The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health by T. Colin CampbellMy review
This was an interesting book. I enjoyed reading about the author's personal research, but the sections where he started citing other people's studies as further evidence of his conclusions felt like propaganda. He later details how and why this information hasn't gotten more public attention. That's where I stopped reading.
On the one hand, I understand his position: he feels like there are a whole slew of corporations and advertisers presenting food propaganda that supports the typical American diet and probably is contributing to the American health crisis. However, I'm not sure that the best way to react is with counter-propaganda.
Anyway, the basic conclusions of Dr. Campbell's research is that a whole-foods, plant-based diet is the healthiest way to eat. He asserts (and uses his own research to back the assertion) that nutrition affects cancer; specifically higher amounts of animal protein correlate to higher rates of cancer.
It definitely got me thinking...
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