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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 with Thomas M. Campbell II.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Dallas, Texas : BenBella Books, 2005Copyright date: ©2004Edition: First BenBella Books editionDescription: xviii, 417 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1932100385
  • 9781932100389
  • 1932100660
  • 9781932100662
Other title:
  • Most comprehensive study of nutrition ever conducted and the startling implications for diet, weight loss and long-term health
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 613.2 23
LOC classification:
  • RA784 .C235 2005
NLM classification:
  • 2005 C-929
  • QT 235
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I. The China study : -- 1. Problems we face, solutions we need -- 2. A house of proteins -- 3. Turning off cancer -- 4. Lessons from China -- Part II. Diseases of affluence : -- 5. Broken hearts -- 6. Obesity -- 7. Diabetes -- 8. Common cancers : breast, prostate, large bowel (colon and rectal) -- 9. Autoimmune diseases -- 10. Wide-ranging effects : bone, kidney, eye and brain diseases -- Part III. The good nutrition guide : -- 11. Eating right : eight principles of food and health -- 12. How to eat -- Part IV. Why haven't you heard this before? : -- 13. Science - the dark side -- 14. Scientific reductionism -- 15. The "science" of industry -- 16. Government : is it for the people? -- 17. Big medicine : whose health are they protecting? -- 18. Repeating histories -- Appendix A. Q&A: Protein effect in experimental rat studies -- Appendix B. Experimental design of the China study -- Appendix C. The "Vitamin D" connection -- References -- Index.
Summary: "The China Study is part diet, part medical study, part condemnation of the governmental and industry politics that determine what we think about what we eat. This exhaustive presentation of the findings from The China Study conclusively demonstrates the link between nutrition and heart disease, diabetes and cancer."--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Part I. The China study : -- 1. Problems we face, solutions we need -- 2. A house of proteins -- 3. Turning off cancer -- 4. Lessons from China -- Part II. Diseases of affluence : -- 5. Broken hearts -- 6. Obesity -- 7. Diabetes -- 8. Common cancers : breast, prostate, large bowel (colon and rectal) -- 9. Autoimmune diseases -- 10. Wide-ranging effects : bone, kidney, eye and brain diseases -- Part III. The good nutrition guide : -- 11. Eating right : eight principles of food and health -- 12. How to eat -- Part IV. Why haven't you heard this before? : -- 13. Science - the dark side -- 14. Scientific reductionism -- 15. The "science" of industry -- 16. Government : is it for the people? -- 17. Big medicine : whose health are they protecting? -- 18. Repeating histories -- Appendix A. Q&A: Protein effect in experimental rat studies -- Appendix B. Experimental design of the China study -- Appendix C. The "Vitamin D" connection -- References -- Index.

"The China Study is part diet, part medical study, part condemnation of the governmental and industry politics that determine what we think about what we eat. This exhaustive presentation of the findings from The China Study conclusively demonstrates the link between nutrition and heart disease, diabetes and cancer."--Publisher's website.

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