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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... read more
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- Dr. Caldwell B. Esselstyn
- Dr. Roy Swank
- Dr. Tom O'Connor
- Dr. Dean Ornish
- Dr. Robert Atkins
- George Macilwain
- Bob Olson
- Alf Harper
- Dr. Burkitt
- Bauman
- W. G. Robertson
- Dr. Walter Willett
- George McGovern
- Dr. Antonia Demas
- Socrates
- Carl Voit
- Ken Carroll
- Dr. Lester Morrison
- Betty
- Colin
- Atwater
- Dr. William Castelli
- Karen
- Seneca
- Dr. James Anderson
- Mr. Kinsey
- Richard Peto
- Chou EnLai
- Dr. George Crile
- Dr. Jose Caedo
- Tom Jukes
- Hippocrates
- Dr. Brook
- Dr. Marcia Angell
- Paul Newberne
- Howard Lyman
- Dr. Junshi Chen
- Clive McCay
- Plato
- Ann
- Mark Hegsted
- Chris Campbell
- John Glenn
- Glenn Yeffeth
- Sylvia Dutton
- Drs. Esselstyn
- Thomas M. Campbell II
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THE PUBLIC'S HUNGER for nutrition information never ceases to amaze me, even after devoting my entire working life to conducting experimental research into nutrition and health.
Table of Contents edit
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 & 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
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- T. Colin Campbell (Author)
- Thomas M. Campbell II (Author)
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- John Robbins (Foreword) - Author of "Diet for a New America"
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Page Count: 350
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- Dewey: 613.2
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- Forks Over Knives (the movie): Documentary about the same author and their nutrition studies.
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