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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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Customer Ratings:  485 comments
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st BenBella Books Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 417
Shipping Weight (pounds): 1.3
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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 The Data Doesn't Compute June 21, 2005
65 out of 147 found this comment useful.
The most comprehensive aspect of this book is the extent to which T Colin Campbell misuses data to prop up the inflated health claims he makes for vegetarian, low-fat diets. The implications are "startling" all right. Fortunately, enough data is included so that those with a thorough grounding in statistics can figure this out. Unfortunately, readers without the training or the motivation to do so and so will make dietary choices based on the author's dubious conclusions.
 Our Tax Dollars paid and T. Colin Campbell delivered! June 17, 2005
20 out of 38 found this comment useful.
Don't miss this book. There is not another book outside of the Bible more important right here and right now. Finally one of the "establishment" hollering from the "ivory towers" built by taxpayers. Listen to the voice. Even if you don't have time for the whole book..read the first few chapters. After that, skip around if you have to, but keep it handy for quick pick up.
If you have never read a book of this type..well good..start here. If you've read John Robbins, Dr. John Mcdougall, Neal Barnard, Dr. Joel Fuhrman...you will still learn lots here!
No Other Book Like It June 7, 2005
39 out of 55 found this comment useful.
I have read many of the popular diet and nutrition books out there, and none of them have been able to stand up to this one. Although I knew that fruits and vegetables were very healthy, I used to vigorously defend moderation. I liked a hamburger or other beef dish two or three times a week and I tried to eat low-fat meats most other days. Chips and soda were only occasional treats, so I thought I was eating pretty good. But I was overweight, and I started doing the diet book merry go round. At the insistence of a good friend I bought this book and started reading it and had a hard time refuting any of the arguments made by the author. There is such a wide variety of evidence, from so many professional journals, regarding so many different studies, that it was difficult to come up with counter-arguments to defend my old beliefs. It's forced me to change the way I think about food and health.
This is not a compilation of information from secondary sources like newspapers, magazines, and other popular books; this is a compilation of peer-reviewed research findings from the top biomedical journals, complete with hundreds of references. These are research findings not just from the author, but also from researchers at Harvard, Oxford, and dozens of other reputable institutions. This is the most credibility I've ever seen in a health book.
All of this information is strengthened by the last part of the book, the inside look at how food and medicine are being bungled in the US.
I also am impressed by the endorsements for this book. I don't know of any other diet and health book that has the credibility of having endorsements from a former Ivy League President, a Nobel Prize winning scientist, the former top food policy maker in Washington, the president of one of the premier cancer organizations, and a former senior World Bank official. Amazing!
Most importantly in the past 2 months since beginning to change my diet, I have lowered my cholesterol by 45 points, lost over 15 pounds, and can now walk up the stairs in my office building without having to pause halfway up. I get fewer headaches and my back and knee pain has gotten better(from losing weight, probably.) I feel great. I can't recommend this book enough.
Enlightening May 26, 2005
15 out of 28 found this comment useful.
This book provides real-life data supporting various diet choices and how they stastically relate to various diseases. I found the study extremely enlightening and practical in terms of helping readers understand certain diseases and statistically proven diet choices to prevent them. Anybody who wants a long-term view into health and wellness or is concerned about being diagnosed with cancer would find this book very helpful.
The China Study May 21, 2005
23 out of 38 found this comment useful.
The China study is the most important book on nutrition and health to come out in the last 75 years. Everyone should read it and it should be the model for all nutrition programs taught at universities. The reading is engrossing if not astounding. The science is conclusive. Dr. Campbell's intregrity and commitment to truthful nutrition education shine through. I interviewed him yesterday and found him to be a warm, genuinely brilliant scientist and humanitarian who speaks only about the real facts. The science is clearly consulsive: the best diet for humans is the vegan diet. Vegan diet stops and reverses most diseases, rejueventes, slims the body and stops the needless slaughter of animals and ravaging effects of animal farming. Learn why vegan foods are nutritionally complete and how the US government and AMA have abused our trust, perverting the truth about nutrition all in the name of profiteering. Dr. Campbell is a hero who deserves our serious attention.
David Klein
Publisher/Editor of Living Nutrition Magazine
Sebastopol, California
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