Healthiest Diet on the Planet

A physician and nutrition expert, John A. McDougall, M.D., is the founder and director of the nationally renowned McDougall Program, a ten-day residential program that he and his wife, Mary, host in Santa Rosa, California. After graduating from Michigan State University's College of Human Medicine, McDougall performed his internship at Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu and his medical residency at the University of Hawaii. He is certified as an internist by the Board of Internal Medicine and the National Board of Medical Examiners. Along with his wife, he is the author of several nationally bestselling books and co-founder of Dr. McDougall's Right Foods, which produces high quality vegetarian cuisine to make it easier for people to eat well on the go.

Dr John McDougall has been a pioneer in this field of food and health for decades and has contributed much. This new book of his and his wife, Mary, is one more example of what he stands for. His candor says it all. Enjoy the read. -- T. COLIN CAMPBELL, Ph.D., coauthor of The China Study A pioneer in plant based nutrition, John McDougall crystallizes the flaws of low carbohydrate and Paleo disease producing diets and solidifies the scientifically proven health producing, disease reversal power of whole food plant based nutrition in his new book, The Healthiest Diet on the Planet. -- CALDWELL ESSELSTYN, MD, author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease John and Mary at their best: John presents the accumulating science in favor of "foods-as-grown" for the prevention, arrest and reversal of chronic diseases, for planetary survival and for compassion. He does it with clarity, with punch, and he scores. A homerun! -- HANS DIEHL, DrHSc, MPH Clinical Professor of Preventive Medicine, Loma Linda University; Founder of CHIP, Bestselling author A must-have on the shelf of every person who cares about their health, longevity, and happiness. McDougall's Healthiest Diet on the Planet just makes sense and offers the only solution to a complex problem. -- JOHN P. MACKEY, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Whole Foods Market Dr. McDougall has created a much-needed book that celebrates why the foods we love the most are also the best for us. With this smartly illustrated guide, he makes it easy for us to know what to eat and what not to eat--and make the healthiest food delicious. -- DAN BUETTNER, National Geographic Fellow and New York Times Best Selling Author of The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World's Healthiest People Dr. John McDougall is one of the great pioneers of the evidence-based nutrition movement. The Healthiest Diet on the Planet lays out the core elements of healthy eating in the easiest possible terms to understand. -- MICHAEL GREGER, MD FACLM, Founder of http://nutritionfacts.org/