The Starch Solution (book, 2012)
quotes from the Introduction to the book by Dr. McDougall.
Introduction
"The Starch Solution is the result of 44 years of personal care of thousands of patients, most of whom once suffered from dietary diseases."
"The full potential of practicing dietary medicine became apparent only after I did additional research into what was known about the effects of diet on health. [...] I learned I wasn't the first physician or scientist to come upon this discovery of a starch-based diet's potential for healing. Others before me had found that potatoes, corn, and whole grains led to robust health while meat and dairy lead to persistent, life-threatening diseases."
"I also learned through those medical journals that people already sickened by disease could reverse the processes and recover, simply by no longer eating the foods that made them sick and instead supporting the natural healing processes with a starch-based diet. There wasn't just one lonely article saying so; study after study described weight loss, as well as the release of chest pain, headaches, and arthritis, owing to a change in what people ate. Kidney disease, heart failure, type II diabetes, intestinal distress, asthma, obesity, and other troubles were also reversed by healthy eating. Volumes of research in these journal pages written over the previous 50 years showed me how my patients, with their chronic, seemingly intractable conditions, could be cured with one simple solution: a diet based on starch supplemented by vegetables and fruits. No pills or surgery needed."
"In this book I share what I have learned over the past 44 years about promoting health and healing illness. To help you get started I've included a 7-Day Sure-Start Plan in Chapter 14, backed up by practical information on how to ready your kitchen, your family and your life for this change in the way you eat. Chapter 15 gets the foods you love on the table with nearly 100 easy-to-prepare recipes to suit every taste."