The Benefits of a Starch & Legume Based Diet
The Benefits of a Starch & Legume Based Diet by Skip Pulley If you want to annoy anyone on the Whole30, Paleo, or ketogenic diets, all you really have to do is dangle a French fry right in front of them, because these are dieters who are not accepting of starchy foods. Fried potatoes, rice, and grains are public enemies number one, two, and three in many of the healthy eating plans that have cropped up in recent years. One doctor, however, has been advising people to take a completely different route - and he hasn’t wavered. John McDougall, MD, started recommending a (wait for it) starch-based diet 40 years ago after observing how Asian immigrants’ health drastically started to decline when they traded their rice-heavy diets for more Americanized foods (read: a lot more meat and vegetable oils). He started digging deeper and formed his hypothesis: Cultures where starch was the main player at every meal had better health. When he started treating his patients with ...