The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study on Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long Term Health
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (671 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1597772992 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 565 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Robert G. said Game changer book for me. I'm posting this two years after reading The China Study and what subsequently followed was radically changing into beimg nearly 95% of the time vegan all the time. This book was a game changer for me. If you find the book hard to follow or understand, buy the audio version because I think you will find it's easier to understand and follow. As a engineer and scientist, I followed up and read some of Campbell's journal papers. I was stunned by the findings enough to have a paradigm shift in what I would choose to eat forever more. Like a smoker that quits a bad habit overnight, I did the same with what I ate. No more fast f. "Very interesting read" according to Jolien. I have always been a meat-eater. In the traditional kitchen in Belgium, I think meat and dairy is served with most meals. And I have always thought it to be normal. I never thought I could adopt a vegan or plant based lifestyle. I have drastically changed my eating habits though, while and after reading this. Let me tell you why.I am a very logical person. And a skeptical one. If I am to change my habits or reasoning, I need to have proof as to why. I need evidence and science to convince me. Once I have done enough research, I can start to form my own opinions and look at what is in front of me critically. That’s ho. Healthy food is a must to survive. This book helps. Well researched with practical ways to change diet to a sustainable and healthy way of life.Our present food system is crap with many issues that is now making us sick.Too much Sugar, Salt, Preservatives and Pasteurization causing nutrients to be missing in our food.
"These findings from the most comprehensive large study ever undertaken of the relationship between diet and the risk of developing disease are challenging much of American dietary dogma." —The New York Times
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. 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. 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. 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. The China Study offers conclusive