Dr. Colin Campbell Tue June 21

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China Study, by Dr. T. Colin Campbell in Town June21

7pm, Unitarian Church Franklin & Geary SF$5 donation to pay for rent, no one turned away

Book Review The China Study by Dr. T. Colin Campbell Dr. T. Colin Campbell reveals the truth behind special interest groups, government entities and scientists that have taken Americans down a deadly path in his book The China Study. Even today, as the low-carb craze sweeps the nation, twothirds of adults are still obese and children are being diagnosed with Type II diabetes, typically an “adult” disease, at an alarming rate. If we are eating healthier, why are Americans being stricken with heart disease as much as we were 30 years ago?

The China Study, details the connection between nutrition and heart disease, diabetes and cancer. The New York Times recognized the study officially known as The China- Oxford-Cornell Diet and Health Project as the “Grand Prix of Epidemiology” and the “most comprehensive large study ever undertaken of the relationship between diet and the risk of developing disease.” In his book, he discloses why Americans are so confused. Dr. Campbell states, “As a taxpayer who foots the bill for research and health policy in America, you deserve to know that many of the common notions you have been told about food, health and disease are wrong. I propose to do nothing less than redefine what we think of as good nutrition. You need to know the truth about food, and why eating the right way can save your life.” At MIT and Virginia Tech, early in Dr. Campbell’s career, he worked to promote better health by eating more meat,

milk and eggs—“high-quality animal protein”…an obvious sequel to his own life on the farm and a belief that the American diet was the best in the world. While doing research on a project in the Philippines working with malnourished children, the project became an investigation for Dr. Campbell as to why so many Filipino children were being diagnosed with liver cancer, predominantly an adult disease.

The primary goal of the project was to ensure that the children were getting as much protein as possible. In this project, however, he uncovered a dark secret. The children who ate the highest protein diets were the ones most likely to get liver cancer. He began to review other reports from around the world that reflected the findings of his research in the Philippines. Although it was “heretical to say that protein wasn’t healthy,” he started an in-depth study into the role of nutrition, especially protein, in the cause of cancer. The research project culminated in a 20-year partnership of Cornell University, Oxford University, and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, a survey of diseases and lifestyle factors in rural China and Taiwan. More commonly known as the China Study, “this project eventually produced more than 8000 statistically significant associations between various dietary factors and disease.”

The findings? “People who ate the most animal-based foods got the most chronic diseases…People who ate the most plant-based foods were the healthiest and tended to avoid chronic diseases. These results could not be ignored,” according to Dr. Campbell. In The China Study, he details the connection between nutrition and heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, and also its ability to reduce or reverse the risk or effects of these deadly illnesses. It is not a diet book, however. Consumers are bombarded with conflicting messages regarding health and nutrition; the market is flooded with popular titles like The Atkins Diet and The South Beach Diet. Dr. Campbell cuts through the haze of misinformation and delivers an insightful message to anyone living with cancer, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and those concerned with the effects of aging. Additionally, he challenges the validity of these low-carb fad diets and issues a

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