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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 and Thomas M. Campbell II

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

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The China study

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T. Colin Campbell and Thomas M. Campbell II

the most comprehensive study of nutrition ever conducted and the startling implications for diet, weight loss and long-term health

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

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

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