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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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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st BenBella Books Ed
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Pages: 417
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Dimensions (inch): 9 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 1932100660
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.2
EAN: 9781932100662
Publication Date: June 1, 2006
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 Just the Facts on Diet and Health July 27, 2005
9 out of 17 found this comment useful.
This is a very comprehensive and yet easy to read book on the relationship between diet and health. Presents the arguements and counter-arguements but will not be readily accepted by the big industry lobby groups. It thoroughly cuts through attempts by industry to confuse people into complacency.
The China Study -- Important Info for America's Health July 24, 2005
14 out of 22 found this comment useful.
I enjoyed reading this book because the statements were backed up with specific studies. He explained in detail how the misinformation regarding animal protein products has been perpetuated by the dairy and meat industries. We have been led to believe that these foods are good for us, when actually they cause many of the diseases that plague Americans. If readers take this information to heart and act on it, it can be lifesaving, making huge improvements in a person's health.
A MUST-READ! July 19, 2005
19 out of 26 found this comment useful.
This is probably the BEST nutrition book that I have ever read. Prof. Campbell has distilled a 35-year career in nutritional research, governmental advisory boards, expert panels, epidemiological study and survey into a readable, cogent and clear statement on the root causes of most of the chronic and degenerative diseases that we suffer from. He lives what he preaches, and is healthy and active at age 70, running 6-8 miles a day.
In extremely careful and thorough research, Campbell has proved that he can turn the growth of cancerous tumors on and off simply by altering the nutrients he feeds his subjects.
If you have any thought of keeping yourself healthy simply by changing your lifestyle, this is the book to read. Campbell backs up his assertions with careful and thorough scientific and epidemiological data gathered around the world by many scientists over the course of decades. I hope this becomes a best-seller!
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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