The starch solution : eat the foods you love, regain your health, and lose the weight for good! / John McDougall and Mary McDougall.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781609613938
- ISBN: 1609613937
- ISBN: 9781623360276
- ISBN: 1623360277
- Physical Description: xx, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Rodale, ©2012.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: My personal journey to the starch solution -- pt. 1: Healing with starch. Starch: the traditional diet of people ; People passionate about starches are healthy and beautiful ; Five major poisons found in animal foods ; Spontaneous healing on a starch-based diet ; The USDA and the politics of starch ; We are eating the planet to death -- pt. 2: The FAQs about food. When friends ask: where do you get your protein? ; When friends ask: where do you get your calcium? ; Confessions of a fish killer ; The fat vegan ; Just to be on the safe side: stay away from supplements ; Salt and sugar: the scapegoats of the western diet -- pt. 3: Living the solution. Practicing the starch solution ; The 7-day sure-start plan ; Our favorite recipes. |
Summary, etc.: | Fear of carbs has taken over the diet industry for the past few decades--the mere mention of a starch-heavy food is enough to trigger an avalanche of shame and longing. Here, diet doctor and board-certified internist John A. McDougall, MD, and his kitchen-savvy wife, Mary, show that a starch-rich diet can actually help you lose weight and prevent a variety of ills. By fueling your body primarily with carbohydrates rather than proteins and fats, you'll feel satisfied, boost energy, and look and feel better.--From publisher description. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | High-carbohydrate diet. Complex carbohydrate diet. High-carbohydrate diet > Recipes. Complex carbohydrate diet > Recipes. |
Genre: | Cookbooks. |
Available copies
- 5 of 6 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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Canterbury Public Library | 641.563 MCDOUGALL (Text) | 33190000351213 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Howard Whittemore Library - Naugatuck | 641.5638 McDOUGALL, JOHN (Text) | 34027140718167 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
North Branch - Bridgeport | 641.5638 MCDOUGALL (Text) | 34000080538630 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 04/23/2024 |
Oxford Public Library | 641.5 MCD (Text) | 33530144404891 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Ridgefield Library | 641.5638 McD (Text) | 34010126606176 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Sprague Public Library - Baltic | 641.5638 MCDOU (Text) | 33680128699287 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Publishers Weekly Review
The Starch Solution : Eat the Foods You Love, Regain Your Health, and Lose the Weight for Good!
Publishers Weekly
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John A. McDougall, M.D., is the coauthor, with his wife, Mary, of numerous bestsellers, and is featured in the documentary and book Forks over Knives. This, their 12th collaboration, promotes a scientifically proven, plant-based regimen aimed at successful weight loss and an end to diet-related illnesses like obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and inflammatory arthritis. Although the concept seems counterintuitive to yoyoing, lifelong dieters who have been told that carbohydrates are verboten, the McDougall approach offers filling, comforting, nutrient-dense starches combined in a nonfat, nonanimal food plan with vegetables, nuts, and fruits to deliver a sense of satisfaction, an end to cravings, and much-improved overall well-being. Part I, "Healing with Starch," discusses why starches have been key since ancient times, alerts readers to toxins found in animal foods, cites examples of spontaneous healing on a starch-based diet, and raises the issues of food plant ecology and politics. Part II, "The FAQs," lists reliable and beneficial sources of dietary protein and calcium; reveals reasons to avoid eating fish; and shows that vitamin and mineral supplements are unnecessary. Part III, "Living the Solution," presents the 7-Day Sure-Start Program and instructs how to turn the book's advice into a lifestyle (which may include the authors' prepared, commercially available foods). Recipes for 100 basic, delicious everyday dishes like tofu tacos, Tunisian sweet potato stew, and mushroom stroganoff are a bonus, as are thumbnail portraits of successful dieters. The book's solid scientific information and feasible regimen make the McDougall case for starches quite persuasive and promising. (July) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.