Challenge me,&rdquo; said Dr John McDougall, starting off his talk at Global Hospital, Parel last Wednesday, adding that he is here to win friends but not a &ldquo;popularity contest&rdquo;.
<img title="Dr John McDougall" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/oct/dr-macdougall.jpg" alt="Dr John McDougall" />
The American physician and author was in Mumbai last week to talk on reversing diseases through nutrition. &ldquo;Rich foods make people sick, and if one takes care of what they eat, they don&rsquo;t have to pop pills for diseases such as blood pressure and Type II diabetes,&rdquo; he said.
He was invited to give talks in the city by Dr Nandita Shah, founder of Sharan that works for reversing diseases using plant-based diets. &ldquo;People are suffering from food poisoning of oil, meat, eggs and dairy products. What we need is a starch-based diet, which includes corn, potatoes, wheat, barley, rye, legumes, rice, millet and oats,&rdquo; said Dr McDougall.
SMD Disclaimer: Before trying any new diet, do consult your medical practitioner.
Did you know? &gt;&gt; The oil intake of Indians has doubled in the past eight years &gt;&gt; Only plants make Omega 3. Fish have them because they eat plants &gt;&gt; Two-third Americans are obese and 10 per cent have diabetes
Historical examples of grain and starch-based diets&nbsp;
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/oct/corn.jpg" alt="" /> Corn: North, Central and South America gorged on maize 7,000 years ago. Aztec and Mayas were called &lsquo;people of the corn&rsquo;
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/oct/rice.jpg" alt="" /> Rice: For 10,000 years, rice was the staple diet of Asians. While brown rice is better than white rice, the latter is not harmful if eaten in limit
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/oct/wheat-barley.jpg" alt="" />
Wheat-Barley:&nbsp;It was the staple diet in the Middle East for 11,000 years. The Gladiators were known as &lsquo;Barley Men&rsquo;. The strongest people in the world eat starch, and not meat, says Dr McDougall
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/oct/millets.jpg" alt="" />Millets: Africans ate millets for 6,000 years. Starch is a complex carbohydrate made up of chains of sugar molecules, stored in the plants

Dr John McDougall, American physician and author, says a starch-based diet can go a long way in reversing diseases&nbsp;

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