by Colin T Campbell, Stefan Rudnicki
(1004)14 used & new from $12.42(Visit the Bestsellers in Sports & Outdoors list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.) The China Study is a 2005 book by T. Colin Campbell, Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University, and his son, Thomas M. Campbell II. It examines the relationship between the consumption of animal products and illnesses such as cancers of the breast, prostate, and large bowel, diabetes, coronary heart disease, obesity, autoimmune disease, osteoporosis, degenerative brain disease, and macular degeneration. "The China Study" of the title is taken from the China-Cornell-Oxford Project, a survey that studied the relationship between mortality rates and the diets and lifestyles of 6,500 people in 65 rural counties in China. The China-Oxford-Cornell Study (not the book) was described by The New York Times as "the Grand Prix of epidemiology," it was conducted jointly by Read more - Shopping-Enabled Wikipedia on Amazon
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"[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
"Reflects the profound changes that industrialization is bringing to diet and disease patterns in China, statistics that have had an impact on reevaluating dietary policy in the United States and worldwide." —Washington Post
"[This] elaborate study . . . gives big points to the health value of . . . plant-based diets." —Chicago Tribune
"This is one of the most important books about nutrition ever written—reading it may save your life." —Dean Ornish, M.D., Oprah Winfrey's personal physician, author, Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease and Love & Survival
"Today, AICR [American Institute for Cancer Research] advocates a predominantly plant-based diet for lower cancer risk because of the great work Dr. Campbell and just a few other visionaries began 25 years ago." —Marilyn Gentry, president, AICR
"The most important book on health, diet and nutrition ever written. Its impact will only grow over time and it will ultimately improve the health and longevity of tens of millions of people around the world." —John Mackey, CEO, Whole Foods
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