Synopses & Reviews
The China Study: Startling Implications for Diet, Weight-Loss and Long-term Health is the definitive resource for anyone considering a plant-based diet and, because of this, more than a half million people have picked up the book.
With the Hispanic community struggling with obesity rates like never beforefor instance, Hispanic girls have 2-3 times the risk of having a high body mass index (BMI) than Caucasian girls of the same agea plant-based diet can improve the health of an entire culture. This and many other facts nearly demand a release of The China Study Spanish-translation edition.
Review
Praise for The China Study:
The China Study is the most important book on nutrition and health to come out in the last 75 years. Everyone should read it
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David Klein, Publisher/Editor of Living Nutrition Magazine
Dr. Campbell and his son, Thomas, have written a lively, provocative, and important book that deserves widespread attention.”
Frank Rhodes, PhD, President (19781995) Emeritus at Cornell University
Colin Campbells The China Study is an important book and a highly readable one. The China Study is a story that needs to be heard.”
Robert C. Richardson, PhD, Nobel Prize Winner, Professor of Physics and Vice Provost of Research, Cornell University
Clearly and beautifully written by one of the worlds most respected nutrition authorities, The China Study represents a major turning point in our understanding of health.”
Neal Barnard, MD, President, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Everyone in the field of nutrition science stands on the shoulders of T. Colin Campbell, who is one of the giants in the field. This is one of the most important books about nutrition ever writtenreading it may save your life.”
Dean Ornish, MD, Founder and President, Preventive Medicine Research Institute, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; Author of Dr. Dean Ornishs Program for Reversing Heart Disease and Love and Survival
Synopsis
La evidencia cient fica es clara, los resultados son inequ vocos. Cambia tu dieta y reducir s el riesgo de padecer c ncer, enfermedades cardiovasculares, diabetes y obesidad. Desde donde lo queramos ver, la salud de Norteam rica y de los pa ses occidentales est empeorando. Cada vez gastamos m s dinero en asistencia sanitaria y, sin embargo, dos tercios de la poblaci n tienen sobrepeso y 15 millones de norteame ricanos padecen diabetes. Las enfermedades cardiovasculares tienen la misma incidencia que hace treinta a os, y la guerra contra el c ncer, lanzada en la d cada de los a os setenta, ha sido un fracaso estrepitoso. Casi m s de la mitad de la poblaci n padece alguna enfermedad que requiere tomar medicamentos cada semana y m s de 100 millones de norteamericanos tienen el colesterol demasiado elevado.
Para empeorar las cosas, estamos guiando a nuestros j venes a trav s de un camino de enfermedades y padecimientos cada vez m s r pido. Los j venes se enferman m s que antes y un tercio de nuestros ni os tiene sobrepeso o est en camino de tenerlo. Adem s, un tipo de diabetes que antes solo afectaba a los adultos, est incidiendo cada vez m s en los ni os.
El Estudio de China presenta un mensaje esperanzador, claro y conciso. Al mismo tiempo, desvela muchos mitos y mucha desinformaci n. Si quieres estar sano, cambia tu dieta.
About the Author
For more than 40 years,
Dr. T. Colin Campbell has been at the forefront of nutrition research. His legacy, the China Study, is the most comprehensive study of health and nutrition ever conducted. Dr. Campbell is Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University. He has received more than 70 grant-years of peer-reviewed research finding and authored more than 300 research papers. The China Study was the culmination of a 20-year partnership of Cornell University, Oxford University, and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine.
A 1999 graduate of Cornell University and recipient of a medical degree in 2010, Thomas M. Campbell II, MD, is a writer, actor, and four-time marathon runner. Born and raised in Ithaca, N.Y., he has appeared on stage in London, Chicago and most of the states east of the Mississippi River.