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Could Changing Our Diets Defeat COVID-19?

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 13:40:33 +0000

T. Colin Campbell, PhD, the author of The China Study, considers whether diet could help combat COVID-19, the novel coronavirus.

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

How I Stopped My Migraines & What I Wish I Had Known as a Doctor

Leila Dehghan, MD — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:40:35 +0000

Would I still be a doctor if I had known the role of nutrition in health and disease? Transitioning to a whole food, plant-based diet put an end to my chronic migraine headaches.

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Written by Leila Dehghan, MD.

Is Raw Milk Better for You? What About Goat Milk?

Katherine Lawrence — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 13:40:49 +0000

Is it okay to drink raw milk? Is unpasteurized milk better? Learn the science behind why raw milk and goat milk are not necessarily healthier choices.

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Written by Katherine Lawrence.

China Project History Part 3: An Unprecedented Collaboration

Martin Root, PhD — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 16:18:33 +0000

The China Project started in a friendship between Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Chen Junshi.

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Written by Martin Root, PhD.

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Your Credibility Is Tarnished

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 21:45:41 +0000

Dr. Giles Yeo interviewed me for the BBC. It is now abundantly clear that Yeo and the BBC intended to disparage the notion that food matters for our health.

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

Precision Medicine Initiative: Wealth For a Few & Poor Health For Many?

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 15:41:15 +0000

The new PMI is very similar to the experimental design of Dr. Campbell’s 1980’s NIH proposal. Unlike PMI, its emphasis was on nutrition not on pharmaceuticals.

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

China Project History Part 2: Serendipity of a Study

Martin Root, PhD — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 12:00:47 +0000

Take a behind the scenes peek at the research project that lead to The China Study.

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Written by Martin Root, PhD.

China Project History Part 1: A Personal Story

Martin Root, PhD — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 14:52:32 +0000

Take a behind the scenes peek at the research project that lead to The China Study.

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Written by Martin Root, PhD.

How Do You Like These Apples?

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:15:44 +0000

I am writing in response to George Johnson’s article in the New York Times An Apple a Day, and Other Myths dated 4/21/14. With this title, I am imagining that the New York Times is proposing to be our myth buster.

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

Everyday Miracles – My Weight and Cholesterol Are Down

Susan Lebel Young, MSED, MSC — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 21:30:25 +0000

I no longer eat peanut butter or chocolate. It’s a miracle.

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Written by Susan Lebel Young, MSED, MSC.

Writing The China Study and Relaxing With the Big Picture

Thomas Campbell, MD — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 16:33:06 +0000

For the past several years, I have been giving more and more thought to the nature of nutrition information and discussion in America.

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Written by Thomas Campbell, MD.

Tracking Anti-Oxidants in Rural China

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:08:50 +0000

In the China Study, total vegetable consumption was 315 grams/day (11.1 oz) compared to 181 grams/day (6.3 oz) in the US. We were able to get a pretty good idea of antioxidant vitamin status by comparing the relative percentages …

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Applying Results From The China Project

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:09:23 +0000

How do we know that the results from the China Project apply to people in the West. Aren't the Chinese much more physically active than Americans? Could this influence disease outcomes?

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

Are Your Genes Hazardous to Your Health?

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:03:22 +0000

In 2005, I again visited China (my tenth trip since 1981!) Each time, I am reminded more of how much smaller and interconnected our world is becoming.

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Dietary Fat is Only Partly Where It’s At

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:08:50 +0000

The breast cancer/dietary fat relationship, once a key point in getting American women to switch their eating habits, has now been seriously challenged. A prominent Harvard study of nearly 90,000 American nurses,

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China Report: A Disease Profile

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:08:50 +0000

In China, we came to discover the differences between diseases of nutritional extravagance and poverty when we decided to find out why various diseases were clustered in the ways that they were in various parts of the country.

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

Cancer in China vs. United States

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:08:50 +0000

How do we know that the results from the China Project apply to people in the West. Aren't the Chinese much more physically active than Americans? Could this influence disease outcomes?

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

A Response to Denise Minger’s Critique of The China Study

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:43:02 +0000

My response can be divided into three parts, mostly addressing her lack of proportionality—what’s important and what’s not.

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Dairy Consumption Leads to Serious Health Outcomes, Not Weight Loss

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:09:23 +0000

There are few if any health topics that are more contentious and personally sensitive than the question of the health benefits and risks of cow's milk and its products.

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Eating More Calories, Staying Thinner

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:08:50 +0000

Although the average caloric intake of the Chinese is higher than that of Americans (2640 vs. 2360 for adult males), and despite their smaller stature, the Chinese are much thinner than Americans.

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

How Important is Dietary Purity?

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:54:56 +0000

Answer to a Reader's Question:

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China Report: Osteoporosis

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Wed, 29 Oct 1997 19:11:03 +0000

Do we need more calcium in order to avoid osteoporosis, the progressive thinning of bones in the elderly? In the West we are certainly told so. The dairy industry vigorously promotes the suggestion that without its products we face an unpleasant and probably shrunken future.

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Stomach Cancer in China

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Wed, 15 Oct 1997 22:22:01 +0000

While all cancer rates are generally very low in China, stomach cancer leaps out as a glaring exception.

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

China Report: Cholesterol and Cancer

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Wed, 15 Oct 1997 21:55:07 +0000

Most of us have heard a great deal about the link between high cholesterol and heart disease. But how many have heard that high blood cholesterol levels are also associated with cancer?

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

RDA’s: Time to Peel Back the Labels

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Mon, 01 Apr 1996 19:08:50 +0000

Every once in a while, when strolling through the grocery store with my wife, Karen, I get up the nerve to look at those nutrient profiles on the side of the package.

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

China Report – Dietary Fiber: Preventing Cancer in China

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Wed, 01 Nov 1995 23:59:41 +0000

The cancer-prevention properties of dietary fiber are hardly a secret. Indeed, in modern times the late Dr. Denis Burkitt (of Burkitt's Lymphoma fame) made the so-called "fiber story" famous in his work among native Africans.

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The Protein Puzzle: Picking up the Pieces

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Tue, 01 Aug 1995 23:04:49 +0000

There's a common myth among both scientists and non-scientists that people of underdeveloped countries are small simply because they don't eat enough meat. If they ate more meat, they would be big and strong like us. But this is not what we found from our China Project research.

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

Avoiding Breast Cancer with Diet

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Sat, 01 Jul 1995 18:09:52 +0000

Breast cancer is clearly a terrifying disease. Out of every nine women in America, at least one will fall victim to its toll. Despite massive research and immense funding, scientists are often at odds regarding its possible causes.

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

Why China Holds the Key to Your Health

T. Colin Campbell, PhD — Sat, 01 Jul 1995 18:08:50 +0000

I have been a researcher, lecturer, and policy advisor in the field of diet and cancer for nearly 45 years. Since 1963, primarily from an academic position, I have seen the many faces of establishment science and have been both rewarded and distressed …

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Written by T. Colin Campbell, PhD.