Newsletter Index by Date

January 2007

• Human Health and Planet Health—Same Solution
• Favorite Five

  The Food Industry Buys Nutrition Research—Threatening Your Family’s Health

  How Long to Take Plavix and Aspirin after a DES (Heart Angioplasty Stent)

  Ear Tubes—Another Money Maker’s Benefits Disproved

  Antacids Promote Hip Fractures

  Complications Are Common from Colonoscopy

• Responses to the December 2006 McDougall Newsletter on Global Warming

February 2007

• When Friends Ask:
• Where Do You Get Your Calcium?
• Disease Mongering:
• New Women’s Guidelines for Heart Disease
• Report on February 2007 Advanced Study Weekend

March 2007

• When Friends Ask: “Why Don’t You Drink Milk?”
• Defending the McDougall Diet—If I Must

  Vegans Have More Fractures

  Atkins Is Better Than Ornish, Stanford Study Says

  Fish Is Now Health Food for Pregnant Women

• Report on the “Amazing” Costa Rica Trip

April 2007

• When Friends Ask: Where do you get your protein?
• Favorite Five:

  People Don’t Lose Weight on Diets Because They Cheat
  Angioplasty Fails Again and Again (8 out of 8 times)
  Vitamin Supplements Kill
  Salt Restriction May Be Good for the Heart
  Cured Meat Hurts the Lungs

May 2007

• When Friends Ask: "Why Did You Quit Meat?"
• Who Should Take Statins?
• Update on "Death by Veganism" by Nina Planck

June 2007

• Confessions of a Fish Killer
• Save Your Kidneys—Part 1—The Hard Way, with Medications
• "Death by Veganism" Begins Its Slow Demise

July 2007

• Rich Diet Is Child Neglect and Responsible People Need to Act
• Save Your Kidneys—Part 2—Diet and Kidney Health
• Study Fails to Show Benefits of Fruits and Veggies for Breast Cancer Patients - Women are Blamed, but the Investigators Were at Fault

August 2007

• When Friends Ask: Why Do You Avoid Adding Vegetable Oils?

• Favorite Five
  Sex and Still Aging
  Colon Cancer Patients Die Faster with Western Diet
  Birth Defects from Mother’s Western Diet
  Antacids Cause Dementia
  Drug Companies Rig Research—I Don’t Know How to Prescribe

• Dr. McDougall's response to: Looking Past Blood Sugar to Survive with Diabetes by Gina Kolata in the August 20, 2007 New York Times

September 2007

• Low Vitamin D: One Sign of Sunlight Deficiency
• If I Could Be Your Doctor, I Would Love to Tell You How: To Lose Excess Weight Effortlessly, Painlessly, and Permanently
• Advanced Study Weekend September 7 to 9, 2007

October 2007

• Everyone Is Fiddling as California Burns
• If I Could Be Your Doctor, I Would Love to Tell You How: To Keep Your Arteries Clean and Reverse Atherosclerosis
• Favorite Five Articles from Recent Medical Journals
  • DNA TESTING PROVES HUMANS ARE DESIGNED AS STARCH EATERS
  • CALCIUM REQUIREMENTS MUCH LOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY ESTIMATED
  • RISING TREND—DOUBLE MASTECTOMIES
  • LOW-FAT DIET REDUCES OVARIAN CANCER
  • ADDITIVES IMPAIR CHILD’S BEHAVIOR
• Just Released - New DVD - McDougall Made Irresistible
  Holiday Meal Planning

November 2007

• Vitamin B12 Deficiency—the Meat-eaters’ Last Stand
• One-pot Meal Favorites
• Our Newest DVD—McDougall Made Irresistible: 
Our Biggest Hit Ever

December 2007

• To Juice or Not to Juice? What’s A Bottle of Magic Worth?
• Easy Meal Favorites

January 2006

• Aging in Style— Maybe to 100 with sensible care
• You’ll Get the Truth Only If There Is Money To Be Made—Heart Surgery
• Costa Rica McDougall Adventure 2006

February 2006

• Moderation Is Impossible for Passionate People
• Readers' Responses to the "Low-fat Diet Failure" News
• Report on the February 2006 Advanced Study Weekend

March 2006

• How Foul Is Fowl?
• My Favorite 5 Articles Found in Recent Medical Journals
  High Protein Diets Harmful and Unnecessary for Endurance Athletes
  Plavix Fails Heart Patients and Causes Bleeding
  Diabetic Pills Kill
  Drugs Fail for Depression
  Bragging Rights for Prostate Surgeons

April 2006

• Securing Respectful Medical Care
• Non-stick Pots and Pans: Are They Safe?

May 2006

• Report on the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) Meeting, May 23 to 26, 2006
• The Newest Food-Cure: Coconut Oil for Health and Vitality

June 2006

• Mary's Mini-McDougall Diet
• Gout Is on the Rise

July 2006

• Glycemic Index – Not Ready for Prime Time
• More on Mary’s Mini-McDougall Diet
• Report on the Celebrity Chef Weekend of July 14 to 16, 2006

August 2006

• Taking Advantage of the Medical Specialist

• Favorite Five for August 2006
  Vegan Diet Benefits Diabetes

  Pomegranate Juice Benefits Prostate Cancer Patients

  Overtreating Blood Pressure Kills

  “Low-fat Diet Failure”—Good News about Bad Habits

  Adding Avocados or Oils to Salads Aids Absorption of Nutrients—More Good News about Bad Habits

September 2006

• Sugar, Coated with Myths
• The Angioplasty Debacle

October 2006

• Refined Carbohydrates for Food Addicts
• Fish: Alternative to a Rock and a Hard Place
• Report on the September 2006 Advanced Study Weekend

November 2006

• Artificial Sweeteners Are Unnecessary and Unwise
• Favorite Five:

  Vegetables Will Save Your Mind

  Calcium Does Not Benefit Children

  Research Fails to Support Flu Shot’s Value

  Cow’s Milk Promotes Acne

  Review of the Evidence that Diet Causes Autism

December 2006

• An Inconvenient Truth: We Are Eating Our Planet To Death
• Global Warming Strategy by Noam Mohr
• Favorite Five

  My favorite articles found in recent medical journals

  Low-fat, Plant-food Diet Slows Breast Cancer

  Mammograms Fail Women from Age 40 Years

  Raw Food Vegetarian Diet Protects Us from Cancer

  Low-carb, High-protein Diets Reduce Survival

• Herbal Valerian for Sleep
• Comments on new McDougall Made Easy DVD