Over 40 years ago, Dr. John McDougall was practicing medicine in Hawaii when he noticed that first generation Japanese and Filipino workers on the sugar cane plantation where he was the doctor, did not have the lifestyle diseases that second generation ones did. He realized it was because their diets were made up of mostly rice and vegetables with little to no animal products. Tired of treating his patients with only pills, he decided to revamp how he treated his patients. He began to promote a plant-based diet, one with starches like rice, potatoes, corn, beans and grains at it's center. This eventually became known as The McDougall Program or "The Starch Solution." Thousands of people from all over the world have benefited from this lifestyle approach to preventing and treating conditions such as diabetes, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, obesity and other problems that plague modern humans. You can learn more about Dr. McDougall and The Starch Solution at his website: https://www.drmcdougall.com/about/
