Dr. John McDougall is an American physician and author who is the co-founder, chairman, and sole board member of San Francisco–based Dr. McDougall’s Right Foods Inc. He has written a number of diet books advocating the consumption of low-fat, starchy food. Below are stories of people who have overcome life-threatening diseases by adopting a Whole Food Plant-Based diet. All of them did so by following Dr. McDougall’s books and programs.

• Ruth Heidrich Defeated Breast Cancer and Osteoporosis
Read Ruth’s story here: https://www.drmcdougall.com/ruth-heidrich

• Anneliese Moore Treated Breast Cancer with Diet
Read Anneliese’s story here: https://www.drmcdougall.com/anneliese-moore

• Peggy Fought Ovarian Cancer by Changing to a Starch-Based Diet
Prior to starting her 30-day test of a Whole Food Plant-Based (WFPB) diet, Peggy’s Cancer Antigen 125 (CA-125) marker was at 750 (a normal person with no cancer has a marker in the range of 10-30). On the 30th day of her WFPB diet, her CA-125 marker was at 30.
Watch Peggy tell her story here: https://www.drmcdougall.com/peggy

• Jessica Bowen’s Winning Battle with Breast Cancer
Watch Jessica tell her story here: https://www.drmcdougall.com/jessica-bowen

• Jackie Swoboda cured her debilitating Rheumatoid Arthritis
Watch her share story here: https://www.drmcdougall.com/jackie-swoboda

• Ten Cases of Severe—Mostly Rheumatoid—Arthritis Cured by the McDougall Diet
Read their stories here: https://www.drmcdougall.com/ten-cases-cured-by-the-mcdougall-diet

• Dr. John McDougall discusses Cancer: https://youtu.be/kU16LHTXjrA?t=298

• Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. McDougall’s ‘The Starch Solution Course’ is free for anyone to take. Dr. McDougall wants everyone to improve their health and build up their immune system. Sign up for free here.