Titled topic: Raw food vs Cooked begins 43 minutes and 23 seconds into the video (43:23)

Hi Heather......have been following Dr. McDougall since 2020 during the pandemic. I have literally changed my life simply by looking at John's videos and reading his book, The Starch Solution. Lost a total of 65 lbs over 3 years. I am Jamaican and live in Trinidad and Tobago where we have an abundance of starch-based underground storage organs, such as Irish and sweet potatoes, many varieties of yams, eddoes etc. This is my food of choice. God bless you all. Owe my life to John and family.

A mix between raw and cooked whole food plants is best.

Yes! Once I knew the truth, I wanted to succeed! And I did! So far - been doing this for 35 years. But now, with all the vegan processed foods and excuses of busy life, I have slipped into junk food vegan. But good news!! My husband - who stayed on the S.A.D., of course now at 64, has very high blood pressure and is very overweight. I can't tell him what to do - he see me, all these years, but he could not give up steaks (of dead cows). You don't stay married 35+ years by telling your partner what to do. He sees me, how incredibly healthy I am!!! So I said I guess you'll want to go to a doctor and get that treated? He researched the side effects of rest-of-his-life blood pressure medicine. I didn't say anything. Next day he lingered...and I said, WHAT IF?? What IF eating all you want of yummy food would cause you to naturally shed all that weight and your blood pressure will drop within a week or 2? What if DR MCDOUGALL IS RIGHT? Now, remember, I am 64 and in superb health, no drugs, no dr visits, great weight, great teeth. But this junk food is causing hot flashes again, I know it and I offered to go pure Plan with him. Next day my husband said, let's do it. I am so happy - he chose ME and LIFE over feeding on the dead bodies of tortured animals! I won't have to watch him die of heart disease or (you'd better believe it, as long as he takes to poop) COLON CANCER!! I said, remember in our apartment in 1985 I taped up page 31 of The McDougall Plan so I could remember what it was I was supposed to eat? He did remember. We are taking a couple weeks to clear out the bad food, make meal plans and shop, and I am re-reading the Plan, the McDougall Program, and also 21-Day Kickstart by Dr. Barnard (PCRM) and China Study Solution. They are all good books, but Dr. McDougall's oddly enough, now more than 35 years old, are still the best, and PCRM's 21-Day Kickstart is a easy and wonderful read, a must-read also if you are starting the diet. Plus Lindsay Nixon's cookbooks - any of them! - round out our anticipated success. she, too, is simply amazing - super simple. But Mary McDougall's cookbooks were the first and she is still a great cook. OMG DR MCDOUGALL YOU SAVED MY LIFE AND NOW YOU WILL GIVE ME MY HUSBAND'S HEALTH BACK. I love him so! And you guys too!!

Love the scruff. Dr. And Mary McDougall have saved my life.

My mom developed Meniere’s disease back in the 70’s. Her naturopath put her on a 28 day water fast. She had to just lay in the bed all the time but she was cured and it’s never came back!!

ive eaten a mostly raw vegan diet -- mostly fruit -- for nearly 10 years. I've also implemented and experimented with cooked, low-fat foods. By far, raw food is a life changing experience. Raw foodists write books because it's a life changing experience. People who eat cooked food write books about weight loss. There's a massive difference. I think it's about finding a good combination of BOTH, and doing that, or one of the other. Eating 100% raw food is tough. Is it ideal? Maybe. if we lived on a tropical island like the monkeys do all day long. But is it realistic? I dunno. Take this from me after failing to do it for nearly 10 years now, and I've spent time with the so-called 'experts'. But one thing is for sure -- people who eat a large amount of raw food have a glow like no other, and if you're sick, it will cure you -- initially. I don't care what any doctor says. It's true -- i know because I've done it, and I've lived and worked at many healing centers. But raw food ISN'T for everyone. Ayuveda and TCM confirm this. So beware, and find what's best for you. THe thing is every time the concept of raw food is brought up to Dr McDougall, he compares it to raw starches, and then says starch can't be eaten raw. He then talks about raw food eaten the popular, but very unsuccessful way -- with lots of fat. Well DUH. Neither of these work. The only way to successfully eat a raw food diet is to eat a high fruit, low fat diet. I wish he would talk more about this. This is the version I've done for many years now. It's a pain in the ass, and one things for sure -- you're never full (Dr M is correct there, or you're always on the hunt for food). It takes a lot of training and it feels way better than eating starch all the time, imho, but it has it's downsides. Nothings perfect. that's my experience. You're lighter and more livelier, and definitely more high in the sky, but it costs a lot of money, and requires you to move somewhere warm with available fruit at low prices. no question.

"People like to hear good news about their bad habits.".....WOW Dr. M....very profound. Thanks 4 what u do.

Always enjoy Dr Mcdougall. Just started sharing videos on my KZfaq channel about how our family of 4 has made this WFPB lifestyle work for us for the past 14 years. Keeping it simple is key. Starches are also key!

Diet Wars - great term. Yes, diet can be very simple it is for me- supper often potatoes and veg. I had been convinced raw was best way to go - but it didn’t work for my age and fitness. Was eating too much fruit. Got my answers from Dr McDougall. Thank you. And great job always Heather

I always felt incredible drinking juice made from celery, parsley, carrots, green apple, a beet. Now it would be considered too sweet, too many oxalate. Can modify. My body loves this.

Thank you Dr.MacDougall , i loved you talking about being on a raw food diet , and how its not necessary! Great show 😍

Dr McDougall had everything go to plan. He married the love of his life. Break his heart and i assure you , no amount of diet changes or diet philosophies would've saved him . Food food food is all we see on you tube as the answer to ill-health . No one ever talks about the power of happiness trumping what you eat

Congrats Dr. McDougall on your lifetime achievement award. yay

I love my Purple and Japanese sweet potatoes! So excited i just ordered your book The Starch Solution recommended by Kiki Nelson. ❤

Thank you Dr. McDougall and Mary! Such great information! ❤😊👍

I've been vegetarian for 35 years and vegan for 10 and I get terrible tinnitus, probably have Meniere's disease - vertigo, ear inflammation and leaking fluid - without infection - for a very long time. I normally eat basically what this doctor recommends - a lot of beans, rice, corn tortillas, cooked vegetables etc., not much processed food, but it doesn't cure my lifelong medical issues. I've been trying to go raw and I can say that it does give me a lighter, more energetic feeling and less inflammation. I added rice and beans and found that the brown rice makes me feel bad. Beans seem ok. Then I tried adding cooked purple potatoes and my hands and feet swelled up badly, and painfully. I'll try it again but things are not looking good for potatoes. Also, people who eat raw (properly, with enough calories) have a glow that the McDougalls just don't have. Also, gorillas eat raw naturally, and they are extremely strong. So as long as we have access to foods edible in their natural state, we should eat them.

Just the episode I've been waiting. A discussion on arsenic in rice. I am in the Philippines. Now I can enjoy my rice without praying for salvation from arsenic.

I laughed out loud when Dr. McDougall quipped about the raw dinner barely giving him enough energy to make it to Taco Bell! 😂

for starch, eat jicama, carrots, parsnips...for beans, there are plenty that you can sprout

Yay!!! I like Dr. McDougall night!!

Love this so much.

Thank you again. It's always pleasant and informative to watch the weekly video. Interesting to know about the link of hearing loss and atherosclerosis.

Thank you for saving my health. You are amazing. Thank you for standing your ground and never caving to the machine. ❤

Hi Heather...is it possible in your intro to give us the date of the podcast. I think it would help your viewers and listeners to put into context the age of the podcast

I love the sense of humor of Dr. John Macdougall!!!

Great messages ❤

I am a Great fan of the basic, simple McDougall program. It is so easy to follow, its very effective and I you just try it for 10 Days you Will experience a Great change to the better. I met something very close to it in the 60’ s and it completely healed my servere migraines - and I was just so happy that I found that Way. Lager in my life I sent back to a strichter version to cure my tendency to rheimatoid arthritis - and once more it was the most effective. 🙏💚

Thank you for this wonderful information😊

Love these! Where can we ask questions for next time?😊

your family is so fabulous. simple recipe is wonderful. thank you.

Hello, you are all appreciated and loved ! 💜💟💯🙏

Maravilha de programa , muito obrigada e que Deus os abençoe 🙏🙏🙏

I tried starch but then went RAW Ive got loads of energy no pains. I choose RAW personaly ❤

I agree that it's helpful to be around like-minded people. Unfortunately I don't have that here. I do have a doctor that was trained by Dr. McDougall, but I never get to see him, only the nurse practitioner, who has never even heard of the McDougall Diet. It's an uphill battle! The nurse practitioner ordered bloodwork for lipids and protein because she suspected I had high cholesterol and not enough protein. ??? I've been on the McDougall Diet for 20 years! Both tests were normal.

Aloha McDougalls from Hawaii

There's also organic arsenic, although apparently the organic form isn't as toxic, or possibly toxic at all.

Cooked plant foods are way more healthy and Digestible. In fact, the primary reason Apes became Human was because of mastering fire and cooking. Our digestive tracks and our mouths evolved to eat cooked foods. This made obtaining calories easier and faster and freed us up to evolve our brains.

Yes@ The Hunza diet!

I went all fruit. My diabetes is getting better and better. I only use 1.5u a day of insulin... and that number is dropping every week. Plant based did not work for me.

I googled fibroids on Wikipedia which led to Leiomyoma on Wikipedia: "They can occur in any organ, but the most common forms occur in the uterus, small bowel, and the esophagus."

coconuts and avocodoes and nuts and seeds are considered super-foods by virtually every expert. everyone can't be wrong!

I do a raw lunch and a cooked dinner and a combo of the two for breakfast.

I like the blue shirt 🎽💙

Can you post the information regarding the graduates group every Wednesday at 8am. How do I find where to join?

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How does Dr McDougall feel about adding some sugar or syrup to a chopped up banana for example? Is that okay? I prefer the texture of a not overly ripe banana but they taste better with some syrup

Fibroids not turning into cancer is a myth? Whaaat??? I was 55, and my fibroid turned cancerous and i had to have a radical hysterectomy including my ovaries removed due to massive hemmorhaging. I needed 6 pints of blood! I had to have 5 weeks of radiation. Two years on, my cancer has come back. Im a slender woman who has lived an active, healthy lifestyle. Ladies, if your gut says take it out, take it out! Before it can turn into a nightmare.

i like most of what you say. however, the oil stuff is just crazy. certain oils are prized by both western and ayurvedic physicians. in ayurveda, eating clarified butter and massaging with sesame oil are basic cleansing procedures. some western experts say the value of the mediteranean diet is not in the individual items, but in the addition of olive oil. some experts even drink olive oil daily. edgar cayce reccommended drinking olive oil.

Does Dr McDougall know about sprouts and microgreens ?

What I know about fish oil is that it lowers triglycerides levels.

I sent Dr. McDougall a signed copy of my "Protein Inc" book. I hope he got it. 🥰 EDIT: Looks like it got sent back to me. I'll try again. Lol

The way he ignores women's pain with fibroids. He is a misogynist so women's pain does not matter to him. We are supposed to just "wait" to hit menopause and be in pain for 20-30 years. Great doctor.

When I changed my diet I got lower back pain & knee pain. I also was intermittent fasting to. Could this be toxins coming out of my body? Maybe because of my body holding toxins?

My juicer doesn’t have blades, it’s a crushing juicer.

Why so many different opinions on Olive Oil ?? so many nutiionists differ on this ..

Nice beard you look real dignified.

Mary made a great point about the “organic” rice that could still be grown in old cotton fields. I remember when I used to get organic long grain brown rice at ALDI was labeled “USA,” then it went to no country origin. Lately, it’s said “India,” so I’m thinking it was losing sales from consumers who didn’t want to buy the US grown rice, since it might be from the southeast.

What is ther on the wall??

The fact that some people even thing 100% raw is okay is weird to me. That’s an extremist view of the WFPB diet.

Why does Dr. McDougall never promote exercise. Exercise is so important. Probably the most important.

They don't let the Sun ripens the fruits. They pick the fruit way to early. An apple from the tree had a lot of juice oh, now they're just not juicy.

Aspirin used every day is harmful. Cayenne pepper has been found to helpful with the same concern. However diet must be addressed as Dr. McDougall has always said.

sjogren's syndrome is reversible. Brooke Goldner's patients reversied it on a raw food diet : )

"People like to hear good news about their bad habits." Blending food damages food but cooking doesn't? Of course cooking damages the food. The only benefit of cooking is that it makes some inedible foods edible and adds calories to the diet. And BTW potatoes should not be eaten raw but sweet potatoes can be. So the foods that can be eaten raw should be eaten raw. And most of us are getting too many calories. I was able to get overweight on my cooked vegan diet as I ate a lot of beans, grains/seeds (no wheat), rice, corn tortillas (Mexican style, not grocery store style). Going raw with a lot of greens and fruits allowed me to lose weight at a steady pace, not too fast, about a pound a week. Adding back cooked beans has slowed the pace a bit.

Taco Bell, beans rice and tortillas! Under $5

Raw vegan hands down 💯% better. ❤

I’m Keto. It’s life changing I couldn’t do this diet because potatoes make me want to puke Here’s to what’s best for the self …not, do this diet or you die Starch is becoming a new religion lol

The evolution nonsense is not only bogus, but it's distracting and off-putting. I'd like to believe your explanations, but when you do that it lowers your credibility.

I don't find their recipes as simple as they claim. And, most of their recipes are too big, make too many servings. I have found a few that are suitable for me, but not many of them.

there are good oils and bad oils. you haven't done your homework. if you got your facts straight, you might actually do some good!