Discovering the Power of Basic Nutrition

As a tribute to one of the world’s greatest physicians who died recently, I hope his fundamental work continues, uncovering the nature of health and giving vital advice to millions of patients who have recovered from many chronic diseases by simply changing their diet.

Dr. John McDougall, 1947 – 2024

After many years of practising as a family doctor, and failing to see his patients improve no matter how many pills he prescribed he had a change of heart and mind, as he recalls below:

“Discovering the Power of Basic Nutrition 

From my patients at the Hamakua Sugar Plantation, between 1973 and 1976, I had learned the cause of over 80% of the diseases afflicting people in North America and the rest of the Western world. My elderly patients had immigrated to Hawaii from China, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines, where rice was food. They brought their culture with them. Their children, tempted by Western foods, slowly changed. 

The third generation had essentially given up rice and vegetables for meat, dairy, and junk. For all three generations, their health reflected their diet. The first-generation immigrants were trim, active, and medication-free into their 90s. They had no diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, or cancers of the breast, prostate, or colon. 

Their children became a little fatter and sicker, and most of their grandchildren had lost all of their immunity to obesity and common diseases — in every way of appearance and health, they were full-fledged Americans.”

Dr. John McDougall

Suggested reading:

• “The Starch Solution” Dr. J McDougall ISBN 978-1-60961-393-8
• “The World’s Finest Diet” Podcast by Michael Lingard on most podcast sites
• Now available “Be Your Own Doctor of Health and Happiness” You Are a Miracle! from the author directly