On the famous Camping Trip back in May 2015 my son and I ran from Tornadoes, our friend Taylor was with us while the tent had water standing in the floor, and I was made aware of a youtube person by the name John McDougall.
My youngest son was unloading his camping supplies while I unloaded mine.
You know, the Tent, Hatchet, Sleeping Bags, Fishing Equipment… as well as a lot of typical food good ol boys take camping…. and then there was Mr. J and his car full of food for camping.
I was astonished to see a lot of beans and rice… and more fruit than I could imagine. There was most likely potatoes.
I mean… he was following John McDougall after all.
My son explained he had been researching the best and most nutritious foods for the least amount of money. He was about to start his last year in College.
So he enjoyed the rice, beans, and potatoes and he enjoyed the videos of Dr. McDougall.
I was at least 240 pounds and I am only 5’8″. Obese a little?
So I decided I would give this Starch Diet a go and see what happened.
So let us fast forward to Ocotber 1, 2015.
I gave up sodas after the trip in May, I started eating a lot of rice, bean, potatoes, and lots, and lots of salads as well as fruit.
By11:45pm the evening of 10/1/2015 I had lost close to 30 pounds…. and then came that pain in my back and chest that awoke me from a deep sleep.
I felt like I had eaten something that had gone bad.
I thought it would pass, and I have never been one to take medications, and I hate to ‘throw up’, so I was just going to endure the pain and surely be better in the morning.
I wasn’t.
Like a hardhead, I went to work…hauled battery cores all morning (that is how tough guys are… you know?) Made a delivery in the afternoon and all the while that pain and discomfort was getting worse… and when Betty arrived home at 4:30 ish, we went to the 24 Hour Care Center where they said I was most likely having a Heart Attack, which later was ‘confirmed’ at the Big Hospital ER.
The next morning they tried and failed to place Stents, and performed the Triple By Pass Monday afternoon October 5, 2015.
I went back home October 9th. Which, is our Wedding Anniversary.
For the next few weeks I had a lot of time to listen to a lot of videos of Dr John McDougall.
Wow. I really became interested in what he had to say about diet, as well as his life, and the relationship the establishment and he … endured.
I like John McDougall. Especially when he said he grew up fighting in the streets of Detroit, and still ‘fights’ in the world and the establishment of what I call the Medical Mafia.
I have posted the video below as it is one I have watched maybe a dozen times.
At 55:54 you will see that part that hit home HARD as I was taking Lipitor. That is the drug the Doctor doubled a few months after my Surgery, and told me I would NEVER GET OFF.
I love Dr McDougall.
I think you will too.
He has written several books too. And the videos… there are so many.
Check out his life story, and how he survived a stroke in his younger days!
No Calories Counted, No Protein Measured, NO CARBS FEARED!
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