Dr. McDougall noted that "enjoyment and satisfaction are the keys to successful diet change and weight ... and if you stray from the plan for one meal, just hop back on for the next meal.

starch-based vegan diet in the early 1980s, a time when even vegetarianism was considered on the fringe. And yet, his first book, “The McDougall Plan,” cowritten with his wife and partner Mary ...

McDougall developed his diet, composed of 90% starchy plant foods and 10% fruits and vegetables. He wrote his first book, The McDougall Plan, with his wife, who contributed recipes. “Nobody was ...