"Starch Solution" provides an easy to understand way the scientific background that there actually such a thing as an optimal basis for all human diet are, can go wrong with the man othing. McDougall bases this mainly on starchy foods, which are then supplemented with vegetables and fruits.
A few downer: 1. cereals (because of gluten) I can not stand and must therefore renounce all cereal products. 2. McDougall represents about vitamin D a very conservative and only regional (he considers himself primarily in California and Hawaii) View valid. Anyone who lives in Germany and / or artificial light Solarium does not trust, but just need a vitamin D supplement.
At the end of the book there is an assortment of simple base recipes and menu suggestions that may be useful just in the beginning.