McDougalls weight loss program

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Lisa, I understand what happened now. While the doctors you saw speculated that

her increased cholesterol and weight gain was due to eating " too many carbs " , I

expect McDougall will tell you that the source of your daughter's weight gain

may actually be too many calories from fat. As McDougall says " The fat you eat

is the fat you wear " .

 

I think your daughter has been suffering from hidden calorie density. For

example, someone looks at a plate of french fries and says " Too many carbs! "

when really the majority of the calories on the plate is from fat. The same

quantity of potato baked plain is less than half the calories. Fat is more than

twice as fattening as carbohydrates. Sadly, it is also fat that we tend to

particularly like to eat. :-)

 

Low-fat vegan diet is ideal for weight loss and lowering cholesterol at the same

time. Here's McDougall's article on excess weight.

http://www.drmcdougall.com/med_obesity.html

 

Here's his page with people who have undertaken low-fat vegan diet, lost large

amounts of weight and cured all manner of illness. Some of the stories are

video, others are just to read. http://drmcdougall.com/star.html

 

Here's his Maximum Weight Loss Program that you two can follow step by step:

http://drmcdougall.com/store_mwl.html

 

Here is the weight loss discussion board:

http://www.drmcdougall.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=11 & sid=fe46540e71fd6c0eb275c29\

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If you two can manage to go to one of his live-in 10 day programs, that would be

the best. The McDougall diet is a lifestyle, not a diet per se. It's not

something you do to lose weight, then return to the old diet. It is the

natural, healthy way to feed human beings that naturally results in weight

normalization.

 

Wishing you all the best....

 

Deborah

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My daughter had cholesterol of 180 a year ago and now it is 230 and she

adopted the vegan lifestyle 6+ months ago.

 

It does seem strange, but true. The numbers on the test indicate that she

was eating too many carbs for her body. I confirmed the diagnosis with a

completely different doctor as a second opinion.

 

I didn't know about the b12 issue and I will have to see if it is included

in my current supplements.

 

As far as lowering my daughter's cholesterol and helping her lose 15-20

pounds is the current challenge. I checked out the Macdougall website and

just d to the newsletter. It does not seem as though he focuses on

weight loss at all. It would be wonderful if we could focus on both

issues at the same time.

 

I appreciate all of the ideas and opinions you are sending me. It seems

like there is not going to be an easy solution.

 

Lisa

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