John McDougall, MD: The Diet Wars

[@4diversions]

I knew John McDougall way back in 1978 in Hawaii. His ideas made a very big impact on me personally at the time as a young man and have influenced my diet and lifestyle since then.

[@robynhope219]

He was my GP, also, but very disappointed with what he chose to do since then.

[@julia912d5]

I LOVE Dr. McDougall! I've been a fan of his since his first book.

[@nicolelake5848]

I studied Archaeology, specialising in Palaeolithic Archaeology and my idea of a "Paleo diet" would be 90-98% of calories from roots and berries with very little meat. What these people think of as a "Paleo diet" is just completely bonkers.

[@InspiriumESOO]

Do you have sources to read more about this?

[@georgelouis6515]

During the great diet wars the Jedi counsel sent a lone Jedi John McDougall out against the evil meat and dairy Empire. The Empire already invaded America, Europe and was quickly conquering parts of Asia...

[@ketasilha8582]

I absolutely love McDougall's presentations, great men! 👍👍👍

[@robynhope219]

He is full of himself!

[@marekmat8040]

This man is by far the greatest expert on nutrition ever

[@Jasmyne444]

Marek Mat I totally agree!

[@galahadthreepwood]

And he's 100% wrong. Meat is the best source of nutrients

[@fender1000100]

@Galahad Threepwood Theres nothing but POISON IN MEAT. Too much protein that destroys the kidneys and bones. Cholestral that has people dieing by the minute from heart attacks. Saturated fat. Which has diabetes and cancer at an alltime high. And NO VITAMIN C and A. And no FIBRE. Which are ABSOLUTELY VITAL FOR OPTIMAL HEALTH. No meat is like POISON to the human body which is why so many people are dying young and suffering from all the diseases under the sun.

[@deefee701]

@@galahadthreepwood are you still alive eating so much meat?

[@galahadthreepwood]

@@deefee701 Never felt better. The same goes for 10s of thousands of other carnivores. meatheals.com/

[@nanceebirdlover5222]

I've been down the atkins, groves, taubes, lustig, jimmy moore et al road and embraced it wholeheartedly. Trouble was I felt unwell for the most part and felt I didnt want to live my life that way. Then I got to thinking, years ago I ate a low fat high starch diet....and looked good and felt well, and enjoyed the lifestyle. Now Im back to the starches, feeling good and happy to sustain the lifestyle. All that old is new again?!

[@elenabelessi1158]

amazing speech!

[@difairhurst]

what a great man. someone who can look back at his life and say he tried to make the world a better place!

[@mikefixac]

I wish I could give Dr John one big long hug. I love this man. I don't know how I can go places and watch what people eat and get sicker and sicker and they stick by their eating habits even through all the pain. I don't think of myself being a smart guy, but for some reason years ago I stumbled upon Dr McDougall and I'm so so lucky I did. When I look at what he says and the evidence he presents and the vast majority are 180D what he thinks is just beyond my imagination.

[@d7acummings2]

I've a followed Dr Fuhrman's eat to live plan for the last 4 months. I am quickly becoming a fan of yours as well. Thank you for pointing out that plant based unity is what is needed to educate the masses. After being a meataholic for nearly 50 years and being an overweight diabetic with hypertension and high cholesterol I discovered a plant based diet and will never look back. Down 65# & off all meds. Good luck on uniting the plant based guru's. Thank you for your teachings!

[@Ryan_Tinney]

It still blows my mind when I hear people say that potatoes and rice will make you fat. Only in America do you hear this.

[@MikaelVitalyVyacheslav-bh2fk]

potatoes, rice, bread have a very high Glycemic of 95 ; are bad for people who are trying to lose weight or are diabetic .If you're healthy and slim you can eat anything in moderation .

[@crystalduncan1487]

wrong wrong WRONG

[@lottie1144]

Ryan Tinney American potato has butter, sour cream, cheese, bacon ect, the added toppings are the reason Americans think potatoes are fattening. We do the same thing to our salads.

[@lottie1144]

Mikael Vitaly Vyacheslav Nope 👎🏻

[@fender1000100]

Yeah while they munch on a double cheeseburger and FRIES. IGNORANT PEOPLE are a major problem.

[@TheGOGGOGG1]

I follow McDougall's food-recommendations since April 2012 and have lost 22 kilograms. I am slimmer and more beautiful now at 40 than I was at 20. I am very very happy and grateful. No feelings of hunger or restriction.

[@robynhope219]

Yeah, but ur starving ur brain.

[@TheGOGGOGG1]

@@robynhope219 On the contrary. I can think sharper and clearer now than back when I ate animal products. It's a myth that you need animal products for your brain to work properly. Check out Eartling Ed's videos - that is one of the best examples of a vegan with a top functioning brain!

[@dodgeball693]

Best outro ever!

[@Livingto70LongevitySecrets]

Thanks again, Dr. McDougall, for sharing your knowledge and insights. As a personal trainer, I'm overwhelmed with mostly young Paleo devotees who have no lifetime of history to know and see how well a plant-based diet works, and how poorly a high protein diet does not. I'll share this video everywhere I can.

[@TheGOGGOGG1]

McDougall is the best in explaining the importance of a starch based diet - no consumption of meat and dairy-fuss that makes so many people unhealthy and unattractive. I wish we had more of brilliant, sharp speakers like him - we need them in every single nation around the world, so that they can speak in their mothertongue to the people. Convincing, logical lectures like this one, that's what we all need.

[@mc2gregory]

Dr. McDougall's books have helped me be healthier and happier. He is a voice of reason. (:

[@robynhope219]

Untrue

[@vinnettepope8255]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful teaching information 👊👊👊👊👊👊👊

[@SusanCS17]

I could listen to him all day. Great presentation!

[@davidhutchinson6377]

You don't have to be perfect...Thank God...I'm from Maryland and love my fish...crabs, mussels, clams and oysters...and I will never give them up. But I won't eat them everyday either....not even every week. Probably 2x monthly would be alot..and only during the warm months. Keep meat below 10% and your good. The China Study confirms that.

[@sac1303]

Excellent! Thanks, Dr M., for your continuing efforts to bring truth, hope and health for people, the animals and our planet.

[@pennysutton7710]

Another brilliant lecture by the doc.... I've done every diet under the sun all my life! Never lost so much weight without obsessing over calories before. Feel leaner and healthier on a starch and veg based diet and a few hrs a week on the gravity Walker! . Logically it makes so much sense when you think about all the blue zones people! Saving the animals and saving the planet - extremely important... May you live long and prosper Doc McDougall!!

[@secnarfyerom]

Thank you, Dr. McDougall, for your brilliance, and having the good will of Dr. Jonas Salk, for so freely sharing your understanding of nutrition with all of us. I hope you get speaker's fees from the groups you educate in person with your well considered words. I so appreciate being able to see your lectures here on KZbin.

[@missiris1234]

Please don't retire! The world needs Dr. John Mcdougall. Thank you for all you do! Dr. Atkins probably caused more health problems than any American in history

[@AndersErichsen-rr7vs]

Thanks for the information!

[@Eusuntfericita23]

Thank you very much for all youfr info!!!! You totally changed my life !!! I am so greatful thank you !!! Greets from Austria

[@secnarfyerom]

I just bought "The Starch Solution" and am half way through reading it. At Chapter 10 I was riveted being a Fat Vegan. But with your starch wisdom I am now losing the 40 pounds I gained when I quit smoking.

[@CristobalHsieh]

I love the science based talks normally given, but this one just climbed to the top of my favorites list! I agree and appreciate you "airing out the dirty laundry". Let's stop the diet war, and get on the same page! GREAT TALK!!!

[@TheGOGGOGG1]

Thank you for all these inspiring lecture. I'm from Denmark and vegan. Denmark is one of the biggest producers and exporters of bacon and the danes are in general huge meat lovers. I am a high school teacher and often run topics about the issues of animal abuse, veganism etc., but since many of my students come from pig- or cow-farms, it is really hard to get them to understand the message. Some of them including their parents even get upset with me, calling me "crazy bean-eating teacher".

[@bmoon5342]

oils are bad for you, even olive oils are bad. i learned the hard way.

[@galahadthreepwood]

Lard, butter, beef tallow are good though.

[@starcatcher3691]

How have you learned the hard way?

[@fender1000100]

Goog for heart attacks

[@deefee701]

@@galahadthreepwood No, sorry, they're concentrated artery cloggers.

[@galahadthreepwood]

@@deefee701 Do you have any evidence for that? In fact, the evidence is that it's toxic seed oils that cause cancer and other chronic diseases, and animal fats protect us. See Dr Paul Mason kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIa8kIZ6nd2Zas0

[@donnathorley4537]

Changed to this way of living and have never felt more full, healthy and happy. Makes so much sense and as they say.... the proof is in the pudding

[@Heronlombardi]

People and the planet will benefit incredibly from this aproach! "Unite on the agreing points against animal based diets" will be looked back one day and revered as a turning point to the positive! Thank you very much Dr John McDougall,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@healthageless]

Great video doc. Keep up the good work. It's easier to see clearly and far away when we can stand on the shoulders of giants like you.

[@sml5593]

I had been vegetarian for 10 years and I could never lose weight, I then stopped consuming eggs and dairy and I lost 27 pounds in two months without even dieting, eating as much as I liked. Once I reached my optimum weight I didn't lose any more weight so it's safe. Just proves how bad eggs and dairy really are.

[@mc2gregory]

(If you ever read this, Dr. M., I just want to say: Thank you!!!)

[@brightbite]

Excellent. As is most everything else. Please note, I am also VERY active. Lots of walking every day, and high cardio 3 times a week.

[@jpchapboy]

Thank you for posting this for us all to see. I like the slide show at the end, very telling.

[@Lipitorforall]

We have no enzymes in our saliva (of which I am aware) to break down amino acids....but our saliva has plenty of Amylase (AMY1) for breaking down starch...also, glucose, not fat, is our preferred fuel for the brain. When you eat a little glucose, your body quickly comes out of ketosis....but when out of ketosis, your body does not readily re-enter a ketogenic state if you eat saturated fat. Why? Could this be evidence that we are historically geared to eat plants and starches? It seems pretty evident to me. Yeah, we need some fat and cholesterol - but you get SOME fat in most plant foods. Even bananas have fat. And your body automatically MAKES 3000mg per day in your liver. So do you really need to eat more? Not likely. Eat what you always knew was right. Fruits and vegetables.

[@DressCIA]

I encourage everyone to watch all 54 minutes of this video .. it is well worth it! Loved the ending .. but, don't cheat and skip there!

[@Fritson]

Bravo...Bravo...Bravo Dr McDougall! ♥

[@schapdel]

great, great video

[@resident_vamp]

Great Vid! I love how he tells it as it is. Smart man.

[@nytfoxll07]

Thank you for your logical and scientific demonstration of you position on Dr. McDougal diet. That is exactly what I meant in my assessment Respectfully sire, you need a lot of help. God bless you.

[@veronique2]

McDougall is brilliant as always.

[@ggomez0925]

Tell it like it is Dr. McDougall!! Great video.

[@Leo2002cn]

I am Chinese. I confirm that we do greet people by saying "have you had rice?".

[@amber.4660]

I'm going to try that potatoes, butter & water idea. Except i'm going to add green beans. Might still eat an egg for breakfast

[@Strangepete]

Agree with John on EVERYTHING except for fruits. His 2- 3 fruits a day rule is NONSENSE. An 8 banana smoothie for breakfast with some orange squeezed in there, some apple and sometimes avocado has done wonders for my health. I eat a starch based diet with vegetables for lunch and dinner but a FRUIT based diet for breakfast and my bowls thank me everyday. And I get tons of energy from the fruit and it really is preferable to starches in the morning which takes a bit of your energy in order to digest. Fruits just go right through you! In a good way hehe

[@the40yearoldvegan53]

me too!! I average ~ 10 bananas / day food combining helps. keep the fruit and starches separate

[@Strangepete]

Absolutely!

[@UnchainedCyclist]

Faylina Meir No, bananas do plug you up. Ask your doctor. Different fruits have different effects on the body. Like prunes, which help you poop.

[@UnchainedCyclist]

I eat whatever is within arms reach. We just don't buy meat during the week.

[@TheMrLecroy]

The point he was making about 'not fighting among ourselves' was clearly lost here... low-carb vegan is the common denominator among most of the people he references at the end with the 'lean' stamp. He may not believe fruit is great for us but bottom line was... if you're a low carb vegan you're doing well. I also eat tons of fruit... What he advocates gets people in the right direction if they're coming from the S.A.D. (Standard American Diet)

[@D.von.N]

I like this video. There is so much I agree with. Not finished watching it yet, but what came to my mind when repeatedly hearing the term hunter-gatherers and thinking about its meaning... not only the word hunter used first gives a false impression, that their diet was meat based; what is also very important to realize is, that the word hunter only refers to the fact that they did little or no animal farming. All meat they had came from wild, they had to hunt it. And we know today that the wild game is nutritionally superior to the farmed animal meat of any kind, also free of antibiotics and growth hormones, which the industry uses to make more profit.

[@spiderjump]

i used to eat 3 portions sometimes 4 portions of meat a day. i started eating only one portion of meat a day and taking beans and soy to compensate. i switched from white rice to brown rice and started taking oats for dinner. i lost 10 pounds in 2 months without increasing my exercise. i started to increase my exercise output and lost 10 pounds more. i take egg whites fish and meat and very little milk.i take 4 whole fruits a day and 2 serving of veggies daily.

[@levgenyterrobias]

American diet in the Philippines gave me anxiety attacks, sleepless nights, obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, sgpt, triglycerides, and uric acid. But just two months of intermittent starch diet lowered most of them. Still left is my cholesterol and obesity but people around can see the difference. Where can I get presentation materials so I can share these at my co-workers at our safety meetings?

[@seccisec]

McDougall you are the best! Keep up the fight!

[@josestereo9312]

Vegans: Tim Bradley, WBO welterweight boxing champion Mac Danzig, MMA fighter Jan Muller, Muay Thai fighting champion Patrik Baboumian, Armenian-German strongman Not bad, eh?

[@Mentat1231]

Dr. McDougall has really outdone himself with this lecture. He has absolutely destroyed the silly arguments for Paleo and other low-carb approaches, and presented a clear and compelling case for the starch-centered, low-fat, vegan diet. I've been a "starchivore" for the past couple of years, and it has made a wonderful difference in my personal health, and that of family members who also listened.

[@KittyMcKnitty]

I was in low-carb/Paleo land for a while, but I started waking up when I realized that not only the adherents were struggling with poor lipid profiles, blood sugar issues and excess weight, but the major proponents of the diet (the Eades', Cordain, Atkins, Fallon, Jimmy Moore, et. al.) were all struggling as well. It was sad. They all call vegans skinny idiots, not recognizing the irony. No one on a low-carb forum worries about getting too thin. No one.

[@johnmooter2300]

This guy is where it is at.

[@philmoufarrege]

good post.the results are in the doing. It's time to make a choice of how long you are going to continue your current diet experiment (standard diet) or to switch and try another experiment with another diet. my diet is formed around what the longest living cultures eat/ate (plant diet).as you allude to, its hard to know which science is truthful and not skewed.but it's easy to see the results personally after time. i've chosen my path and won't go back. i hope you find your path, thanks.

[@kaunas888]

The reason that all these variations exist in diets is so that each "leader" can present his own twist on the "recipe" and thus present the public with a "new and revolutionary" diet that presumably "makes all the difference" in comparison to other diets, which are very similar.

[@TheoSakoutis]

My paternal grandparents were from Ikaria, which is one of the Blue Zone populations you mentioned. I have plenty of relatives who still live there. My dad's uncle is still alive. He's 99. Most of the population of Ikaria eat meat. They raise goats, drink the milk, make cheese from it, and they eventually slaughter the animal and eat it., They raise chickens and eat lots of eggs. They eat chicken too. They eat plenty of sea food. They eat lots of greens, fruit, and potatoes. They certainly aren't vegans...

[@Vici233]

he said "near vegetarian". Think about it, in a place where people raise their own backyard hens, there isn't going to be as much meat consumption. Your folks clearly didn't eat meat three times a day, like many americans do.

[@TheoSakoutis]

The Greek islanders are omnivores, they will eat anything and everything they can get their hands on. They eat/drink dairy daily. They also love to spend time at the cafes, smoke, drink, and stay up late. They have the highest cholesterol levels on the planet. They have no sense of time, which is perhaps why they manage to escape the ravages of time so well..

[@yams4610]

this isn't about anecdotal evidence.this is abt science.

[@TheoSakoutis]

We cannot ignore anecdotal evidence. Someone will create a study that concludes the sun causes cancer. Then he'll travel around the world lecturing us to avoid the sun. And if we want to be "scientific minded" we will agree and begin avoiding the sun. In the meantime, some of the longest lived and healthiest people are living in the sunniest ares of the world and are always in the sun. That is anecdotal evidence. Do we ignore it?

[@maryexcellyneriqua1095]

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[@johnmooter2300]

I have met and heard John several times. He walks the walk. Do you want to be fat like Attkins, Sears, Fallon, Weill, or healthy and lean like McDoughal, Ornish, Fuhrman, etc etc etc

[@Gesundheit888]

John Mooter, so let's see who produces more kids. Let's see who lives longer. being lean is not a good way to determine who is healthier.

[@57daise]

This is a very important video and I was in the process of switching to that way of eating. I believe that this video has saved me from making a hugh mistake... I was starting a Paleo diet after reading " It Starts with Food" and now I am rethinking my decision. Not 100% sure that starch is the solution but Paleo is not. Thanks !

[@agustn]

Excelent talk! Best regards from Spain

[@mineralt]

The choice is so obvious when I look at three members of my family who eat a whole food, plant based diet, and then I look at the others. One group is very healthy, trim, and do things like run marathons. The others who aren't on it take lots of pills, regularly visit the doctor, and are often obese. You're being dishonest with yourself if you don't believe in this. It's tough giving up the steak, but you'll never regret it.

[@MNveg]

Congrats!

[@ottawadrummer]

Just doing some thinking on this topic and he mentions over and over that we are eat a high carb diet, but he doesn't seem to touch upon fat and protein very much. What is a good amount of fat and protein to have in a day if you're an active person trying to build muscle?

[@TheMrLecroy]

50:48-52:50 should be its own short video.

[@lisacelestepfund]

Those pictures don't lie!!

[@liviecwh]

Thanks doc! Love the new haircut btw! I'd love to see more from Mary btw!

[@philmoufarrege]

transit time in the colon is EVERYTHING. this is why some people who eat healthy still have issues, their food isn't digesting and is simply rotting in the colon (those people need to do fasting or go on fruit mono diets for a while depending how severe the problem is) the longest living people have fast transit times. if you eat meat you can still live long if the rest of your diet is clean (grains fruits veg) but your health won't be as good as it could have been. depends on your goals.

[@hebince44]

I know nobody's going to believe me but all ancient civilizations thrived on vegan diets. Atlantis, Mu, ancient middle east, ancient middle asia: they were highly developed technologically and mentally and to some degree spiritually. They were all slim and productive on a vegan diet. I got my information from hypnotic regression sessions.... And one person even said during one particular session: "we don't know wars. There are stories of ancient past from when our civilization began to develop about great conflicts and wars. But we have long grown out of it and we have no need for it". It didn't fit their mentality. And they were all vegan back then. They just didn't name it that way. It was just their everyday normal diet.

[@Christuserloeser]

you sir are bat shit crazy.

[@maripogi7]

+Christuserloeser You have never had a past-life regression. It is an awesome experience and you discover things that make a lot of what you have experienced in this life have significance you hadn't realized. Most of us have had more than a few lives. With a regression, there is time and energy for exploring only one, and just a bit; a lifetime is usually long and complex. If you have a good regression, you can learn so much. My own took me to a time when the place I was in, which looked like Europe, northern France, to me, was totally covered with forest! The Roman troops were there, but only in small amount. The person guiding this regression demanded to know what year it was, but I couldn't answer. I had not studied European History, didn't know when the forest had been, the Roman invasion, etc. She got quite testy when I wouldn't answer, but I couldn't. Since then, I've researched what I saw. It was probably around 200 A.D., and it may well have been near Bath, England, for they have caves, which is where my initial entry into the regression took me. I was about 10 years old, female, and my clothes were hand-sewn, simple, coarse fabric, flax maybe. The soldiers were locals, impressed into service by the Romans. They rode small horses, probably put under load too early to ever achieve their full stature. I and the other children and old people had been herded into a cave. It was total darkness, but I described the earth underfoot and the smell. The regresser wouldn't let me experience what happened there. Obviously, I survived it, but I was never able to have children. Instead, I took care of the children of the several families I lived among. The building we shared for that had a hearth where food was cooked in a cauldron and the roof was thatched. I lived to a very old age, maybe 80's, and there was a man I loved who came and went with a small caravan. It was a reason for celebration when they arrived. I recognized him as the "love-of-my-life" in this current life. His coloring was different, but I knew him by his eyes. He brought me gifts and stories of distant places. His caravan also used horses. Oh, the local "troops" had leather helmets that were made of straps; wouldn't have given much protection, just probably made them feel they "belonged" to the troop. The children and I picked mushrooms in the forest; there was deep grass. It was rolling hills but no mountains. This is why I changed from France to Bath, England, where there are caves and the "baths" are from the Romans. Learning when Europe was under forest gave me the year, about 200 AD. People have not changed much. We have all the same feelings and cares. We love and fear, just as today. We want comfort and safety. What hebince44 writes sounds so very true to me; he shows the amazement of a person who has experienced what is real but forgotten. It is as if a grandparent sat you down and told you of some incident in your early childhood that you had totally forgotten, but the details of which made some things, perhaps fears, a scar, or a recurring dream element, understandable to you for the first time. His gratitude and value of his regression is evident. Your scoffing shows you are afraid of the concept, that it somehow disturbs what you have chosen to believe.

[@moonsod1113]

There is no evidence whatever that there was any Atlantis or Lemuria, so that is a stupid argument. Keep to known countries and continents instead of mentioning fictitious ones.

[@philmoufarrege]

Hi.I think you've made great points! I personally believe that the best way to find a balance of fats/sugars etc is to eat SEASONAL. for example, only eat avocados and nuts when they are naturally in season instead of 365 days a year, this will be nature's method of forcing you to eat the correct ratios of fat rather than just a hard rule of "low fat" or "high fat". what do you think?

[@theomni222]

Why does this vid not play in New Zealand? ahhhh...so frustrating, I really want to watch this.

[@1imesub]

I've had nothing but fruit, corn and beans for the last couple weeks with no desire for change. My blood pressure and weight are PERFECT.

[@1imesub]

Absolutely perfect.

[@philmoufarrege]

good post

[@veronique2]

Brandon Brazier, Carl Lewis, Martina navratilova, John Salley, Venus Williams, Robert Cheeke, should I go on?

[@saxongreen78]

I'm a thin bloke...always have been, and with zero effort. While I never willfully abused my body, my diet was a typical rural Aussie diet of dairy, meat, eggs, bread, starches and some vegetables and fruit. (My GP and the Government would have given my health regimen at least 4 out of 5 stars!) Had childhood asthma...have suffered from depression...have CMT (congenital skeleto-muscular condition)...intermittent constipation /diarrhea - but overall I have had excellent general health throughout my 4 decades. Recently, I suddenly got oral thrush - which caused me a great deal of concern, as it is usually _co-morbid_ with something much more sinister. Blood sugars are slightly elevated - cold hands - constipation - blood pressure slightly raised (all completely incongruous with my history.) Oh DEAR! I have finally, after years of half-hearted consideration, taken the plunge into a fully plant based diet with frequent exercise...and so far, I'm more than thrilled with the difference! While it's still early days, and I can not yet know for sure, I believe I have long standing GALLSTONES which are causing my symptoms - doing a gentle and natural flush at present...TBA I must thank Dr McDougall for being the final straw for me - and for introducing me to all those other "Good Guys" - you're all absolutely correct. Dairy is poison.

[@saxongreen78]

(Update - Nah...wasn't gallstones - just dysbiosis and colitis - squeaky clean WFPB diet, exercise and Dr Klaper's six week bowel regenerating regimen is doing the trick. _Phew!_ )

[@katzensindweich3505]

I sincerely appreciate all the plantbased doctors.

[@tempplaylist]

I knew several people (this is back when I was sooo obsessed with holistic eating healing whatever) who were on macrobiotic who got hospitalized and re encouraged to eat meat by doctors. I just don't think there is any one fits all nutrition. I have been on Paleo for a week now and even though my calorie intake is low, for the first time in a long time I am not hungry and my weight is coming off. What is the explanation?? I really just would like to know.

[@joegamble328]

Starchivore, priceless :-) LOL

[@kronier]

Excellent

[@rawfoodnoob]

Excellent!

[@m1croninja]

Yeah, but too many people confuse what we are capable of eating with what actually causes us to be healthiest. We just love hearing good things about our bad habits.

[@Bedrinonen]

Like my mother always said: always be aware of arguments which appeal to emotions. The best he has managed for 10 minutes is to say "apparently eating fat is good for your arteries!" Convincing...

[@philmoufarrege]

Wow you're too kind Gyrate4, thank-you for the kind words! I'm still overcoming many old chronic illnesses from my former lifestyle on a SAD diet, but I look and feel a lot healthier than I did 5 years ago! Check out my website if you would like to read more.I used to have heart problems, an unmoving colon and literally destroyed the enamel off all my teeth from my former diet and lifestyle. I couldn't go out for more then 30 minutes without needing to lie down and I was only 21!

[@lolstephsis]

Dr.McDougall's the best ;)

[@marcostott]

Yes !

[@Earthstarsky]

willing to say it how it is!!

[@wtmud]

To make us healthier, can you open a fast food restaurant called Mcdoguall selling real starchy potatoes instead of Mcdonald's fries?

[@zinturis]

I am missing Robert Young's diet here in the list. He's looking pretty well for his age. Why he wasn't discussed in this conference?

[@dctrex]

McDougall is money in the bank! We need more straight talkers like him!

[@gyrate4]

"Gary Taubes as Darth Vader (given his proclivity to wheezing)."----Go Veg I thought the same thing the moment you said "McDougall as Luke Skywalker." LOL

[@CVMAN2004]

love it! Very good view!

[@FayCreative]

😂😂😂 people fighting over a nut!!! Nuts!!! Lol

[@brightbite]

I'm eating a large bowl of rice with a tall glass of distilled water as I watch this, as I do every day. My weight is perfect. My blood pressure is low. And I'm not a teenager, either. :)

[@zinturis]

Hi Marco, thanks for your reply. Amount of fat in his diet is quite optional on the other hand our brain is fat. If you didn't eat fat where would you suppose to get all omega 3, 6, 9? Ok, when I try to decide if a diet is healthy or not, I check how a man promoting his diet looks like, also if he has people healed, is there any logic in it. This is why it is important to collect all the good guys in one place and let them present evidences, learn from each other and shape a better diet.

[@cj2108]

Love the ending punch! Hahahahahah.... I have the same issue: my family and doctor for years were telling me that what I'm doing is wrong (raw whole plant diet), I will get even sicker (I had amenrrhoea, osteopenia, eczema, dental flourosis...). Those telling me that are all having health issues (unfortunately, but my sis changed few last months seeing benefits in me, and got healthy! yes!). My results, I got rid of all those problems! Extra bonus: looking younger ;) than my peers

[@Probabalisticplane]

He didn't say that Neanderthals were vegetarian, he simply said that cooked starch was an aspect of their diet. He says that basing a diet on faulty and outdated archeological research from decades ago is a bad idea. Also, there are plenty of nutrition journals out there that are peer reviewed and have strongly suggested many times over that eating too much fat is bad for you.

[@philmoufarrege]

if you're not convinced and happy staying on what you're doing then that's cool and we'll leave the discussion here.

[@cashewbutterbananasforever8646]

Love this.