The Mcdougall Program: Twelve Days to Dynamic Health: 12 Days to Dynamic Health - Softcover

McDougall, John A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0452266394 ISBN 13: 9780452266391

Publisher: Penguin, 1991

Synopsis

In this groundbreaking book, Dr. John McDouggal, bestselling author and creator of the nationally renowned diet and exercise program at the St. Helena Hospital in Deer Park, California, introduces his remarkable twelve-day plan. Building on the idea that the traditional meat-rich American diet is hazardous to our health, Dr. McDougall has developed a medically sound, low-fat, starch-based diet that not only facilitates weight loss but also reverses serious illness, without drugs, and provides a broad range of dramatic and lasting health benefits. Step-by-step, he takes you through his revolutionary new program.

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Review

"Dr. John McDougall is a true pioneer in using low-fat vegetarian diets to treat and help prevent a variety of diseases." --Dr. Dean Ornish, bestselling author of Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease

"This book is not just another diet book. It is, perhaps, the best practical guide to nutritional well-beig ever written." --T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., director of the China Health Project, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University

"It's a wonderful book!" --William C. Roberts, M.D., editor in chief of The American Journal of Cardiology

"Excellent guidance ... Recent studies have shown the value of radical dietary changes in potentially reversing heart disease."--Robert E. Kowalski, bestselling author of The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure

"A bountiful supply of nutritional self-help information ... For people who are just now being initiated into taking charge of their own lives, overcoming disease, and maximizing wellness, this is the essential first step. ... Dr. McDougall will be taking his place along with Carlton Fredericks, Linus Pauling, and Adelle Davis." --Gary Null Ph.D., author of A Complete Guide to Health and Nutrition

About the Author

John McDougall, M.D., is the author of many previous books, including The McDougall Program, The McDougall Program for Maximum Weight Loss, and The New McDougall Cookbook. His latest title is The Healthiest Diet on the Planet: Why the Foods You Love-Pizza, Pancakes, Potatoes, Pasta, and More-Are the Solution to Preventing Disease and Looking and Feeling Your Best. He is the founder and director of the McDougall Program at St. Helena Hospital in Napa Valley, California, and has a nationally syndicated television show as well as a weekly radio program. He lives in Santa Rosa, California.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0452266394
• ISBN 13: 9780452266391
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 448