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The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted By T. Colin CampbellThomas Campbell ( Audio Literature )
Release Date: 2007-07-11
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The China Study offers conclusive evidence that a change of diet can dramatically reduce the risks of heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. The book is based on the most comprehensive study of nutrition ever conducted, a 20-year joint project between Cornell University, Oxford University, and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine. The study surveyed the eating habits of 6,500 adults from all over China and Taiwan and found a direct correlation between diet and disease. Author T. Colin Campbell, the study’s project director, provides an intelligent, well-documented analysis of the study’s results, an analysis that explodes the most common American dietary myths. In addressing the dietary sources of the most common diseases, including cancer, Campbell unleashes a no-holds-barred attack on the commercial interests that profit by selling the American public unhealthy food. He also shows how readers can use the study’s results to change their diets and improve their health.
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Are we in control of cancer and heart disease? ( denisepunger )
Author Colin Campbell concludes that the answer to cardiovascular disease, cancer, obesity, etc... is known and within our control.
I was well aware of how the formula industry is destructive to breastfeeding.
I am familiar with how pharmaceutical companies have their own interests in mind when it comes to research and your health isn't their priority.
I have noticed that in every chapter in my medical books suggests more fiber, less fats, more produce, etc... but without emphasis, just a "little" suggestion.
I've have noticed that nearly anything that comes labeled with Busch, Kraft, School Box Tops should not be eaten.
I was not aware of how powerful these food industries (and meat and dairy corporations) are over nutritional research. Meat and dairy industry are to good nutrition what the formula industry is to breastfeeding: undermining, financially self-motivated and selfish.
He grew up on a cattle farm certain that beef and dairy does a body good.
Systematically he describes his life on the farm and his strong beliefs about the "benefits of protein."
In his academic research he expected to find that meat and dairy protein would prevent cancer in Asian children. He found the exact opposite, "Animal proteins, all of them, are dangerous to our health: leads to heart disease and cancer." As he continued to do research, all his studies confirmed the nutritional benefits of plants and the hazards of animal protein. He describes how big corporations are covering up these facts in the name of profits. Research and spending continues on to find cures and supplements, however nothing replaces good nutrition.
He has been a vegan (no meat, no fish, no eggs, no cheese) for like 15 years after giving up all that fresh milk and beef from his own cattle. It makes me think about my nutrition and the impact on my long term health.
It makes sense to me that the antioxidants and enzymes in plants would suppress cancer growth, prevent arteriosclerosis (an inflammatory condition), improve sugar regulation, fat metabolism (cholesterol and obesity), improve blood pressure and much more. Fortunately, his research also shows how some of the damage can be reversed.
Before you drink that milk, I recommend this read.
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Science based nutrition.
The author gives compelling evidence on the correlation between nutrition and human illnesses. In addition, he understands that the scientific community in the western society doesn't embrace the idea of his study. Although, 40 years of his research is published with real data that one can decipher it's volatility.
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The truth about our food industry
The audio book is great, everyone needs to know about the truth. Our food and drug industry are keeping us sick. Another good book to read is the RAVE Diet.
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A must read
This book is phenomenal. It adds a whole new level to nutrition. It's so fantastic because the book is all about the research that has been going on about diet/animal protein for decades. It isn't some guy who wrote a whole book on some misinterpreted info from ONE research project and is out there just to make money.
Campbell doesn't tell you to stop eating animal protein directly and inform you of any new capsules or special diet package that he just so happens to market and sell himself; he shows you the facts. But it isn't all dooms-day negative either. The book is filled with case study after case study of people who have completely gotten over their heart disease issues, diabetes, etc. just by changing their diet and becoming a little more active. This isn't just theoretical.
This book is essential for anyone at all going into a healthcare profession, but is definitely something important for everyone to read as well. No matter what you have heard or read, this book is a magnificent insight into the way people eat and our health as a result and what you can do to change that.
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 Hihgly Recommended
I purchased this book after hearing about it for years from different sources. Read it in only three sittings because it was so fascinating. I have incorporated much of the book into my daily life, especially what I eat. Study seems to be irrefutable. Health is largely a result of lifestyle, including dietary habits. I have changed mine. Only negative comment is the book is a little more academic than I would have preferred.
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