John McDougall Bio: John McDougall, MD is a board-certified internist, author of 13 national best-selling books, the international on-line “McDougall Newsletter,” and co-founder of the 10-day, live-in McDougall Program in Santa Rosa, CA. He is a clinical instructor for 4 schools training young physicians and licensed in 5 states in the US to practice. Other McDougall activities include seminars and health-oriented adventure vacations. Scientific results of the McDougall Program are published in the Nutrition Journal: (http://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-2891-13-99) and in MS and Related Disorders: http://www.msard-journal.com/article/S2211-0348(16)30100-6/pdf. Website: www.drmcdougall.com E-mail: drmcdougall@drmcdougall.com Phone: (800) 941-7111 Previous National Best Selling McDougall Books: The McDougall Plan McDougall's Medicine: A Challenging Second Opinion The McDougall Health Supporting Cookbook, Volume 1 The McDougall Health Supporting Cookbook, Volume 2 The McDougall Plan: 12 Days to Dynamic Health The McDougall Program for Maximum Weight Loss The New McDougall Cookbook The McDougall Program for Women The McDougall Program for a Healthy Heart The McDougall Quick and Easy Cookbook Dr. McDougall’s Digestive Tune-up The Starch Solution The Healthiest Diet on the Planet How can eating a healthy diet impact your body's ability to fight disease and other ailments? Research shows that eating nutritionally rich food may stave off lasting health implications over time. Listen up to learn: How ketogenic or plant-based diets impact the body How starches became vilified over the years The part sugar plays in your diet John McDougall, the founder, and director of the nationally renowned McDougall Program, discusses his mission to help change the way people struggling with health or weight view a healthy diet. Even though starchy foods have gotten a bad reputation in recent decades, eating a starch-based diet may improve your overall health. Since rich foods have found their way into the popular menu of America, the lack of nutrition and the requirement for additives has become an issue that drives up the average percent of obesity yearly. Using a combination of proven educational techniques and an introduction to new nutritional options, the success rate for making a lasting change in lifestyle remains incredibly high. Starches may be the dietary answer many people struggling with their health are looking for and establishing a high-starch diet can even affect your chances of contracting various cancers. For more information, visit drmcdougall.com. Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/30PvU9C