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| The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health | 
 enlarge | Authors: T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell Ii
Creators: John Robbins, Howard Lyman
Publisher: Benbella Books
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Pages: 417
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ISBN: 1932100660
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EAN: 9781932100662
Publication Date: June 1, 2006
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 This book could save your life July 16, 2005
53 out of 64 found this comment useful.
Seldom does a book so completely trounce its naysayers. The China Study conclusively demonstrates the link between nutrition and heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. The undeniable truth is that the aptly named "diseases of affluence", the chronic and degenerative diseases common in Western cultures, are simply not found in populations whose diet comprises mostly whole, plant-based foods. In addition, when individuals abandon their traditional plant-based diets and embrace a Westernized diet instead ... they suffer these chronic diseases at the same rate as those of us living in first world countries do.
The claim that data was left out of the book, and selective conclusions were drawn is ludicrous. If the entire text of the scientific papers, all the raw data, and every reference were included in this book ... it would be the size of a house. "The China Study" was written in an engaging, understandable style for the lay public, not for fellow scientists/researchers/nutritionists/PhDs (although they would do well to pay attention) who have access to the complete references. "The China Study" is an overview, with the most important findings highlighted. For example, it shows that Professor Campbell and his researchers were able to turn the growth of cancerous tumors on and off simply by altering the nutrients fed to the test animals. In the laboratory setting and in human observation trials ... "The China Study" has conclusively shown that animal protein is in effect ... cancer "fertilizer".
Those giving negative reviews would have you believe that Professor Campbell's research is flawed or biased. Nothing could be further from the truth. T. Colin Campbell, PhD. is a highly respected researcher whose decades of sterling, meticulously peer-reviewed work have been published in respected scientific journals worldwide. He is Professor Emeritus of the Division of Nutritional Sciences at the world-renowned Cornell University. For the record, he has offered to debate his critics and to date he has no takers. This is most likely because these impeccable credentials can certainly NOT be claimed for the myriad fad diet books, junk science websites, and dubious "foundations" out there. These would have you believe that you can continue chowing down on westernized junk and still be slim and healthy. Not true, people! Look around you!
By contrast to some self-professed diet experts ... Professor Campbell ... at age 70 ... is healthy, slim, and fit. He practices what he preaches. He eats a mostly vegan diet and runs 6-8 miles a day.
Professor Campbell does not claim that you must be 100% vegan ... instead he shows conclusively that the closer you trend toward that ideal ... the better your health will be. He lists basic dietary guidelines that are simplicity itself to follow.
Because the, albeit extremely rare, consequences of vitamin B-12 deficiency are so devastating and so simple to prevent using supplements ... he errs on the side of caution and wisely suggests that those concerned should take a supplement.
There is a lot of confusion about vitamin B-12; many use it as justification for a meat/dairy-based diet, so I would like to comment on this. Cobalamin (B-12's scientific name) is created by one-celled organisms: bacteria and fungi. These microscopic organisms are all over the place - in earth, wind, rainwater, and oceans. B-12 is stored in the body parts of animals that eat these bacteria; when an animal consumes particles of soil or manure along with grass or feed, B-12 producing bacteria are consumed
and the vitamin ends up in the flesh or milk from these animals. It is no more naturally inherent in their flesh and fluids than it is in our own. Our modern human world is sterilized because of an irrational fear of germs, whereas once people consumed trillions of helpful B-12 producing-organisms daily. Today everything is sanitized by hand-washing with antimicrobial soaps, antiseptics, antibiotics, antiseptic mouth washes, and harsh chemical cleaning agents. To compensate, we must add back B-12. However it is not imperative that we consume animal products in order to do so.
For more information on this subject, I recommend "Becoming Vegan: The Complete Guide to Adopting A Healthy Plant-Based Diet" by Brenda Davis, R.D. & Vesanto Melina, M.S., R.D., or this excellent online article by Jo Stepaniak http://www.vegsource.com/jo/qa/qavitb.htm
Read "The China Study", check the facts and judge for yourself! Your body will thank you!
Search for Truth! July 14, 2005
26 out of 36 found this comment useful.
May of 2004 I hit a crossroads in my life. I had serious health issues that needed to be addressed. I had heard about "Hallelujah Acres" and their way of eating 4 years earlier from a close friend whose husband was diagnosed with cancer. They embraced the "H.A." way of eating and he recovered. I knew it was the right way to eat but I wasn't willing to "give up" my comfort foods at the time. I didn't hurt that bad. Four years later I had a decision to make. Were my taste buds & comfort foods in control of my health and life or was I? When my 20 year old daughter heard I was going to eat a vegan diet with 85% raw & 15% cooked (the H.A. Diet) she challenged me with a question. If there were people getting great health results eating 85% cooked vegan foods- what would happen if I ate 100% raw fruits, veggies, nuts, & seeds? I was horrified. Now, not only was I giving up meat, dairy, eggs- now she was adding all cooked items etc... I thought about it all night. In the morning- I had let go of my addiction to ALL cooked foods and began a journey of all the RAW fruits, veggies, nuts, & seeds I could eat! That was 13 months ago- 30 pounds ago (easiest loss ever), adult acne gone, monthly cramps gone after having them EVERY month for 32 years, and healing from other more serious issues. During this time I have been active- triathlons, 5K's, dancing with my husband. I would not have believed I could be this athletic and eat only fruits, veggies, nuts, & seeds. After researching PROTEIN and learning things like mother's breast milk is only 5% protein during such an important building of the body & that major athletes in America eat this way & I was getting my protein from the same sources cows were .... and now I was proof of the "protein" hipe being false... I look the best, feel the best, and am excited about turning 50 with all this happening in my body! I had tried to be a vegetarian years before but now as I look back I can see my diet really wasn't vegetarian I had been a "bread-etarian". I have been looking for books to show me proof of "my living proof". I have found my way to have my lifetime goal : to be PILL FREE, PAIN FREE, and DISEASE FREE! The China Study- is just that! It is so exciting! You gotta read this! This is the HOPE I have been looking for! Don't put if off! READ IT! You will find truth!
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 Not all relevant data included July 13, 2005
104 out of 140 found this comment useful.
I was very interested to read this book, but I was disappointed because there were omissions. There was selective reporting of the survey results to advocate a whole foods vegan diet.
We are not told what chinese people actually eat vs their cancer rate by province. The author advocates a vegan diet and uses the china study to justify this, but the chinese are not vegans. They may be ALMOST wholefoods vegan, but this is not the same as totally vegan. I would like to have seen included a percentage of animal products in the diet of the rural chinese, broken up by meat(non fish), fish, dairy, egg. I have assumed that dairy is zero due to lactose intolerance but this is just a guess.
The author believes supplements are not necessary (I agree), but then states that a B12 supplement is necessary. Of course on a vegan diet it is necessary. Doesn't this indicate humans need enough animal products in their diet to avoid a B12 deficiency (there would not be much animal product required), I believe we only need 2 mcg of B12 per day. He claims that organically grown plants would have b12 naturally, but offers no evidence of this. I do not believe this to be true, I want proof.
In summary, I do not like the incomplete reporting of data to suit someones philosophy, but I do believe that the best diet is wholefoods about 80% derived from plants, with enough meat/fish to be healthy and stave off a b12 deficiency. I ageee that dairy is not suitable for humans. In fact, our closest relatives the chimpanzee eat mostly leaves, fruits and other parts of plants, insects and meat when it is available, they don't get much meat but they will hunt smaller animals if given the opportunity.
I wish the original text of the published study had been included as part of the book, now I have to locate a copy,aarg!!!
Some Time Later ... Now I have actually read the actual Study that this book is talking about.
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Cancer Mortality is not correlated to meat eating or total protein or the intake of animal fat.!!!
So the actual study doesn't support the vegan diet at all, in fact non of the people studied were vegan. In fact the longest lived people on earth (okinawans and japanese) are not vegans, but they eat heaps of vegetables and a wide variety, legumes, rice, fish, small amounts of meat, and no dairy.
One thing I noticed from the REAL China Study was that the rural chinese are more likely to die from infectious disease such as TB and Pneumonia than westerners. They do not have a life expectancy greater than ours! I think we should be looking at the japanese/okinawa diet.
A good book on this is by Bradley Wilcox
Animal Protein and Animal Welfare: Food for Thought July 2, 2005
33 out of 55 found this comment useful.
Six years ago I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease (an inflammatory bowel disease). I've always been a healthy eater and believe in natural healing whenever possible, especially through diet and (sigh!) stress reduction. After my diagnosis, I cut out all sugar, wheat and ate even more vegetables and grains. Although I hadn't consumed red meat in 20 years, I did still consume other animal protein. While I was able to successfully control my crohn's disease this way, it was not until reading The China Study that I completely eliminated chicken, turkey, eggs, and cow's dairy. I still eat a small amount of goat yogurt and goat cheese and some fish, and I've never felt better!
It was not The China Study alone that influenced my decision to drastically reduce my animal protein consumption. While Dr. Campbell's results are compelling, worrying about contracting some disease in the future is not always enough to persuade most of us to stop eating hamburgers, chicken, eggs or ice cream. The American diet revolves around these foods and it takes a concerted effort to find satisfying alternatives.
What cinched my decision to further reduce my animal protein consumption was the information I read in other books about the effect of factory farming on our health, environment, and our collective sense of humanity.
Together with The China Study, these books make for impressive reading:
* Animal Liberation by Peter Singer
* The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and the World by John Robbins
* Plant Roots: Reasons Why the Human Diet is Rooted Exclusively in Plants by Rex Bowlby
When you consider that it takes 2,500 gallons of water to produce one pound of beef vs. approximately 24 gallons to produce one pound of wheat, something's wrong. In addition, my consciousness was raised when I realized how animals in factory farms (where most animals we eat are raised) are treated and killed. I was beyond horrified. All I know is that once my awareness was raised there was no going back.
Whether you choose to cut out animal protein completely or simply be more conscious in your decisions about what and when you eat it, The China Study along with these other books all give you food for thought. I can't encourage people enough to read them and come to your own conclusions.
Solid research. Concise helpful observations. July 1, 2005
25 out of 42 found this comment useful.
Dr. Campbell clearly documents the methods and findings of the prestigious China study, pointing out the relationship between a diet containing too much animal protein and disease. A chapter or two is devoted to the history of research regarding animal protein's affect on tumor growth rate, providing corroborative evidence for the findings of the China study. There is also discussion on the difficulty of making this information "heard" in Washington due to special-interest lobbies. In my opinion the book is interesting, helpful, and motivational reading.
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