The Starch Solution: Eat the Foods You Love, Regain Your Health, and Lose the Weight for Good!

Contains lots of recipes to try at home. Also easy to understand facts for the scientifically minded, that completely debunks modern myths about diet and health. For any urban Indian, like me, who lives on a mix of oily desi food, and western junk food, this was a real eye opener. A must read for anyone who wants to improve their health with food alone. Not just loose weight, mind you, but reverse most modern heath problems as well. Wish I'd found this book 10 years earlier.

Well researched and practised book on healthy eating. Coming from a Doctor, with very clear explanations for common doubts and objections. The explanations are clear, crisp and without mixing of words. Search for Indian recipes on YouTube.

Absolutely loved reading this book, it is so eye opening and recommends a very sustainable plant based diet. It is a must read for everyone!

Very useful book

The most comprehensive book on usefulness of starches and how by choosing plant based whole foods can rejuvenate our body

Excellent

Quality of book is good but the matter inside the book is senseless. It just talks about being vegetarian.

The Starch Solution is a book to read from start to finish. I have read two other books by Dr. John McDougall and I keep referring back to them. I have seen and listened to Dr. McDougall speak in person, and over the years I have read and referred frequently to his newsletters. I am a 28-year vegan following his dietary guidelines. So, when he published The Starch Diet over ten years ago, I asked myself, do I really need to buy and read this book? Ten years after its publication, I finally bought the book. I am reading it, and I can tell you this is the most accessible and readable book Dr. McDougall has written, and perhaps one of the most important books on dietary health available to the public in print today. Dr. McDougall makes his case on the merits of the starch-based, whole foods, plant-based diet. In this book he has extracted the most important and vital information from his long career of medical research and practice and made it easily comprehensible and usable. From having written many books, articles, and newsletters, he has honed his writing skills, and has now produced his most informative and enjoyable-to-read publication yet. Especially noteworthy is his clear and concise discussion about the documented hazards of vitamin supplementation. The book is worth having on your bookshelf for this section on vitamin supplementation alone. He presents the most informative discussion I have ever read about vitamin B12 and identifies which type of B12 is optimum. He thoroughly discusses the importance of naturally acquired vitamin D from sunlight for overall health. And he describes a natural and recurring phenomenon in the human body which he refers to as "spontaneous healing" to illustrate the point that the human body has immense capability to recover from injury and illness. The title of the book "The Starch Solution" is meant to convey that Dr. McDougall has included a wealth of essential information describing a complete and natural dietary approach to achieve optimum health, making this book essential reading for every health-conscious person. The book is thoroughly footnoted and referenced to scientific research sources. The book also include 97 pages of the McDougall family's most favorite and simple palate pleasing recipes that anyone can prepare. Expert culinary skills are not required. Knowledge is power. The Starch Solution informs with facts, scientific research, and noble intent. Dr. McDougall's motivation is to educate and empower his patients and the public on how to avoid ill health and maximize optimum health in their lives. To quote Dr. McDougall from the introduction to this book: "I never took an oath to protect the financial interests of the medical industry. I did, however, take an oath to care for the sick and to keep them from harm and injustice, and to never give a deadly drug or procedure. I fully realize that the views I advocate cause people with vested interests to dislike me. But I can live with that unfairness. Too many physicians and dietitians pay allegiance to the big businesses of food and pharmaceuticals rather than to their customers, the patients." I highly recommend Dr. McDougall's book The Starch Solution.

I followed this and lost about 5kg in 3 months.

Esta bien. Lo compre de 2nda mano estaba en buen estado.

Infomative and life changing book. Easy to read I keep it for reference

This book contains the final answer as to who we are and what we should eat. It is cleverly crafted to explain the causes of diseases and the different pitfalls of other diets (fruit only, Atkins, keto, weight watchers...) The book gives plenty of explanations about why animal products and other fats cause disease. The emphasis on what to eat is very clear and the food tastes great! It is easy to stick on the diet and on the long run you begin to appreciate foods that are simple and easy to prepare. You will save thousands by avoiding the foods that make us and the planet sick while improving your health. It is incredible. As a fit young 25 year old I did not expect to get rid of my acnea, constipation, hémorroïdes, energy levels and so on. I thought I was healthy, this way of eating proved me wrong.