John McDougall, MD Honors his Mentors

Watch Dr. McDougall as he shares a new lecture on his mentors and how their research on starch-based diets inspired and influenced his development of the McDougall Program and reinforced his belief in the power of dietary therapy. There were four men who were instrumental in shaping his career in medicine.

Denis Burkitt , MD - Back in 1971, when Dr. McDougall was completing his medical training, he went to a conference where Dr. Denis Burkitt spoke about the lack of Western diseases in Uganda. Dr. Burkitt recognized the value of their starch-based diet in preventing dietary diseases and became an inspiration for the title of Dr. McDougall's book The Starch Solution.

Nathan Pritikin - While living in Hawaii, Dr. McDougall met Nathan Pritikin who discovered the power of diet to heal his own serious heart disease and then went on to write The Pritikin Program for Diet & Exercise and founded The Pritikin Center. Pritikin devoted himself to eradicating heart disease, diabetes, hypertension and obesity using food as treatment and prevention.

Walter Kempner, MD - Rice Diet founder, Walter Kempner, MD was a medical doctor, research scientist and founder of modern dietary therapy. Although low-tech, the benefits of the Rice Diet far exceed those of any drug or surgery ever prescribed for chronic conditions, including coronary artery disease, heart and kidney failure, hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, and obesity.

Roy Swank , MD - Dr. Swank, was a personal friend, mentor and colleague. Dr. Swank discovered that multiple sclerosis and heart disease both occurred in areas where large amounts of saturated (animal) fat were consumed. It was surprising to find that those populations with a high incidence of MS were those who consumed more than 100 grams of fat a day; whereas the disease was uncommon in populations that consumed less than 50 grams of fat a day. For example, there was no MS in Asia.

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