McDougall August Round-Up
McDougall talks about the four obstacles to following the McDougall Diet:
- Change is difficult: “People are always amazed by how many of their incurable ills are fixed after only a few days of eating right. They are equally surprised by how forcefully their problems return when they slide back into their old ways.”
- McDougall is not about vegetables: “The primary purpose of eating is to obtain life-giving energy. This is accomplished safely only by whole plant foods plentiful in carbohydrates. These special plant foods are known as starches.”
- Failure to appreciate the body’s efficiency: “Give up the nuts, seeds, cold-pressed olive oil, dried fruits, refined flours, and all the other rich treats you have been pampering yourself with since your gave up meat and dairy. Right, they are all vegan (not from an animal), and even more holy, they are mostly “raw.” But they are still “calorie bombs,” which are guaranteed to stop weight loss and cause fat gain.”
- No one responsible is fixing your food: “The cost of doing nothing could be as expensive as a $100,00 heart bypass operation. Now does that make financial sense to a businessperson like yourself?”
There’s a new McDougall DVD coming out soon, all about protein, soy and fish. Should be good, look for a review in the future.
Recipes from the McDougall Celebrity Chef Weekend include a lot of gems, such as Vietnamese-Style Stuffed Grape Leaves, Easy Macaroni and Cheeze, Red Lentil and Bulgur Salad Balls in Lettuce Cups with Creamy Basil Dressing, and No-Bake Chocolate-Peanut Butter Pie.
Congratulations to the most recent Star McDougaler, Mary Splady: “People often tell me that they could not do what I do because they love to eat. Well, I really love to eat too, and that is what first led me to become vegetarian, then vegan. In counting calories, I quickly figured out that I would rather eat a big bowl of cauliflower than a small piece of meat. It is really quite simple: Vegetables are not as calorie dense, and therefore I can eat more of them.”
