Referred to as the "Grand Prix of epidemiology" by
The New York Times,
this study examines more than 350 variables of health and nutrition
with surveys from 6,500 adults in more than 2,500 counties across China
and Taiwan, and conclusively demonstrates the link between nutrition
and heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. While revealing that proper
nutrition can have a dramatic effect on reducing and reversing these
ailments as well as curbing obesity, this text calls into question the
practices of many of the current dietary programs.
"[These] findings from the most comprehensive large study ever
undertaken of the relationship between diet and the risk of developing
disease are challenging much of American dietary dogma." —The New York Times
"Reflects
the profound changes that industrialization is bringing to diet and
disease patterns in China, statistics that have had an impact on
reevaluating dietary policy in the United States and worldwide." —Washington Post
"This
is one of the most important books about nutrition ever written—reading
it may save your life." —Dean Ornish, MD, Oprah Winfrey's personal
physician, author, Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease and Love & Survival
"Today,
AICR [American Institute for Cancer Research] advocates a predominantly
plant-based diet for lower cancer risk because of the great work Dr.
Campbell and just a few other visionaries began 25 years ago."
—Marilyn Gentry, president, AICR
"The most
important book on health, diet and nutrition ever written. Its impact
will only grow over time and it will ultimately improve the health and
longevity of tens of millions of people around the world." —John
Mackey, CEO, Whole Foods
About the Author
T. Colin Campbell, PhD, is the project director of the
China-Oxford-Cornell Diet and Health Project (the China Study), a
20-year study of nutrition and health. He is the Jacob Gould Schurman
Professor Emeritus of nutritional biochemistry at Cornell University.
In more than 40 years of research he has received more than 70
grant-years of peer-reviewed research funding and authored more than
300 research papers. He lives in Ithaca, New York.
Thomas M. Campbell II is an author and actor. He lives in Ithaca, New York.
