Red Norland, Latona (White), Russian Banana and Russet Norkotah. All have outstanding flavor. This is my first year growing and I'm surprised at the success of them all. Used G&B Organics, Harvest Supreme compost. Simple leaf compost works great too. Red Norland was most prolific. Adding purple next year. And using larger bags. Enjoy!
@@KrisWiltseArt Thank you so much! I’m going to check it out :) 🌱💚🌱
I want to do that
@Kerry You can use plant milk. What I do is while i boil them I put a few cloves of garlic (+ salt) and then mash them and the taste is phenomenal.
l just found Dr. McDougall, Mary, Heather and Chef AJ less 2 weeks ago. l must say l have been addicted to listening to their stories. My next grocery haul was potatoes, rice, corn and beans. New menu for my next meals. And definitely a lower grocery bill. lm inspired over this. l wish l would have met you all 20 years earlier. Even tho l don't have any sickness over me and lm a firm believer on zero supplements, lm going to switch my menu over to the starch solution. What a smart way for me to start off this new year on eating simple and healthy. l have shared with a friend and will continue to cheer for you. Thank you for appearing into my life
I'm glad I grew up poor most of my food came from our garden not much meat or sweets
I grew up poor too but the way you said make it sound so funny😂😂
Yeeees😊
I watched this video while eating purple sweet potatoes topped with almond butter… yum!
They have a lot of potassium. People really don’t realize they get too little of potassium.
For sure
More than the revered banana
That was just fun to watch!
I’m a big fan!
I started eating more potatoes after watching this, and now I finally realized why I have kept them to a minimum over the years and why I usually only eat them in the evening. Potatoes set up a craving for more food. It must have something to do with blood sugar, as starch turns to glucose in the body. I get the same problem with corn and peas. I like to make a soup out of organic cooked peas or corn while they are still hot from boiling, by blending them using my Nutribullet machine. I definitely noticed a spike in blood sugar after consuming them and then an extreme blood sugar drop after about an hour or so. Consuming them with other foods does not change that, at least for me anyway. Just sayin'
It’s the blender. Blending anything will cause the food to be absorbed into the body’s system way faster. Hence, the hunger cycle because the stomach empties out quickly when food is blended.
Good you are insulin sensitive
I understand the dr, but as a type 2 D I cannot eat 3 Oz of sweet potatoes without my sugar going to 12, what I don't know, is this ok, it comes down eventually, but it takes a while. He does not tell us how many potatoes to eat at any one time. I notice his plate of food, but I don't see how a diabetic who is not on medication to eat that type plate of food.
Itz because they are not calorie dense like typical standard American diet foods. Which is why you get to eat as much as you want on this diet and still reach a healthy ideal weight. Embrace it. Fill your belly and eat more!
@@pastryshack551 mcdougall has a lecture all about diabetes. Give it a watch. Just search mcdougall diabetes and it comes right up. His diet is the best for diabetes and he goes over the evidence to back up his claim
I love potatoes, but was mainly 80% Fruit/ with added small amount of veggies and potatoes, for a year and lost 80 pounds, along with relieving other health disorders, I did great and ate ALOT of Raw fruits and veggies. And the only reason I did LESS potatoes, which I love, was it was a RAW diet for that year, and had heard not to eat too many raw potatoes, although I know a major athlete that eats raw potatoes daily and does well.
Try finely grated sweet potatoes
I feel so fortunate to learn from dr mcdougall in this interview he is Generous with his time and offers benifical dietary advice thank you DR.
They truly are very nutritious. I love them!
dr john ,you the messenger of the god, you have changed my life, thank you, thank you ,thank you very much sir, may god bless you, once covid over i will come to usa to meet you...you the best man of my life, thank you very much sir.
Thank you! I learnt a lot, and by the way, what a lovely family!
Purple sweet potatoes are awesome.
As a potato loving vegan, I take it he's basically advocating for a high carb, low to no fat diet? I inadvertently was doing low fat, and I got very ill until I started integrating a healthy amount of fat.
No nutrition expert recommends a no fat diet.
It's a adequate fat starch based diet. It just seems low fat to the greasy hamburger, fries, chicken eating people of America. *Smiles*. He usually says something like you weren't eating enough fuel for your body and Fat has more energy/calories and it's what made you feel better.
@@Sam, thank you for saying this. He does advocate for a very low fat diet, but I think we’re all different. My genetics show I do well on both carbs and fat, and I smother my potatoes in full fat coconut cream. I do well on it, and it maintains my weight.
I tried nothing but plain potatoes for 2 weeks. I didn’t enjoy it much (and I LOVE potatoes meals), and I started having a weird rash/eczema on my hands that cleared up once I brought fats back in. Potatoes only doesn’t work for me!
I think I’m going to cook some potatoes😂
could you do a summary of the benefits?
@@deepshadow1 potatoes are satiating (due to the amount of starches it contains), full of nutrients, don't make you fat, make you feel good because carbohydrates are the #1 fuel of the human body, full your body of energy, mental clearness, physical endurance.
@@niken538 thank you so much
@@niken538 I love potatoes but as a T2D I can't eat them.
@@MReza-nq3pd yes you can! Drop the meat dairy fat eggs etc. Fat clogs your insulin receptors, cholesterol blocks arteries, etc. Eat mostly potatoes with other delicious vegan foods!
I like Doctor McDougall.
My 4 year old doesn't eat enough vegetables but he loves potatoes, I'm a lot less worried. I always feel inspired after listening to McDougal. The thing stomping me from going full vegan at the moment is mild food addiction. I can only go so long then have uncontrollable cravings for UPF crap. I think i may try a two week all potato, (and green smoothis ) diet, see how far I get.
Vegan is an ethical position so you can eat UPF if you choose to :)
This was simply amazing. Thank you so much for this content. I cannot belive his daughter is in her 40s. She looks like she's 20.
A few years back I watched a documentary about the lives of a particular remote African tribe. All they ate was a potato like starch they hacked out of a certain tree and crudely processed . I didn't see one that didn't look very healthy. It was a lot of work for them to do this but they were happy.
I wish I'd learned this 45 years ago. GREAT VIDEO!
I stopped eating meat at 5 because I found out what meat was. I have been brought up on beautiful beautiful starch and I was pretty dang healthy, (apart from some skin issues that vanished after I cut out the dairy too). I only found out that "starch" is actually a whole category of food and that it's so vital to a diet. I fucking love starch.
I had the same experience of not liking meat when I was a kid. Did not like beef, pork or fish. Chicken was ok because we were allowed to put honey on it. Hot dogs were also good because we could put ketchup and mustard on them, and they came in that tasty bun. The first thing on my plate I always ate was the starch- the potato, rice, pasta, or bread.
same here when i ate dumplings, and many stir fries.
I always liked the starchy dumpling skin wrapper and the vegetables. the pork and chicken were revolting tho...
My family grew up on starches. We couldn’t afford a lot of meat and the expense of salads. We ate hamburger in stews, mixed with rice or noodles, tomatoes were the primary salad veggie and lots of potatoes and beans.
I'm Arab guy who quit all dairy and meats for economic reasons honestly ... lentils chickpeas hummus, potatoes, sweet potatoes and eggplants are my main foods now .
In the Northern States of America, the 1800's Agricultural Census showed what the earlier people were eating and growing, Most had typical small farms with a small diversity of animals and a focus of Oats, Buckwheat, Corn and Hay for Feed. But everyone grew 1-2 acres of Potato's, and the bushels per acres are obviously much higher than the rest of what they grew. Hashbrowns and Eggs were on the Menu for sure. The first thing most poor people invested in were Chickens or a Milk Cow, than maybe a Sow to slaughter once a year. Animals were Equity in older times, no refrigerators and fresh food storage. Eggs, Milk, Butter, Cheese and limited Preserved meats like Salt Pork and Bacon, made up their animal products. Oatmeal, Buckwheat, Hominy, Cornmeal, Potatoes, Peas, Beans, and of course Bread was most of what they ate.
This was fantastic
The problem today is that all grains and potatoes (and other foods) are saturated in herbicides and pesticides (particularly Round up) which is causing so many of our autoimmune diseases. I will only eat and grow organic (and no wheat) for that reason. It is hard to find organic corn as 90% is GMO and grown with glyphosate. Organic eating is costly? Not as costly as losing ones health.
Gmo potatoes too
When I grew up we almost had potatoes every day...and I loved it! My mom had 1001 recipes to prepare them and so it was never boring to eat them.
Same for me. I grew up on a farm in the 60 , twelve children, and we had potatoes every day. No fat children then.
I like to vary potatoes and yam, cassava, taro, ube..
They taste so good even if you just steam them
Organic potatoes, olive oil, and baked beans. That’s my diet. Twice a day.
Think about it, native populations around the world lived on starch as a chief ingredient in diets. Potatoes from South America, corn and beans were noted as the main staples in N.America. Add squashes/pumpkins and you have their main diet with game meat and fish added.
Growing up we kept 50 lb. bags of potatoes in our pantry! We were definitely potato people! We didn't eat rice!
I love potatoes all kinds still not as expensive as meat
wait, are potatoes expensive at all?
Purple potatoes are more expensive.
It gets cheaper than that when you grow your own 👍 😁 grow them in pots , bags , garden beds , on top of the ground covered with straw or dry grasses , very easy and organic no pesticides. 🌱
@@fishmut 100 % agree with that and potatoes taste better when home grown 😋
@@dariohermosillo compared to what …meat no heavens no!
My mother always put potatoes in chili...I have carried on that tradition but with all vegan ingredients...suddenly I'm in the mood for some chili and garlic bread..and some cold sparkling water
@@Vegan Saxon, yes!!! Potatoes and chili is amazing!! 🙌🏻
Very candid interview, the food industry would not tell us.
Thank you for the great lecture, i wish i heard it years ago, it is the easiest "diet" to eat
In Germany the book unluckily was not called "Die Stärke-Lösung" but instead the title is "High Carb Diät". I guess the publisher didn't had the balls to go for the original title especially in Germany. 😂
But great book, read it. 👍
vllt ist es dann besser das Buch tatsächlich in der original Sprache zu kaufen. Unklarheiten kann man dann auf deutsch übersetzen und im Buch handschriftlich notieren :) Aber auf deutsch versteht es andererseits auch die "ältere Generation" in der Familie, falls Interesse besteht und die was daraus lesen wollen.
“Starke” in German can also mean strong, so maybe this was potentially too unclear at-a-glance.
@@sk.n.9302 that could work tho, as a bit of word play
Still don't know why they did not call it "Die Lösung ist Stärke".
Would have been much more true to the initial title.
@@asldfjkalsdfjasdf That’s more catchy.
Honestly, the internet is full of people saying DO eat this, DON'T eat that. So many say don't eat potatoes because of X, Y, and Z - and some say definitely do eat them. It's so confusing. I love potatoes anyway so I shall keep eating them.
Yes I love potatoes and eggs so it is just so easy to make em part of my diet
This is actually amazing, thank you so much. God Bless you sir.
When I was a preteen I want to a restaurant to have lunch with my family. My parents told me I could have whatever I want, so I ordered French fries, hash browns and mashed potatoes. The waitress laughed and said it's all potatoes.
I immediately disagreed with her, but my relatives explained to me how they were all potatoes.
This is adorable 🥰
Lol
Love this. All the best foods!
@@Smily Big Tex, that is hilarious and super cute!!! 🥰🤣
I just listened to this for the first time, but I want to say that a year ago, I gave up Milk and cut down on bread. I've lost 20 lbs doing so. I feel better. I'm sticking with potatoes
He said potatoes exactly 916 times. And that's the amount of potatoes I'm going to eat annually.
🤣🤣👏🏻👏🏻 Oh my gosh, it’s so awesome that you counted!! Hilarious!!
@@PeaceIsYeshua Shhhh! 😌 Don't tell anyone, actually I didn't.
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🤣🤣 What a great spirit you have. It’s so important to have humor and to be lighthearted. 🥰 Keep shining your light! Blessings to you!!
@@PeaceIsYeshua Awwww! Thank you so much for your blessings 🙏🙂 Love from India.
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You are so welcome!! Much love from the USA!! 🥰🙏🏻
Dr. M., thanks for doing all the research for us
This presentation is excelent, thank you Dr mcdougall
Yes Peru Bolivia Ecuador and Colombia where you can find so many varieties of potatoes
Yep, hands down, potato is my favourite. I love it every which way it can be cooked!
"You can't sit down and eat a bowl of sugar." You haven't met me... I ate cubed sugar as a kid, I didn't have good control over my sweet tooth (still don't). I was always sneaking lollies and chocolate.
@@Jess, that’s hilarious!! I remember those sugar cubes! I haven’t seen those in ages!!
LOL! I love potatoes 🥔🧈🧈🥔🥔but this is another example of plant based food con advice.
Imagine if potato/plant farmers advertised like the dairy industry. Would be nice
I can't eat potatoes in any large amount by themselves or I get headaches. The type of headaches I get when my sugar rises too fast. I can eat a bowl of white rice but don't get the headache. I've measured my glucose after rice, 113. I'm going to say this O+ European does better with rice.
WOW! what a sharp contrast to what I've been exposed to.... I was previously told that sugar is cancer-causing,,, more recently I've been told that red meat is cancer-causing.... because of a long gut and heme-iron... I still do believe that sweet sugar is also cancer-causing... but not starchy potatoes... I was eating potatoes every day during covid and I was a bit over weight ... but I just think I gotta exercise and finish eating way before I got to sleep! Anyway ... I was hoping to learn about organic vs non-organic potatoes and whether its ok to eat all the potato skin and the fact that green potatoes are actually BAD, but the usual potatoes are GOOD!
Carbs get a bad wrap but this illuminates it doesnt have to be the case. I love homemade hash browns that are oil free w homemade ketchup
Yummy
Love your enthusiasm !! Thank you for the knowledge
So wonderfull - i love it - starch with a bit of vegetables and fruit make you feel happy, satisfied easy to follow everywhere except it can be difficult to find it low fat, low salt simple basic kitchen - not proccessed filled with fat, sugar etc-
The humble spud is precious.
.... listening to this on my commute home and strongly craving potatoes...lol
Potatoes are very good, unless they are treated with modern fertilizer (big amount off cadmium), pesticides etc. The examples from movie were from the past - the soil was healthy. I grow my own potatoes only on compost.
The tie was a nice touch and it seemed to match his personality.
I am a type 1 diabetic. I was diagnosed later in life (in my 30s). I liked bread and roasted potatos, but I noticed something that I could not understand. I was hungry all the time. I felt like I had a painful hole in my stomach, but as I grew older I found out that eating protein was quite satisfying. I was extremely overweight. I began to eat bacon and other meats in small amounts and I noticed that I was not hungry. I sometimes forgot to eat. Long and short, l do not tolerate high carbohydrates as they spike my glucose levels. I do eat some legumes, but any simple carbs and I am thrown into a tailspin of hunger all-day
Interesting!
@@Maxine, I’m glad you figured that out!! I think we’re all different. Genetically, I do well on both carbs AND fats. I definitely do well adding in some fats as well.
You’re the man!❤
Watching while eating white potatoes with sweet potatoes 😉
Ok. I gave up potatoes. Stayed with yams. This guy reminded me I do love potatoes. Esp potato pancakes. But I also want real butter with them. Delightful. Great info
Just a warning dairy is linked to hormonal cancers.
Fermented foods can add B12 to a diet. I make a fermented soda from sweet potatoes.
Love that tie!
Love you Dr. Mcdougall and your enthusiasm for healing people. Thank you so much for this presentation.
We covered our potatoes with gravy- all ways when we had boiled or mashed potatoes- Just like all foods we rat them with something-
I have bought and gifted the starch solution and repeats of many of his other books to keep as well as share with others whom sadly i must say do not want to hear it.
I feel better having shared the information though, so i know they can heal or aid their diseases their pain and suffering…
I love and need the grounding energy of potatoes...BUT the carbs are detrimental to my blood sugar levels.
Love Dr McDougall, potatoes and the Irish!
I love Dr McDougall, he is my favourite Dr to listen to. Stopped watching the Dr on lectins now
Very interesting.. Here in Sweden for the last 3 years we have been growing about 10 or 12 varities of very colourful potatoes.. We get such a great harvest year on year.. We also save our seed potato..we also grow sweet potatoes and just about everything..there is literally zero inflation when you grow your own food and save seed..
That’s great!
I Love potatoes, its my staple carb ive been eating everyday for two years now and im fit and fine, i did start adding animal products along my potatoes and other plant foods and feel even better now. I tried pitatoes staple on a vegan diet and i did loose too much weight and wasn’t the best, but with a bit of irish butter it all changed😁
@@Frederick, I love eating mine with coconut cream/mustard, and some pickled onions. Heaven in a bowl, and it maintains my weight.
I had genetic testing done, and my body does well with both carbs and fats, so it makes sense why this works so well for me.
This program is so educational I must try it ❤
UPDATE!!! I quit sugar and went Ketovore with Beef, Bacon and eggs as a staple. A1C went from 14.0 to 5.3 in 1&1/2 years+ 120lbs loss!! JUST CHECKED MY BLOOD TEST!!
Excellent!!!! Loved this so much ❤ Thank you Dr McDougall!!!
Are we talking about regular potatoes or sweet potatoes? As i understand there's quite a difference between the two, and i would very much like to know which one is more nutritious. I am a vegetarian myself, but i would really appreciate some more input on this. Thank you!
great talk thank you
I started the whole food plant base way of eating about 2 months ago, I feel good had it lower my insulin. I had a blood test done and dr said my blood platelets were too high 450.
What can I do? I never heard of this?? I love this way of eating, love ALL potatoes. Dr McDougall can you help me?
Waiting?? I really enjoyed the video Thanks You
@@Delores, what did you end up doing? I do believe we’re all different. Some do better on this diet than others.
I have type 0 blood and I have been vegan for 12 years. I will always correct people when they bring up the blood type diet
Are you in good health? Does your health even matter to you?
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Love this Doc Man🍎🍓🍋🍠!!
1:49:42 "I'm self-educated. But maybe that's the best kind of education there is."
"Self education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is." - Isaac Asimov
Isaac asimov was so intelligent and way before his time