Tag: Starch based diet

Developed by physician Dr. John McDougall, this approach to nutrition has been advocated for over 50 years to help individuals manage their health. The McDougall way of eating is a low-fat, starch-based diet that emphasizes whole, plant-based foods, particularly starches, while strictly excluding all animal products and added oils.

According to the McDougall Foundation, a starch-based diet helps people lose weight and dramatically lowers the risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease and diabetes. But what do you eat on the McDougall diet to achieve these results, and what foods should you avoid?

Created by Dr. John and Mary McDougall, the Mary's mini diet is a short-term, simplified eating plan designed to reset your dietary habits and promote weight loss. It is often used as a way to kickstart a whole-food, plant-based (WFPB) lifestyle or break a weight loss plateau.

Created by Mary McDougall as a 'trimmed-down, fast-acting modification' of the standard McDougall Program, the temporary meal plan known as a Mary's Mini is designed to jump-start weight loss or simplify eating. This short-term, restrictive diet focuses on a single starch, with the goal of resetting taste buds and breaking unhealthy eating habits.