John A. McDougall
John A. McDougall was an American physician and author. He wrote a number of diet books advocating the consumption of a low-fat vegan diet based on starchy foods and vegetables.
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- Born in
- Detroit
- Educated at
- University of Hawaiʻi SystemMichigan State UniversityMichigan State University College of Human Medicine
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Trending topics shown first"It is no coincidence that the same diet that helps prevent or cure diabetes also causes effortless weight loss, lowers cholesterol and triglycerides, cleans out the arteries, and returns the body to e…"
"The pain and suffering inflicted on children by the American diet is so brutal that if it were administered with a stick, parents would be put in jail."
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1947
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