The China Study Book
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The China Study book is one of the best all-round books about Whole Food Plant Based nutrition. The book contains two key sections. The first relates to several cancer in rats studies. In this study a clear relation between animal protein consumption and cancer is shown. Plant protein consumption in rats did promote cancer.
The second major part of The China Study book discusses the biggest population study of the relation between nutrition and lifestyle factors and diseases. Its insights on diet and disease are revolutionary. 880 million people (96% of the Chinese population) participated in the survey across 2,400 counties. It resulted in a cancer atlas of China showing that cancer was a lot more common in certain regions, while there was almost no cancer in other regions.
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The China Study book is one of the best all-round books about Whole Food Plant Based nutrition. The book contains two key sections. The first relates to several cancer in rats studies. In this study a clear relation between animal protein consumption and cancer is shown. Plant protein consumption in rats did promote cancer.
The second major part of The China Study book discusses the biggest population study of the relation between nutrition and lifestyle factors and diseases. Its insights on diet and disease are revolutionary. 880 million people (96% of the Chinese population) participated in the survey across 2,400 counties. It resulted in a cancer atlas of China showing that cancer was a lot more common in certain regions, while there was almost no cancer in other regions.
The study also gave insights into the difference in disease rates with other countries. For example, American men have a seventeen times higher death risk from coronary heart disease than rural Chinese men! And this is just one of 8,000+ statistically significant findings. The China Study book gives a clear and solid overview of the key findings of the population study.
The remainder of the book discusses various other related studies, a critical view of modern scientific research and there is a nice chart with an overview of all the foods that are good, bad or that should be eaten in moderation. The China Study book could also be seen as the complete encyclopedia of Whole Food Plant Based nutrition!
The study also gave insights into the difference in disease rates with other countries. For example, American men have a seventeen times higher death risk from coronary heart disease than rural Chinese men! And this is just one of 8,000+ statistically significant findings. The China Study book gives a clear and solid overview of the key findings of the population study.
The remainder of the book discusses various other related studies, a critical view of modern scientific research and there is a nice chart with an overview of all the foods that are good, bad or that should be eaten in moderation. The China Study book could also be seen as the complete encyclopedia of Whole Food Plant Based nutrition!
About the author
The author of The China Study is Dr. Campbell, one of the leading scientists in the field of nutrition. He completed his M.S. in nutrition and biochemistry at Cornell University in 1958. Three years later he completed his Ph.D. in nutrition, biochemistry and microbiology.
Dr. Campbell’s groundbreaking research (which is beautifully presented in The China Study) makes him perhaps the most important pioneer in the field of nutrition and health.
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