McDougall Diet

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Sun, 08-21-2005 - 10:16pm

Hi everyone. I was diagnosed with mild lupus about a year ago and do not need medicine. My symptoms are headaches, moderate joint pain, fatigue and depression. Since my diagnosis I have been interested in treating my condition as naturally as possible. I know that one of the best modifications could be in my diet. I stumbled upon Dr. McDougall and am very interested in his research and his plan. This would be quite a leap for me. I am not a huge meat eater. However, I do consume a fair amount of dairy and eggs and am not really big into beans and the like. However, I am interested in feeling better and could stand to drop a few pounds as well. Does anyone have any experience with his plan or know how well it works? COuld anyone offer me suggestions any suggestions of how to begin a vegan way of life and ideas of what a daily menu would look like. Thank you in advance for your help.

Theresa

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Registered: 01-10-2004
Mon, 08-22-2005 - 7:41am

I had to read your post twice before I realized how I knew the name McDougall. I've never followed his plan but I do have his cookbook ... somewhere. I'll track it down and let you know what's in it.

I did find this on his website ... http://www.drmcdougall.com/

VegSource Expo 04 Recipes
All recipes by Mary McDougall

Friday Night Dinner

Minestrone Soup (12 Day Program page 191)
Green Salad with Caesar Dressing (Newsletter July 2003)
Lasagna (Newsletter June 2003)
Baked Yams
Roasted Asparagus
Brownies with Cashews (Quick & Easy page 272)
Served with Vanilla Soy Ice Dream (Soy Dream brand)

Saturday Lunch

Broccoli Bisque (Women’s Book page 267)
Confetti Salad (Quick & Easy page 33)
Black Bean Sloppy Joes (Quick & Easy page 134)
Soy Sloppy Joes (Newsletter August 2003)
Whole wheat buns
Condiments: chopped onion, relish, ketcup, mustard, lettuce
Apple Crisp (Newsletter August 2003)

Saturday Dinner

Tortilla Soup (Newsletter March 2002)
Southwestern Black Bean Soup (New Cookbook page 163)
San Antonio Quinoa (Quick & Easy page 29)
Tex-Mex Lasagna (Quick & Easy page 182)
Roasted Red Potatoes topped with salsa
Corn on cob
Broccoli
Soy ice cream

Sunday Lunch

Potato Chowder (Quick & Easy page 65)
Fall Garden Bounty Soup (Newsletter September 2002)
Pizza (Quick & Easy page 189)
Penne pasta with Marinara Sauce (New Cookbook page 353)
Baked Rice Pudding (Newsletter February 2003)

FRESH FRUIT COBBLER RECIPE

Be sure to use sweet, ripe, seasonal fruit in this recipe. Peaches and nectarines are delicious. For a fresh strawberry pie, see hint below.

Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 8

4 cups sliced fresh peaches or nectarines
1/3 cup apricot preserves
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
3 tablespoons flour
½ cup quick cooking oats
2 tablespoons cornmeal
2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Place the sliced peaches in a bowl. Combine the preserves, lemon juice and nutmeg together in another bowl. Spoon over the peaches and mix gently. Sprinkle the flour on the top and then mix again. Place in a 9 inch pie plate. Bake for 30 minutes.

Place the oats and cornmeal in a bowl. Combine maple syrup and vanilla and pour over the oat mixture. Mix well.

Remove the cobbler from the oven and reduce heat to 350 degrees. Crumble the oat mixture over the pie filling and return to oven. Bake for an additional 15 minutes. Let rest for 15 minutes before serving. Scoop the cobbler out with a large spoon and serve with Vanilla Soy Ice Cream for a special treat. May be served warm or cold.

Hint: For a fresh strawberry pie, substitute sliced fresh strawberries for the peaches and strawberry preserves for the apricot preserves. Reduce the initial baking time by 10 minutes.

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Registered: 08-11-2005
Mon, 08-22-2005 - 7:26pm

Welcome to the board, Theresa!

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Registered: 10-19-2004
Tue, 08-23-2005 - 4:17pm

Theresa,
I'm new to the board but a lifelong vegetarian and now almost vegan. Similar to the McDougall diet is Eat to Live (E2L) by Dr. Joel Fuhrman--E2L is a vegan diet when done strictly and I have come across several people who came to E2L after doing the McDougall diet for several years.

Fuhrman spends a lot of time in his book, Eat to Live, discussing and documenting the research that supports the disease-fighting properties of a whole-foods, vegan diet. I've always been a big dairy eater, but found a lot of powerful reasons to stop in this book. This might not be what you want, but I am a little evangelical about E2L right now!

I'm trapped under babies right now, but I will look for menu stuff when I can. Here is the E2L home page: http://www.drfuhrman.com/.

Good luck to you!

-Kirsten :)

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Registered: 08-11-2005
Wed, 08-24-2005 - 3:19pm

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