How many non-starchy veggies should we eat? https://drmcdougall/forums/viewtopic.php?p=460456#p460456 Jeff Novick, MS, RD: As mentioned, many people may interpret these guidelines differently and different people will have varying levels of success with different variations. What we need to do, is to keep it simple and find what works not only in producing short term results, but also in producing long term, success. drmcdougall/forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=8179&p=439451#p439044 Speaking of long term success, from one of our very long time Star McDougallers who lost a tremendous amount of weight. https://drmcdougall/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=44635&p=460454#p460454 Katydid wrote: I used to worry that I was eating too much starch. Then I was diagnosed with EE and had to go on the elimination diet - which is about as pure of a starch-based diet as you can get. I ate a TON of starch and cooked vegetables - and my weight dropped like a rock off a cliff. I got scary thin for a while. What I think happened, is that is that it wasnt the starch that made me struggle with my weight - it was all the condiments I was used to using. A little maple syrup here, some salsa and ketchup there, a bit of chutney, some homemade salad dressing, a little honey in my tea - it all added up. But forced onto a diet of unlimited amounts of plain, unprocessed brown rice, sweet potatoes, winter squash and a few cooked non-starchy fruits and vegetables...well, it really made me see that my ideas about fattening starches were wrong. Its not the starches, its what you do with them. Sometimes its better to have a meal of a plain old baked potato and a side of broccoli and get on with your life than fuss with an elaborate calorie-dense recipe - particularly when traveling. The cortisol generated from the stress of travel and family makes it easy enough to gain weight as it is! Kate
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