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Most diets or healthy-eating plans require you to either forgo all carbs and breads, or at least cut down on them drastically. But what if there was a way you could eat all the pasta and bread you want without gaining weight?
It isn’t too good to be true! It’s called the Starch Solution Diet. Published by John McDougall, MD, in 2013, this diet focuses on eating plant-based carbs to lose weight, rather than cutting this food group out to burn fat.
This vegan diet requires you eat foods high in carbs, as long as they are whole and plant-based, without oils or processing. You also need to limit your sugar intake on this diet. It works by satisfying the appetite and giving the body more energy to maintain a healthy weight.
The Starch Solution Diet is attractive to many people because you don’t have to cut out a lot of the foods that so many of us crave - pasta, bread, pizza, cakes. You just have to modify a few recipes to make sure you’re not eating any meat, dairy or eggs, and that you’re not using too much sugar.
If low-carb diets haven’t worked for you, try out the Starch Solution Diet. Here’s how to get started.
