Went on a Wholefood Plant Based Diet when I was 61. Had Oseteoarthritis in my fingers, knees, ankles, and 1 hip, starting at about age 40. 4 Months on the whole food plant based diet (lots of carbs after reading your book, The Starch Solution) Osteoarthritis disappeared. And now at 67 still arthritis free & I all I take is B12 a couple of times a week & Vit D3 in winter. Feel great. Best thing I ever did for my overall health ever. Thankyou Dr McDougall.

I never tire of Dr. McDougall, he is the best !!!

I was 20 years old in the beginning of 2000 when I was diagnosed with Multiple sclerosis. At the time I was vegetarian, which means meat-free, but not free of animal products. A strict vegetarian, which is the diet of a vegan, is rare among vegetarians. Most have an invisible prefix attached to the word, such as lacto-, ovo-, and the word lost its true meaning a long time ago... So calorie-wise, it was the same as before; an omni diet where I had only swapped meat for more dairy and more eggs - and did not increased my intake of greens. Long story short, I went vegan (for the animals!) in 2005. We didn't have all these processed foods back then, so it was a more or less a whole foods plant based diet. I've been symptom free ever since I switched to a wfpb diet and also stopped with the meds sometime later. I also got rid of my food/pollen/animal allergies and didn't have to take medicine for my hypothyroidism! Now I haven't taken as much as an aspirin in over a decade! 😎 Btw, during my last checkup, I asked my neurologist about food and MS and he just smiled. But he did suggest I'd go back on the meds, you know, "just in case". 🤷‍♂ But that is sadly common. My mom asked her doctor is she could lower the blood pressure meds now that she's been vegan for some years, to which he replied "If that was the case, we would be prescribing our patients carrots." 🤦‍♂ I don't know if they honestly don't know, don't care, or know but need to push their meds. Happy to hear more and more doctors are becoming aware. It's crazy that they don't get to know anything/much about diet when studying to become a doctor... Been following you for years now after my friend sent me your newsletter on MS and protein! Thank you for sharing this! ✌

I love these great long lectures!! They really need to be drilled into everyone's brain so we all have an understanding of WHY. Keep them coming PLEASE!!!!♡♡♡

These precious lectures will benefit humanity and medicine forever as long as the Internet exits ❤️

There was a doctor, a pediatrician who talked on tv, and published in Parents magazine, who talked about milk being a big problem to the health of children. Still I gave my kids cow's milk. It's that separation between what we believe, and what we do. You can hear Dr. McDougall's frustration when he tries to teach the wholeness of inflammation, and the wholeness of the 'cure'. He keeps saying that you just get on a 100% whole food all plant eating plan, and in a few days you'll start to see improvement. People want a test, and to name their syndrome, but the body wants to heal itself if the poisons are taken away. It's ok, John. It's getting better.

Plant exclusive surrounded by S.A.D. eaters here, it's a breath of fresh air listening to you, thank you, keep talking 😀🥦🍅🥬🍎💚

I have rheumatoid arthritis. I keep coming back to this and The McDougall Program book. Need to get my head out of the clouds. Thank you for sharing

Life itself is the gift .. Father God, thankyou for creating the very foods that sustain our bodies and minds and for Jesus Christ, Redeemer of our souls

I´m ophtalmologist here in Brasil....so sad...patients were misguided, each year they were worst...taking more and more pills....I´m strict vegetarian about 2 years and 2 months ...today my lunch was 500gpurple sweet potato, raw garlic and red onion with balsamic vinager and nutricional yeast LOVE YOU!!!!!

Another incredible lecture by an incredible dr . Please keep them coming . Maybe another one on dairy . Dr did one years ago and it was amazing and detailed

I’ll never get tired of these lectures- he’s amazing!

Amazing that such knowledge is being provided by Dr. McDougall for free to the general public. Thank you sir 😊

never tire of your videos Dr. McDougall. You changed my life!!!!

We will never get tired of this wonderful man! Please Chef AJ bring us Dr.McDougall every time you can❤🎉

Doc M is a living legend ! Always a pleasure n honor n privilege to listen to him. Thank u doc for all that u do ! Thank u chef AJ!

My dreadful fatigue, breathlessness are gone. My walking is painful .Your diet will soon fix that. Thanks Dr McDougall.

Dr. McDougall professing his childhood love of Annette Funicello…priceless 👌🏼🙂 I’m right there with ya doc 😉

This is just amazing. I've pasted it along to several people. I had no problem committing to the time. It actually went by quickly. I would watch many more of these and can't wait to apply all of this information to my life! Thank you for your passion to heal us!!!🧡🥰

Yes! More Dr. McDougall! Love him! Funny! Genuine! Experienced! Please come back!

We do not get tired of Dr. McDougall!

Thank you for this video! I have multiple autoimmune diseases!

Two big heros for humanity - Mcdougall & Greger

These are fantastic lectures please keep them coming! Looking forward to one on hypertension. Thank you AJ and Dr McDougall!

I was thinking about how long I've known about Dr. McDougall and his work (30 years) and how I fluctuate in and out of the recommendations for good health. Mostly OUT because I'm swayed by so many other people (family) and this environment of fast food we live in. But these talks are motivating me to really get back "with it" again. In fact I committed to myself to eat whole foods for Lent (and hopefully beyond) - I've done it before and I can do it again. I might get my husband to repeat the 12-day program online with me - he got to attend in person a few years ago but he also let poor habits slip back in. ANYWAY, I love you & Mary! Thanks for all you do. ♥♥♥

Thank you so much Dr McDougall and Chef AJ!! These lectures are so interesting. Before finding this diet I was trying (and failing) for several years to be high carb low fat raw vegan. I wasn’t able to stick to it and I wasn’t getting the results. My weight was creeping up and I could feel my health beginning to deteriorate. It is sooooooooo much easier and more satisfying to eat a high carb low fat starch based diet. My health improved, weight decreased!! I feel great and hopeful for the future. Thank you thank you thank you for the work you both do. I did want to comment that I too have noticed a runny nose issue after some starch meals. I haven’t tried an elimination diet but have observed that it seems to occur after meals with gluten, more processed starches e.g. bread, brown rice pasta, cereals and also white rice is sometimes a culprit. The more whole the food the less likely the symptoms. Also if I include some raw food in the meal eg. greens, coleslaw mix, etc. I feel better. Thank you Mary! I love the bean pizza recipe too :)

Absolutely superior presentation. I know this took a huge amount of time to research and prepare. Thank you, Dr. M. for making a difference in lives. You are a rare person. Bless you.

Watching this again a year later and somehow I missed ChefAJ reading my question and Dr. McDougall’s response. It is so much the food. I just came off a medically supervised weight loss program. I did lose 16 pounds after not being able to lose anything however I was miserable. Shakes and bars are not food and it didn’t help me learn how to eat properly. I am doing the mini program to kickstart me back on WFPB starch based diet. As always, I am so grateful for ChefAJ, Dr and Mary McDougall. 💗💗💗

Thank you for these lectures. I wish I had started my health journey sooner but it's never too late.... I appreciate the time and effort spent in sharing this knowledge .A very big sincere" thank you to Dr McDougall and AJ !

This diet cured my rheumatoid arthritis. A year on from my last dose of methotrexate and I am doing just great. It has been enormously empowering. Thank you.

I love you all for putting this information out to the public!

Only began this woe last month, I'm 73 and feel amazing, can't get over the boundless energy I am experiencing, I am so happy the lectures are there for reference, I love learning the first couple weeks I was not 100% compliant, but I am committed now and can''t wait to see what other positive things happen.

I LOVE Dr. McDougall's videos!! He has invested his whole life into this research! Please ask him to provide links to the peer-reviewed evidence so we can look them up and bring them with us to our own doctors to discuss a healthcare plan that can get us off medications and cure diseases.

I love your compassion towards your patients

Omg, thank you Dr. McDougall for all your effort on this presentation. You're so valued. 🥦💜🍓🥕🍏

I love Dr. McDougal ❤️ He tells it like it is and is so funny 😊

He’s so lovely! And funny! Such a sweet , clever man.😊

Always enjoy Dr. McDougall. Keep him coming back.....he is the best!!!!

I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in my 20's..long story shortened..I went whole food plant based circa 2016 and never looked back..I had a collection of other autoimmune disease which are all gone. This works

Love your 3 hour videos. Please keep them coming

Thanks so much for this valuable information!

16:25 ~ 40 % women develop thyroid conditions; 17:28 - 20:25 correlation with countries eating SAD; 19:48 HYPO -thyroidism; 20:31 type 1 diabetes ; 29:50 Roy Swank ; 30:22 MS ; head of neurology Oregon 31:05 mechanism of causing disease; 37:37 esp 38 m rate of attacks Swank therapy for MS

❤thank you so much both of You for your work and passion and sharing this crucial education!

Amazing doc, thank you guys

Thank you. You are a blessing to humanity.

You don't need to dye your hair. I'm already impressed with the both of you.

I enjoy listening and learning from john mc dougall talks . I have learned so much to my benefit thankyou

Yes! Come back Dr McDougall this is so interesting 👌

These are WONDERFUL!

Wonderful! Thanks you for sharing

Bless you, Dr. and Mary MmcDougall, for your brilliance and for your courage to withstand the slings and arrows of a corrupt system for all of these years. Bless you AJ for being so committed and for being such a light. You are heroes!

You are brilliant! Taking a brief pause :)

Chef AJ, I used to be sensitive to legumes like you and never eat them until I started to rinse, soak and sprout them for 24 hours before cooking them well (on the softer side) in the Instapot. I rinse them before soaking them for about 8 hours. I rinse them and put them in a sprouter near the window (to get sun on them). I rinse them after 12 hours. Before cooking them in the iPot, I rinse them extremely well like 3 times. I cook them with a kombu piece (I believe you can also use baking soda). I cook them the maximum time suggested after soaking in the iPot manual. I pour about 1 inch of water above them in the iPot. Et voilà! :)

Thank you very much Dr. McDougall for these informations.

❤Thank you, Dr. McDougall, and Mary.

Dr. please share all you can!

Wonderful as usual

Thank you for your insight it helps a lot …..

I Left you out AJ I love you show it is so informative. I watch it everyday

Thanks chef AJ and dr

I've been trying to get well from a very long list of rotten things to have. Doctors only guess, and guess poorly. I've learned so much and watched so many videos that I can't believe I've never heard this. One thing, though, my brother has been vegan and hasn't use any added oils for years. Anyway, thank you. Will go to the website.

I really enjoyed this session. I want to say that not taking sides with politics I'm able to share with all my friends.

❤❤❤❤ thank u for your work

Within the second hour, the Dr and his wife talk of using sunscreen. By or in the water all day, I can understand using it. However, knowing a few people who used it often to work in gardens or outdoor activities and still had skin cancer including melanoma, I looked into information Id read in Scanning health news, about cancer causing chemicals IN the sunscreen. Also the chemicals being stimulated or reacting more by the sun itself! We cant get away from everything toxic but I haven’t used sunscreen in a long time ( but I don’t windsurf of go to the beach often) and try to avoid chemicals when possible. Perhaps there is an almost chemical free sunscreen on the market somewhere. I have read also, that long ago people who were outdoors much (it was unheard of to have so much cancers of the skin. Some say they wore long sleeves and hats; not sure that’s always true either. Interesting none the less. Personally the sun time seems to help me feel so well…even if aging to the skin. Baking not required.😁

Love me some Dr. Mcdougall

Its a great lecture - everybody should know about the possibility - and so filled with the possibility of changing diet avoiding diary and meat - and you can expect to feel dramatically better 🎶🍀🎵💚🙏

I love to listen to Dr McDougall I learn sooooó much he is so intelligent. I'm WFPB and I love it.

Only part I disagree with is I feel the body is made to heal!

43:28 - ~ 44m interview with Swank; ~44:17 arthritis, 46m 2014 the Society changed its pitch; 47:55 Lancet study and why one should take symptoms seriously; 49:30 RA...perhaps unknown pre 1800, perhaps none in Africa pre 1957; 53:08 expect some improvement after 4-7 days; 53:44 lupus; 55:22 Crohn's disease; 55:55 schizaphrenia; 57:25 cow's milk and kidneys; 77:20 if Auto-Imm disease then one is more susceptible to other diseases; 68:45 fix the problem by fixing the diet

Epic McDougall!!!

This lecture really clicked the connection between gluten and animal proteins and the destruction of the gut for me. I feel like the gluten connection wasn't being emphasized enough. That both gluten and animal proteins can lead to the destruction of the gut and probably gluten starts it.

Love listening to the Mcdougalls

Thank you for amazing work, we can learn so much from you . I have diagnosed Thallasaemia heterozygous, Hyperthyroidism, Celiacs, bleeding guts, kidney stones, right kidney became small this year and Sjogren patients. I have to work a lot for staying in the live.

I've been dealing with skin lesions since I was about 11-12. Nothing helps. I've never stuck with this way of eating long enough for it to matter. I'm on my third week now. I'm tired of feeling disoriented all the time. I sit down for no more than an hour and my butt, head, and eyes go numb, I have hair loss, skin lesions on my face, chest, and shoulders. I also have horrible acne on my back and shoulders. My depression is worst than ever. I have all but given up on life. Can't keep a job because of my anxiety. My last chance, nothing else left.

merci pour tout . merci pour le video, mesieur doctor mc daugall . 💐💐💐💐💐

John ... how do manage exercise ... I am so pleased if found you ... I think we need some Polos and or t-shirts ...with ...............Its the Food with your web under ...be proud to were it ... Cheers Phil

Thank you Dr. McDougall and Mary for all your hard work and helping us to be healthier! Yes go low fat vegan diet and standing up for animals, keep going!

Thank you 🙏🏽 so much Dr. McDougall

Greece needs to hear about this

Amazing 👏

I love dr. Mcdougall.

I've been following you for years

Great soul ever in the world 🌺🙏

My body makes too many blood cells now. Is it because of the food I ate all my life? I am 57 now. So, now I eat more starches, veggies and fruits. My energy has gone up even though I am on a oral chemotherapy. Thanks Doc! God bless you!!

Anyway to get a PDF or copies of these info slides? I would like to show them to my 45 yr old daughter, a NP, who has rheumatoid arthritis and sjrogrens...she is very "mainstream medicine" thinking...

Greetings fron Costa Rica! Love you guys! What about collagen ? Algea?

Your skin looks wonderful AJ. And I’m glad you mentioned you still have this hypothyroidism although u switched to a plant based diet. Thank you. I can relate, I been on a strict healthy Whole Foods plant based diet, no oil for 8 years, after my cancer diagnosis, and I still suffer from arthritis.

Have 😂🎉❤to add that as I am 2:40 minutes in and am having a happy 😆 laughing moments with the 3 of you guys! It’s good to laugh all together!

❤️❤️❤️❤️ every word: we need it

Dr Mcdougall how do i deal with polychythemia Vera after 6 years of hydrea capsules and blood thinners? I am more then greatfull for respons..🙌 🙏

The ketogenic diet is often recommended for epilepsy, but i have found that a plant based diet seems to have helped me these last couple years. What affect could vegan diet have on epilepsy?

Bless this Dr

43:28 - ~ 44m interview with Swank; ~44m arthritis, 46m 2014 the Society changed its pitch; 47:55 Lancet study and why one should take symptoms seriously; 49:30 RA...perhaps unknown pre 1800, perhaps none in Africa pre 1957; 53:08 expect some improvement after 4-7 days; 53:44 lupus; 55:22 Crohn's disease; 55:55 schizaphrenia; 57:25 cow's milk and kidneys; 77:20 if Auto-Imm disease then one is more susceptible to other diseases

NIH = Not Invented Here Pure gold Dr. 👍🏼 Also: CDC = Center for Disease Coverup

Stones in Millet - you have to pick them out. As are also on dried beans packages - clean them means pick through it. Pour the milltet on a plate. Most products packaged in the USA are very clean. I used to buy brown chick peas from India or Pakistan - I'd always find stones. I was at times lazy, bit on a large stone - luckily I didn't break a tooth.

Interesting lecture and I agree with almost 100% of what he said. I went to his website and the diet contains whole wheat items, I am a bit confused due to the fact that his lecture said to eliminate wheat, barley and rye???

Curious what Dr M would say to Dr Goldner (Brooke) and her raw way to address the disease for 6 weeks before adding cooked for maintenance. Using flax and cruciferous greens.

Superb sir, as usuall your presentation was brilliant.Myself Dr.Pradeep Ginimuge from Mumbai, India. I am one of your fans and I follow your Vegan diet myself and also suggest to my patients. Can you please give your opinion regarding so called A2 milk derived from Indian cow (Gir cow)? Are there any studies done to know A2 milk efficacy. Is A2 milk allowed in autoimmune diseses management?😊 Can you please give yo

I would love to hear Dr McDougall do a lecture on Lymphoma. Because I've had it and my blood is showing it's trying to come back

What do you say about the recent rise of autoimmune diseases in these two years? Could the immune system be attacking “foreign protein” other than that from the meat?