HUNGER: Why Diets, Drugs & Surgeries Fail | CHEF AJ LIVE! with Dr. John McDougall

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[@peter5.056]

My hard-won-over 84 year old mother watched this lecture today, and she nodded the whole time! She finally faced facts, and realized that the food I cook is the right food for her;) Last October when she had her TIA, she buckled down and got with the program, and she sees with the benefit of hindsight that the McDougall way is the right way.

[@jeffreydrhodes]

The Zone is almost half McDougall and half Atkins. That stupid diet gave me gout before I found Low fat High Starch . Thanks again Dr. McDougall you change my life

[@peter5.056]

I've experienced hyperphagia. It was when I had been eating a junk food diet, and switched to starchy whole foods. I could eat a pound (1600 calories) of pasta four times a day! And I did! After a couple weeks, that extreme hunger went away, after I assume my body had absorbed from the nutrient dense plant foods, the nutrients it was being denied on my previous way of eating.

[@mistymoor7114]

What did you eat besides pasta?

[@ultmiddle4991]

@@mistymoor7114Good question;I’m a foodie and want to imagine all the aromatic details

[@Iris5556]

This was an amazing presentation. Losing weight without hunger is the holy grail. I did a weigh and measure program, which worked for a while, but then when I got off it my hunger was insatiable. I’m sticking with this from now on (already started and lost a couple pounds!)

[@peter5.056]

After eating my second large bowl of vegetable-bean soup with whole wheat penne, I assure you.....hunger never need be a problem for you ever again, provided you get the food right;)

[@ultmiddle4991]

My father learned to chef during the Great Depression;said a chef can be known by his broth

[@bonniemullen4990]

Hey love to you Dr. Mc Dougall 💞💐 thank you chief AJ for having him on your show ❤❤🎉

[@Ammaray]

After 6 weeks I had lost 15lbs. No hunger. No more acid reflux. No more sleep issues. My energy is now fantastic. No more high blood sugar. I will never go back to the SAD! Great stuff.

[@carlbernngl]

Six weeks of what?

[@jeffreydrhodes]

Great job

[@bassmanx357]

Plant based, while foods i hope. I have the exact same results.

[@ima7333]

Aaah i fell asleep and missed the live. When i first heard him said we should eat starch+fruits & veggies to be healthy, i’m in his camp straight away. I never weighed above 55kg when i ate a whole lot of rice with some veggies & a small piece of meat. When my mom put me on a diet and cut my rice consumption by 70% but increase my meat intake, it left me hungry and i could never bring my weight down.

[@unflappable3551]

The doctor gets right to the heart of the matter again! I worked in the homes of very sick, overweight individuals and I always noticed that they had cupboards full of diet shakes and heavy duty laxatives, I wondered if there was a theme going on.

[@boomerang6130]

Wow, Chef AJ is so beautiful, healthy looking, and smart. Love Dr. McDougall.

[@itssammierose]

All these surgeries on the stomach just breaks my heart for those that go through this. How awful. How do these doctors sleep at night!?

[@ultmiddle4991]

They sleep very well all around the world on their cruises and vacations

[@1Sparkmeister]

I miss you doing videos in your old, tiny kitchen. It was always amazing to see how you made it work.

[@suicune2001]

Always a good day when Dr. McDougall is on camera.

[@margielynch1465]

Ever since I went low fat, low sodium vegan my hunger is substantially less

[@bobthaler8828]

RIP Dr John McDougall, June 22, 2024. Age 77. A good life, well lived, serving humanity.

[@jeffreydrhodes]

Thank you AJ. I really appreciate how you get those new gems from Dr. McDougall

[@RajinderKumar-rp7xk]

very bold and intelligent person i know of

[@kardste8114]

I think many overeaters feel a lot of shame about it. We need to help them Love themselves 1st. How? 🤷‍♀️ I don’t know. But shaming doesn’t help. Sometimes they have to get cancer or similar to change.

[@ultmiddle4991]

In myself, this observation works for every situation of my life; recognize the shame that is causing inertia and my mind wakes up into a world of exploration and enthusiasm for transformation. ❤It also works in my judging mind when I have anger at another person and am flinging shame at them

[@vi3472]

I love Dr McDougall’s presentations! Very comprehensive and so informative! Thank you to all! ❤

[@christinesylvester5987]

Thank you! Love ypu both! I'm finally doing it correctly and my body is responding in incredible ways. Love the food. Thank you! ❤

[@ivan11h]

Thanks you Aj and thank you Dr M. This guy saved my life 😊

[@mike.999]

GREAT presentation. However I think there was one misrepresentation. Doug (who was on Chef AJ's show a couple of months ago) did not participate in the olympics as an athlete, he was "only" a volunteer helping the organisers. Furthermore his diet was more "refined" than just being starch based; he took calorie density in to full account (as per Chef AJ learns us) AND HE COUNTED CALORIES in a rather extreme way to achieve his huge success!!!

[@wecantstayput4958]

Agree. Also Taylor Swift has spoken publicly about her struggle with anorexia-not sure that’s a good representation for a healthy set point.

[@mattzilla331]

This is so good. I love dr mcdougall. The guy needs a noble peace prize or something. That said I wish he would fix the typo on the 1st slide of the beakers. Above potatoes, it should say 0.6...not 0.06.

[@lulitmelake7534]

Incredible information - thank you both.

[@lisaclausen8304]

I just wanted to add as a psychologist that mental.meds such a depakote and other meds are noted weight gainers. People can have excessive and notable weight gain on certain meds. But probably no research on the type of food with these medications... so uncertain.

[@stevensampson9136]

I wonder how Fred Ford is going? He was expecting to reach his goal weight in the beginning of May. I hope he gets there!

[@aimeemariefournier1013]

I start my day with high protein oatmeal and a cup of greek yogurt im never hungry during the day and my stomach can’t handle the heavy stuff anymore.

[@pamjenkins9102]

This is your BEST post. 👌🏿 THANK YOU

[@susancondon9373]

Great lecture. Always learning something new! 😊

[@BeckRD1]

Thank you, AJ. 😃

[@Mrm1985100]

Great as usual. I just love McDougall.

[@Coach_Jen_Rothstein]

When I switched from a Keto/Paleo diet (which caused a 25 pound weight gain in 2023) to Dr. McDougall’s , I overate on his diet for about two weeks. Then my hunger dropped significantly. So hang on. Btw, I wasted 19 years in a restrictive 12 step food plan program and was food obsessed and hungry the whole time. Turns out it was the food all along.

[@judyosborne]

Amazingly informative presentation, thank you so much!

[@user-eh3ty7tg5c]

This program is excellent!! I've been on the Optavia program.

[@davidclark2592]

Hunger by Knut Hamsun is a novel about a man struggling and starving. I recommend it highly.

[@barbaramaasch9499]

Unfortunately, for so many of us food addicts-our hunger is not physiological. We have an emptiness we try to fill or medicate our emotional/mental emptiness and/or physical pain with food. As long as we have no alternative coping mechanisms and self-medicate with food, we will struggle with our weight (even if we are vegans). I’m much healthier physically binging on beans,veggies and fruits than salt/sugar/oils, but I’m still overweight.

[@CHEFAJ]

Thanks for sharing!

[@renee2nadia]

Thanks. I found out on the internet that I can get omega 3 fatty acids from nori and wakame. I gave up bread and feel so much better. I used to retain water eating wheat bread. Thinking of adding steel cut oatmeal to my food. I will be willing to do an experiment with starch and see.No dairy including butter and no added sugar. No dried fruit or fruit juice. I have trouble sustaining a low carb diet with olive fat and eggs/ fish bc although I was satiated. I would be hungry 4-5 hours later but I could not bare to eat more fiber as non starchy salad vegetables and eat protein again. I'm concerned about taxing kidney with more animal protein again. I grabbed hummus with. crackers so I need some starch.

[@anian916]

Great as ever...

[@chadm6777]

There is an ‘all in’ movement and this study is often talked about. Many are ending the diet cycle and eating whatever they want. Going through extreme hunger but many’s experience is it levels out after time. Different for everyone and then they become a normal eater and person. Not so obsessed w food etc. but they have to let go and trust the process. Gain the weight and let it go. They aren’t doing it with the starch solution way but that would be interesting.

[@RedSeaCrossing_81]

I tore up a good sized Russet this morning . Lol

[@sschreck08]

Al Roker doesn't learn. He's had so many health issues and he continues to pound down the animal products.🤦

[@jgrysiak6566]

Can't stand arrogant AL Roker!

[@sschreck08]

@@jgrysiak6566 Me either! The first thing out of his mouth after almost dying from a blood clot was that he couldn't wait to cook his Thanksgiving turkey. 🤦 When he returned to work, everyone laughed and applauded him for this. These people are so damn clueless!

[@annfail-smith8500]

YOU TWO MAKE MY DAY IM ALWAYS LEARNING THANKYOU ❤

[@sschreck08]

Finally, the main media reported last night that the Keto diet is one of the worst diets out there. They said that the dangers of it may out weight the benefits! We knew that all along, didn't we?

[@Tippitiwitch]

I haven't seen that report; would you be able to provide the link please, Sylvia?

[@jgrysiak6566]

Diabetic people don't know what else to eat because they have been programmed by nutritionists that potatoes, rice, bread , pasta, etc. turns to sugar in the system. A meat & broccoli diet doesn't last!

[@melindaroop1346]

While I absolutely agree with that, I'd be leery of any "main media".

[@mrsz1988]

Main media also.said.a certain hokey poke was safe and effective against a mutating virus.

[@jgrysiak6566]

I followed it for years because I didn't know any other options! Until I found Dr. Neal Barnard's book "Foods that cause u to lose weight, the negative calorie effect" it was an eye opener!

[@mistymoor7114]

Set point? I was a slim child slim adult, weight began to increase around age 39, increaded from then on, now aged 70 weigh 18 stone ! Eating lots of carbs today, been mostly liw fat vegan for months, cant seem to stop the hunger!!

[@beanburrito8903]

I think once you meet your weightloss goal, you should add back the nuts and avocados because having more cologne and a little fat makes the body look more attractive.

[@jgrysiak6566]

Eating tofu now makes me nauseous!

[@jgrysiak6566]

Nuts & avocados send me to the toilet now too

[@marlinfisher2529]

Persuasive advertising to that targets children

[@mrgregcat]

The low-fat vegan diet SOUNDS great, smart, logical -- my trouble sticking it is the lack of fat/oil. Potatoes just don't taste great without a little butter or something. That's the elephant in the room with it -- taste/flavor.

[@Wholeplantfoods_Lucie]

This will change if you try a 30-day experiment with no oil after which a plain potato will taste divine

[@sandyl.143]

Also fat free hummus from High Carb Hannah is Fabulous. Add a chunk of jalapeño or chipotle seasoning to it, yum 😋

[@RichS.73yroldbodybuilder]

So you don’t have any problem with a low fat diet except you can’t give up oil/butter etc? well, then go back to trying to counting calories. It won’t work, but you’ll have another reason to say why you can’t do something.

[@peter5.056]

Chad, try giving up butter and oil, but replace it with avocado and walnuts. You'll 1) eat the food, 2) not feel deprived, 3) be healthier since butter and oil are terrible for you, and 4) be able to more easily moderate yourself towards a lower fat diet since whole fatty plants are not nearly as addictive as pure fats are.

[@caraoelschlager2650]

@mrgregcat try your favorite salsa on your potato. It is fabulous! No butter.

[@kat4animals004]

I like to have the hunger feeling. Plus the less I eat the more energy I have. Especially going without food from the evening until at least 2:00 the next day. Usually four.

[@robertr.1052]

I like fat-free dairy, Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, feta crumbles, all without fat. Why are they not allowed?

[@CHEFAJ]

Vegans don't eat any dairy products

[@spoudaois4535]

The keto people will troll plant based diet channels.

[@jgrysiak6566]

Because eating a meat & broccoli diet with very few carbs doesn't last. U are always craving, salt, starch, sweet & sugar.

[@pepper419]

@@jgrysiak6566 Bollocks. Keto, or carnivore, you only need one meal a day. Simple.

[@yerri1622]

Chef AJ: "it was the slide with the refigeeator on it." Dr.McD: "that will get you every time " 😅

[@chadm6777]

Campbell says in. The china study (pretty sure) 1500 calories in not sustainable These men were said to be semi starvation at 1500 I’ve read it’s the calorie needs for a toddler. So why are so many adults (mainly women) daily only having 1500 cal as maintenance calories to keep a weight loss

[@mowthpeece1]

Because it works. My resting rate is 1150 calories. Add exercise 200, and movement maybe 100, and you've got 1450. I'm 5'2" 137lbs. The thinnest I've ever been eating 95% vegan and low fat. People saying to eat more calories are looking at women over 5'6" even though the average woman in the US is 5'4".

[@luciusbarbus]

Great presentation but ads every 2 mins?

[@mrsz1988]

You can pay for no ads.

[@vanihansen2136]

I'm going crazy. I've done Keto for so long.... was not called Keto when I started doing it.. well I will say I was having carbs with the meat and veggies.. then turned to just meat and veggies.. I'm trying to eat carbs now.. I'm diabetic.. I have no clue how much insulin I need.. I was not moving my pump sites like I should have been... so I need different amounts of insulin for every site I put in and I'm going crazy trying to figure it out... my blood sugars are extremely high. I seriously just want to cry. I'm not giving up... I'm going to figure this out as long as it takes.. I just hope it doesn't take long because I don't feel good at all.

[@CHEFAJ]

Please check www.masteringdiabetes.org

[@vanihansen2136]

@@CHEFAJ I want to contact them but I think they cost money .. which I don't have.

[@CHEFAJ]

@@vanihansen2136 they do free stuff all the time

[@vanihansen2136]

@@CHEFAJ oh I didn't know cause they say to sign up for there program. I'll give them a call. Thank you.

[@aureliaglenn2220]

At least get the "Mastering Diabetes" book, which isn't too expensive. And worth every penny. (Also consider reading "Dr. Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes" and Brenda Davis' "Kick Diabetes Essentials")

[@cindybrown7527]

Lizzo and I need to get serious!

[@Christians_338]

I starved myself and fasted and is still having nerve injury. I had surgery and medicine saved my life. Olive oil, vegetable, fruits, seeds, nuts, cinnamon, and water. A therapist helps a lot. A person who cares and loves you.

[@jgrysiak6566]

A friend of mine starved herself by drinking Optiva shakes to lose 50 pounds. She still starves herself on them to maintain the weight loss. She bakes alot & needs to drop the butter, margarine, eggs, oil & milk out of her baking. Now her husband has Altzheimers from eating her fatty food!

[@pj41]

Please don’t judge this poor woman and her husband. Alzheimer’s is not caused by fat in diet 😆- if that were the case then the French , Italians and Scandinavians would be having more Alzheimer’s than the US. Low fat processed junk may be a factor but hey who knows - it’s life.

[@hypnosisforhappiness]

Any oil is very fattening and bad for health, olive oil is no exception.