The China study : the most comprehensive study of nutrition ever conducted and the startling implications for diet, weight loss and long-term health / T. Colin Campbell with Thomas M. Campbell II ; [foreword by John Robbins].

Campbell, T. Colin, 1934- (Author). Campbell, Thomas M., II. (Added Author).

Summary:

The China Study offers conclusive evidence that a change in diet can dramatically reduce the risks of heart disease, diabetes and obesity. 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. 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781932100662
ISBN: 1932100660
Physical Description: xviii, 417 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Edition: First Benbella Books Paperback Edition.
Publisher: Dallas, Texas : BenBella Books, [2006]
Copyright: ©2006.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-404) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

pt. 1. The China study -- pt. 2. Diseases of affluence -- pt. 3. The good nutrition guide -- pt. 4. Why haven't you heard this before?

Problems we face, solutions we need -- A house of proteins -- Turning off cancer -- Lessons from China -- Broken hearts -- Obesity -- Diabetes -- Common cancers : breast, prostate, large bowel (colon and rectal) -- Autoimmune diseases -- Wide-ranging effects : bone, kidney, eye and brain diseases -- Eating right : eight principles of food and health -- How to eat -- Science--the dark side -- Scientific reductionism -- The "science" of industry -- Government : it is for the people? -- Big medicine : whose health are they protecting? -- Repeating histories.