Re: The China Study
- From: Roger Rabbit <rogers@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 16:38:33 -0400
So the answer to great health is following an unnatural, low-fat
plant-based diet? First off, humans were never vegetarian, despite
what the vegetarian's will have you believe. Secondly, low-fat is a
modern (1970s, 1980's, etc) manmade creation and is difficult to
follow. Hmmmm, could it be that when you restrict fat your body is
trying to tell you something? It is sad when one's diet becomes their
religion. :o(
rr
On 2 Apr 2005 10:47:59 -0800, "Bawl" <bunghole-jonnie@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>From: "Robert Cohen" <notmilk@...>
>Date: Sat Apr 2, 2005 12:08 pm
>Subject: The China Study
>.
>
>The China Study
>
>Oprah has a book club, and now, so do I! Each week, I manage
>to read two or three books, and from time to time, I'll
>be sharing my favorites with you. This past week, I
>made the exception to my own rule, and read one book from
>comer to cover--twice! This must-read book is "The China
>Study," by T. Colin Campbell and his son, Thomas. T. Colin
>Campbell (the dad) is a great writer in his own right, but
>this new father and son team have synergized their energies
>to create a classic in the genre of nutritional texts.
>
>Early on in their brilliantly written book (page 21),
>the Campbells tell their readers:
>
>"So, what is the prescription for good health? In short, it
>is about the multiple health benefits of consuming plant-
>based foods, and the largely unappreciated health dangers
>of consuming animal-based foods, including all types of
>meat, dairy, and eggs."
>
>That's a pretty good start, and it gets even better.
>
>T. Colin Campbell's perspectives are simply amazing. On page
>21, he expresses a contrarian philosophy to most modern-day
>health gurus:
>
>"One of the more exciting benefits of good nutrition
>is the prevention of diseases that are thought to be
>due to genetic predisposition."
>
>Campbell has learned throughout his esteemed career that
>disease can easily be reversed and cured by adopting
>a plant-based diet.
>
>By quoting Goethe on page 27, Campbell exposes America's
>great protein myth, as promoted by the all-powerful milk
>and meat industries. He writes:
>
>"We are best at hiding those things which are in plain site."
>
>Campbell's sense of humor is at its best in this upscale
>well-documented book. His chapter on protein consumption
>should be read by every American. Healthy people should
>reinforce good physiology by Campbell's advice, and ill people
>should be inspired to take the cure by eating a plant-based
>diet. On page 30, Campbell asks:
>
>"Can you guess what food we might eat to most efficiently
>provide the building blocks for our replacement proteins?
>The answer is human flesh."
>
>Very funny! Of course, most are not willing to live on Mrs.
>Lovett's human meat pies. Or are we? The trouble is, with
>human and animal flesh, there are many dangerous byproducts
>to consider. The urea, ammonia, and dirty residues of animal
>proteins and saturated fats compromise carnivores.
>
>Campbell is at his best when writing about "Broken Hearts"
>on page 111. You will learn that during the Korean War, 77.3
>percent of healthy hearts autopsied from American casualties
>revealed advanced heart disease. These diseased hearts were
>taken from the bodies of so-called healthy males who had
>eaten the standard American diet. Campbell offers the hows
>and whys of heart disease...and the cure-all.
>
>On page 255, Campbell walks you through the American
>government's relationship with milk and meat producers.
>Conspiracy? Absolutely, and Campbell's detailed evidence
>and research reads like a detective story. One smoking gun
>after another overwhelms the reader into recognizing
>that things could have been different for our children
>had only those men in power possessed ethics. If only they
>had respected real science and not the almighty dollar.
>We have been betrayed, and T. Colin Campbell has survived
>in an academic environment despite those pressures exerted by
>bureaucrats with enormous financial conflicts of interest.
>
>Campbell's commentary on nutritional training, or the lack
>thereof for doctors is magnificent. On page 327, Campbell writes:
>
>"The situation is dangerous. Nutrition training of doctors
>is not merely inadequate; it is practically nonexistent...The
>bulk of these nutrition hours are taught in the first year of
>medical school, as part of other basic science courses...When
>nutrition education is provided in relation to public health
>problems, guess who is supplying the 'educational' material?
>The Dannon Institute, Egg Nutrition Board, National Cattlemen's
>Beef Association, National Dairy Council, Nestle Clinical
>Nutrition, Wyeth-Ayerst Labortories, Briston-Myers Squibb
>Company..."
>
>Campbell then asks:
>
>"Do you think that this all-star team of animal foods and drug
>industries representatives is going to objectively judge and
>promote optimal nutrition, which science has shown to be a
>whole foods, plant-based diet that minimizes the need for drugs?"
>
>The book is a must read for those who know a thing or two, and
>those who have not a clue. I've read no better book on nutrition
>than this one, which will arm you in nutritional arguments
>presented by meat-eating doubting Thomases.
>
>The China Study, by T. Colin Campbell, PhD, with Thomas
>Campbell is available on Amazon.com:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/6ggan
>
>Robert Cohen
>http://www.notmilk.com
.
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