It may be too late to snag a seat at the upcoming McDougall Advanced Study Weekend, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get a ringside cyber-seat at the long-anticipated great debate between these 2 plant-based diet heavyweights: Should You Eat Vegetables (Dr. Fuhrman) or  Starch (Dr. McDougall)?  Simply sign up for the internet broadcast.

Not quite sure on the debate title, as of course neither Fuhrman nor McDougall think you should eat ONLY vegetables or ONLY starches.  But it makes for an irresistible discussion, don’t you think?

And what a way to preface the article just about to publish:  My McDougall Diet Failure.  Intrigued?  Stay tuned!

Here are all the details as well as the full lineup of presenters for the Advanced Nutrition Study Weekend, with a highlight and tease about the debate:

Flashbacks & Schedule 

The McDougall Advanced Nutrition Study Weekends have  consistently been selling out, and you can see why.  Here are some peeks and reports into previous sessions:

Plant foods, starchy vegetables, early humans, and the human diet

Advanced Study Weekend: Dancing with the nutrition stars

Bizarro Piraro! Day 2 at Advanced Study Weekend

McDougall Advanced Nutrition Study Weekend underway

Advanced Study Weekend Schedule*
February 17 to 19, 2012
LECTURES WILL BE HELD IN THE FLAMINGO ROOM
MEALS WILL BE SERVED IN THE EMPIRE ROOM

Friday, February 17, 2012
2:00 – 4:30 PM – Registration.
5:00 – 6:00 PM – John McDougall, MD – Welcome and Introductory Remarks.
6:00 – 7:00 PM – Dinner.
7:00 PM – Keynote Speaker – H. Gilbert Welch, MD – Over-diagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health

Saturday, February 18, 2012
6:00 AM – Optional Lab Tests (results should be back by lunch today)
6:30 – 8:00 AM – Breakfast.
8:00 – 9:15 AM – Michael Greger, MD – Latest in Clinical Nutrition 2011
9:30 – 10:45 AM – H. Gilbert Welch, MD – The Two Most Misleading Numbers in Medicine: Relative Change and Survival
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM – John McDougall, MD – My Best Arguments for the Starch Solution
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM – Lunch.
1:00 – 2:15 PM – Lindsay Nixon – All the Flavor without the Fat—or Fuss! 2:30 – 3:30 PM – Kathy Freston – Leaning into a New and Better Life: Progress, Not Perfection
3:45 – 4:45 PM – Joel Fuhrman, MD – Superior Immunity To Maximizing Longevity
5:00 – 6:00 PM – Debate: Defining the Best Diet by Fuhrman and McDougall (Moderated by John Mackey)
6:00 – 7:00 PM – Dinner.
7:00 PM – John Mackey and Matt Lederman, MD – Whole Foods Market’s Healthy Eating Revolution.

Sunday, February 19, 2012
7:00 – 8:00 AM – Breakfast.
8:00 – 9:15 AM – Michael Klaper, MD – From Operating Table to Dining Room Table: The Evolution of a Nutritionally Aware Physician
9:30 – 10:30 AM – Melanie Joy, PhD – Carnism: The Psychology of Eating Meat.
10:45 – 12:00 PM – Joel Fuhrman, MD – Removing Food Addictions To Achieve Permanent Weight Reduction
12:00 – 1:00 PM – Lunch – Check out of hotel rooms (leave baggage at front desk).
1:00 – 2:00 PM – John McDougall, MD – Why Did Steve Jobs Die?
2:15 – 3:30 PM –Doug Lisle, PhD – The Continuum of Evil.
3:30 – 4:00 PM – John McDougall, MD – Concluding Remarks.

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