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|  | Authors: T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell II
Creators: Howard Lyman, John Robbins
Publisher: Benbella Books
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Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
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Pages: 417
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 1
ISBN: 1932100660
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.2
EAN: 9781932100662
ASIN: 1932100660
Publication Date: June 1, 2006
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 scared off by bad reviews October 12, 2009
Pete
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
a friend highly recommended the book - yet after reading a lot of the one star and two star reviews, I decided not to buy.
then changed my mind - but left it on the shelf for a long time.
then read the book - and bought 8 more to give to family and friends. You have to decide for yourself - but I was convinced.
I'm still working on changing the diet... takes a little more work and I can't just count anymore on the stuff in the fridge being good any time I get around to using it... it actually goes bad. But so far so good and it's good to feel that you can count on good results if you are moving in the right direction.
I highly recommend that everyone read the book.
 The China Study October 11, 2009
Old Coach (California)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm really not an expert in nutrition, but if it's really true that we Americans have got too much animal-based food in our diet *and* that the high percentage of animal-based food we eat is, in fact, a root cause of many of our illnesses, wow!! ... then this book [The China Study] is a real blockbuster of a title that we should all spend some time studying carefully.
Another title that might be good to combine this one with is "The end of overeating," by David A. Kessler, MD. This second book talks about how the food industry hooks us by tweaking food by putting just the right amounts of stuff like sugar, fat, and salt into the food to make it similar to the nicotine in cigarettes. The Kessler book [The end of overeating] seems to be more about the psychological part of eating, while the Campbell book [The China Study] delves more into the physiological/biological/chemical part of eating. Both of these books are excellent, IMHO.
 Vegan Propaganda October 9, 2009
W. B. Perry (GA)
17 out of 24 found this review helpful
Now I have no problem with a blatant promotion of veganism, but I take issue with trying to hide behind the China Study. This book is not the China Study. Campbell spends a large portion of the book stating his formal credentials trying desperately to get you to believe anything he says based on his credentials. "Trust me I'm the expert. Don't think for yourself. Don't read the actual studies on your own. I will interpret for you what to think about the studies." That is the impression I get from this book. Campbell would have you believe that an essential nutrient such as protein is a poison, especially complete animal proteins. He states that wealthy people who adapted western lifestyles in third world countries began to eat more animal protein and their health declined. He doesn't mention they also ate processed, refined sugars too. If you read Weston Price's amazing work you would quickly understand that it is the processed, refined carbohydrates and foods that really create the problems. There really has never been a vegan culture ever in the history of humanity. There was a group in India that was vegetarian and they were the least healthy of any of the primitive cultures. They incorporated insects and milk to help get vital nutrients such as B12 and quality protein. Campbell says wheat and soy are among the safest proteins. Really?! Nearly everyone has at least some form of sub-clinical gluten sensitivities according to many experts, and the damning research on soy is abundant. Campbell insists that the diet that has NEVER existed in all of humanities history and is missing essential nutrients is the optimal diet for mankind. This is absurd, and no serioius scientist could possibly concur with his thesis.
The China Study October 8, 2009
A. J. Hansen (USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a must read book for everyone. It is true and it works.
worthwhile book to read, but it has flaws October 2, 2009
lonebeaut (land of enchantment)
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
Here's my take on "The China Study" and T. Colin Campbell. First, the good stuff.
I'm always pleased when a scientist/medical doctor comes out and fearlessly states the obvious: that the understanding of most people of what's good food and what's bad food is screwed up and we've got to fix it. Unfortunately the input of the "experts" generally means more than some animal rights "extremist" saying the same thing. Campbell states what I believe about veganism, that it's the healthiest way to eat. And I've read variations of what Campbell writes in many other books.
However, I'm not clear about why he called his book "The China Study" because it had very little to do with that study. He mentions findings from China in passing throughout the book, and Appendix B briefly touches on it. But the book is really about his own research and the research of others, and how science, agribusiness, government and Big Pharma/Big Medicine are all in bed with each other, and what the means for the truth getting out about how to eat healthy. Maybe his editor wanted it called "The China Study" because most people who've heard of T. Colin Campbell associate him with that study.
Also, another point of confusion is that the Chinese are not vegans. I'm not clear about how he made the leap from the China Study to plant-based living for himself. That's never explained in the book.
Now for the bad stuff.
Number one is Campbell's defense of animal testing, which he's participated in throughout his career. I think he obtained more solid information out of the epidemiological studies, in which no animals were harmed, than tormenting and killing rats and mice. But scientists are conservative creatures who don't like change, and his insistence that vivisection is unavoidable I think is a reflection of the way scientists are trained. I somehow doubt that animal testing really was the only way to go here. So Campbell is definitely not an animal advocate. He seems to approach plant-based living strictly from a human interest perspective. He loses points for that.
Campbell also makes a big deal about not taking individual supplements except for B12 and D. I've taken vitamins and minerals practically all my life, as a meat eater and plant eater, and I don't plan on stopping real soon. He readily admits that the soil our crops are grown on is often lifeless, and I regard taking supplements as an insurance policy against that. Unless you grow fruits and vegetables in your own garden or buy organic and/or local (which may or may not be grown on good soil without pesticides and herbicides), you're taking a chance on just how much or how little nutrition you're getting out of what you eat.
The last is a minor quibble, but as an editor, I cringed when he consistently used the word "less" when he should have used "fewer". And he misspelled the verb "leach", choosing the spelling for the animal that sucks blood.
But in general, it's an important book that needed to be written.
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