Book Review: The China Study

Abstract

The China Study by T. Colin Campbell and Thomas M. Campbell II presents decades of nutrition research, including a recent large-scale epidemiological study of over 3,000 Chinese adults. The results are startling: almost every chronic disease that plagues Western society has been linked on multiple occasions to diets high in animal products. The authors provide solid evidence for the health benefits of a whole-foods, plant-based diet as the means to optimal health and disease prevention. Nutrition is a chronically overlooked area of medicine, and The China Study shows us just how important our diets really are in determining health.