Here, the veteran author and physician gives all the information needed to understand how digestion works and what foods will bring about a healthy digestive system. Dr. McDougall is one of the countrys foremost advocates for the use of diet to prevent and treat chronic illness. The right dietary choices can prevent, treat, andin some casescompletely eliminate a host of digestive disorders including acid reflux, colitis, colon polyps, high blood pressure, cholesterol, ulcers, constipation ...

Pick up that bread! Featuring more than 90 delicious plant-based recipes, this groundbreaking, doctor-approved method could help you shed pounds, improve your health, save money, and change your life.“The Starch Solution is one of the most important books ever written on healthy eating.”—John P. Mackey, co-CEO and director of Whole Foods Market, Inc.Fact: Carbs are good for you!Fear of the almighty carbohydrate has...

The bestselling author and internationally celebrated physician and expert on nutrition offers an appealing, approachable health solution—eat the foods you love to lose weight and get healthy.For years, we’ve been told that a healthy diet is heavy on meat, poultry, and fish, and avoids carbohydrates, particularly foods high in starch—empty calories harmful to our bodies.But what if everything we’ve heard was backwards?High in calories and cholesterol, animal fats an...

Frontier Chronicles – John McDougall Ultimate Collection gathers the vivid reminiscences and frontier narratives of a central witness to nineteenth-century western Canada. Blending travel writing, missionary memoir, ethnographic observation, and adventure chronicle, McDougall's prose is direct, anecdotal, and morally earnest, shaped by the conventions of Victorian imperial and Protestant literature. His accounts of prairie travel, Indigenous communities, buffalo hunts, trading posts, and e...

The Complete Works of John McDougall gathers a body of frontier memoir, missionary narrative, travel writing, and historical recollection that records the transformation of western Canada in the nineteenth century. Written in a direct, observant, and often sermon-inflected prose, these works combine adventure, ethnographic description, religious reflection, and settler history. Read today, they belong to the literature of empire and expansion, invaluable both for their vivid immediacy and ...

"Forest, Lake and Prairie" by John McDougall is a captivating exploration of the natural landscapes of North America. The book intricately weaves together vivid descriptions of forests, serene lakes, and expansive prairies, showcasing the beauty and diversity of these ecosystems. McDougall's keen observations and poetic language invite readers to immerse themselves in the sights and sounds of nature, fostering a deep appreciation for the environment. His passion for the outdoors shines thr...

"Saddle, Sled and Snowshoe: Pioneering on the Saskatchewan in the Sixties" by John McDougall is a captivating memoir that chronicles the author's experiences as a pioneer in the Saskatchewan region. Through vivid storytelling, McDougall shares the challenges and triumphs faced by early settlers, painting a picture of life in a rugged and untamed landscape. His narrative is rich with details about the daily struggles of farming, hunting, and navigating the harsh Canadian winters, providing ...

"Pathfinding on Plain and Prairie" by John McDougall is a captivating exploration of the Canadian landscape and the experiences of those who traversed it. McDougall, a skilled writer and observer, vividly describes the challenges and triumphs faced by early settlers and explorers. Through his detailed accounts, readers gain insight into the natural beauty of the plains and prairies, as well as the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity. His narrative is rich with historica...

In the Days of the Red River Rebellion is a first-hand reminiscence of the turbulent events surrounding the 1869–70 Red River Resistance, when Métis political assertion, Canadian expansion, and imperial uncertainty converged in the North-West. Written in a plain yet vivid memoiristic style, the book combines frontier travel narrative, Protestant moral reflection, and historical testimony. Its literary context is the late nineteenth-century Canadian documentary tradition, in which missionar...

Settling the Wild – Pioneering on Western Trails presents the western frontier as both lived experience and historical transformation. Blending memoir, travel narrative, missionary record, and pioneer chronicle, the book follows the arduous movement across plains, rivers, forests, and emerging settlements. Its prose is direct, observational, and morally purposeful, typical of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century frontier writing, yet it is enriched by vivid attention to landscape, ...

Pathfinding on Plain and Prairie is a vivid frontier memoir of travel, mission work, and cultural encounter in the nineteenth-century Canadian North-West. Written in a direct, episodic prose shaped by oral reminiscence and Protestant testimony, it records arduous journeys, prairie landscapes, buffalo-era life, Indigenous communities, and the unsettling advance of colonial settlement. The book belongs to the literature of western expansion, combining adventure narrative, missionary record, ...

On Western Trails in the Early Seventies is a vivid memoir of travel, mission work, and frontier encounter in the Canadian North-West during a decisive decade of transition. McDougall recounts journeys by horse, cart, canoe, and snowshoe across prairie and parkland, observing Indigenous communities, Métis settlements, buffalo-hunting economies, and the coming pressures of colonial administration. Written in a plain yet energetic Victorian prose, the book belongs to the literature of missio...