REVIEW: "The Chinese study. Results of a large-scale study on the relationship of nutrition and health, "Colin Campbell and Thomas Campbell

Whatever book you no longer believe - one in which everything is beautiful, okay told and promised "to astounding results in a short time ", or the one in which all the data would be based on specific research and confirmed by the figures? Now a huge number of books on various diets and how to live long and healthy, and in some you can find exactly the opposite advice. I remember well as doctors, foaming at the mouth to prove that the butter - it is death, and then after some time, new studies have emerged which have shown that it is useful in small amounts.

Without special education to understand all this is almost impossible, and we have to be very careful to check all this for yourself. Unfortunately, these experiments are not always safe. The book "The China Study. Results of a large-scale study on the relationship of nutrition and health, "Colin Campbell and Thomas Campbell differs from this literature that all findings were made on the basis of long-term studies (20 years) and backed up by a huge amount of statistical data with a very detailed explanations.

In it you will find not only the important information about the relationship of our food with many diseases (cancer, diabetes, cardiac and autoimmune diseases), but also learn a lot about the lobby in the dairy and meat productions. Are you sure that the cow milk is good and it alone can provide our body with the necessary amounts of calcium and vitamin D?

What is this book

The book was published in 2005, but reached us in the form of a translation only recently. Its author - Colin Campbell, the world's largest specialist in biochemistry, talks about his studies and obtained findings about the relationship of food and many diseases.

It affected all painful at the moment topic - cancer, autoimmune diseases, diabetes and heart disease. And it's all authors associated with our meals.

We are accustomed to hysteria over genetically modified food, poisoned water or the whole periodic table in foods. Yes, they are certainly harmful. Yes, they are best avoided, but in most of the articles you will find more information about how they act on the body, and that is a trigger to start the reaction.

Colin Campbell is based on data obtained in the course of "The China Study" and its attendant smaller-scale works, and gives the example of a statistically meaningful data. This means that the probability of hitting the bull's-eye is 70 to 99.9%.

This study began through the initiative of the Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai, who was dying of cancer and sought salvation by connecting to the study of this problem, the best specialists. As a result, the study of statistics on mortality in 65 districts in China has resulted in a book that changed the lives of many. In addition to studies carried out in China, here we were added to the data for the study of problems of liver cancer in the Philippines poor people. And that's how it all started, and to the "China Study" Campbell joined after that.

So what can serve as a signal to activate the growth of cancer cells? Campbell suggests that the blame for everything animal protein, especially lactose - protein found in cow's milk. The author also considers him the culprit frequent cases of diabetes, both the second and first type, including small children.

On the basis of this book, the ideal diet - it's only plant foods with the total exclusion of animal proteins. But the author in any case does not call for readers to immediately jump to the side of vegetarians. It is generally one to nothing calls. He simply states the facts proven, backed by figures and their own experiences. The experience he has a pretty rich, as Colin Campbell grew up on a farm, where on the day he always drank about two liters of whole milk, and breakfast without bacon and eggs are not considered the most nutritious and correct. Agree that go from such a lifestyle exclusively vegetable nutrition is difficult.

Why do we go on about the benefits of milk, rich in calcium and vitamin D?! Especially for this book there is a separate section on lobbyists. This applies to both the dairy and meat products. All painted point by point. Especially please fans various plots theories.

Why you should read it?

Because this book makes you wonder. You do not try to sell a new diet fashion. You do not call big words to the side of good. You just show a causal relationship to the study example, which was carried out for 20 years. You are shown the numbers and give a very clear comments to them that people will understand, it is very far from biology and medicine.

You just provide the facts, but already there is a choice only for you - try to act, or not pay attention to the data presented.

Personally I book made quite a big impression. I do not really like trendy diets and books calling for urgent change something, because, more than the cry to me, the more skeptical I will refer to what is written. But this book made me really think about the consequences of what I eat and how I feed my family.

"The Chinese study. Results of a large-scale study on the relationship of nutrition and health, "Colin Campbell and Thomas Campbell

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