I am a skeptical 64 year old and have eaten dairy and meats for all my life. As I've been getting older I have noticed increased stiffness in joints all over the body with particular problems in the right shoulder. I had a gall bladder removal about 3 years ago and my digestion and stools never really returned to normal. As an experiment I have avoided all animal protein and dairy for only 3 weeks. In this short space of time my stiffness and shoulder problems have disappeared, my bowels have returned to normal and I seem to be walking much, much faster. Overall, I have more energy and seem less forgetful. This particular experiment will not be ending. Thanks Colin.
I had severe rheumatoid arthritis taking 3500mg or more of ibuprofen every day as well as my a1c was at 14.6 and within 6 months no more Ibuprofen and a1c went down to 7 I wish I cut out the animal products 25 years ago when it all started..... I'll never go back
Collectric .....well Done 😊 so worth trying the vegan diet. After a heart scare now 100% vegan after 3 years feel great, no stiffness and increased energy....life’s for living well, give it a try people!
I thought I would watch the first few minutes of this video on double-speed and instead ended up watching the entire thing on normal speed. :) You are an excellent teacher and an engaging speaker. Nice job.
Many thanks for this video, I like you, avoided giving any advice on nutrition to my patients for over thirty years because I saw the subject as a "can of worms", fads, money making books, money making dietary systems, pressures from the food industry, pressures from the supplement industry and the lack of knowledge and training of doctors. Until I read "The China Study", then everything changed for me. I enrolled on the eCornell University Plant Based Nutrition Certification Course, I now incorporate "Whole Plant Nutrition" into all my consultations.
I’ve been following this diet for months now and feel really fantastic. I’ve lost 29 lbs and have more energy than I’ve had for years, and I’m 65. I am lighter than I’ve been for over 20 years too. I have gone from vegetarian to vegan now and will never go back. Thanks so much for the superb explanation. I keep meaning to read the book and this has given me a good understanding of it. Well done!
Great to hear! Another great book (to keep on your radar) is How Not to Die, the author is a doctor and has this wonderful site with educational videos as well: nutritionfacts.org/
@@jerome4276 Cant believe it was 4 years ago when I did that post. Pleased to report that I have remained fully vegan and have loved trying out new recipes and discovering different flavours. Unfortunately I put some weight back on and am about to try and lose some of it again. You can still eat unhealthily being a vegan - crisps, peanuts and especially dark chocolate! I will always eat plant based and am so glad I made the transition from vegetarian all those years ago. Hope you’re all enjoying it too.
Thank you for your plain English summary of The China Study. I appreciate your simplification of all the material covered and your way of explaining in a very understandable way the initiation an progression and outcome of cancer. You were not boring at all and very pleasant in your presentation. Thanks
I recently saw an interview with Mr. Campbell where he mentions China Study. Now I came across this video and my mind is blown. I have multitude of questions. Ill get the book now for sure. Btw Ive been plant based/vegan for close to 8 yrs or so. So very intriqued by all this. Thank you very much for breaking this all down. Much appreciated.
Thank you so much for this. I can see how much work, thinking and effort has gone into putting this together. It's amazing to have resources like this available for people who are prepared to dig a little bit deeper about health and nutrition. You deserve to have thousands of subscribers...! :)
+Chris Castig Thank you Chris. I'm looking into Hot Not To Die (how could I not, with a title that compelling!?) so I will keep an eye out for your video and will check out your podcast. Thanks again :)
I like the way you put the video together didactically. This gives me - besides helping me digest the china study - a lot of valuable inspiriation in my enterprise of makeing educational videos myself. Thanks a lot!
I find it very hard to avoid supplements because food nowadays doesn’t have enough of vitamins, potassium, iron, etc. Food was industrialized and it doesn’t have as many nutrients and vitamins as before.
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video! It's very informative. I'm convinced thus I will take upon the 30 days challenge of the 'China Study' diet.
I myself do the ketogenic diet. I do not knock anyone who has a different point of view or chooses a different path. With that being said. I believe in a person's right to believe in and practice what they want. Now with that being said that I believe we have been all made differently. Some of us can eat dairy and others not.some meat and others not. Simply put there is no such thing as a one size fits all diet. I myself love fresh veg and grow my own but I also love meat as well. I balance the two and with the diet I am following (I tweaked it to benefit me) and have seen amazing results. I no longer have biomarkers for diabetes my bmi has went from 40% down to 33% and recent tests have been positive. I wish that people all over could have a peaceful dialogue and not try to throw shade and proselytize others. I wish for us to come together and share to help benefit others who so desperately need to better themselves both mentally and physically. Peace and blessings.
Great video! Thanks for the summary of the book. I dropped eggs, meat and dairy from my diet two years ago and have never felt better. It's a bit hard socially though. Instead of saying I'm one of those "weird smug vegans" though, I just say I don't digest meat well and am allergic to dairy - both of which are true.
Thanks for sharing. Yeah I understand how it can feel socially, where do you live? Here in NYC it's becoming pretty common, there's enough veggie/vegan options that it doesn't seem too strange.
At the moment, I live in a small town in Missouri. They're about 10 years behind the rest of the U.S. in everything... The larger cities have vegan option restaurants, but not my town. I make due with a side order of baked potato, salad, and a side of broccoli though. Beans and rice at a Mexican restaurant, etc.
Amazing video and production of the sources of this incredible book. Thank you for explaining the main chunk of the book (108 pages) and further explaining the benefits of the "China Study" and how it really does make sense once someone takes it into true context. A good example of this is "Kris Carr's" journey of battling her rare form of cancer and how she used this diet to help keep the cancerous cells stable, and not growing. I will be citing your video as a source for my research, thank you once again for the incredible help, God bless you!
Good summary of The China Study. Hope you will do a podcast summary of The China Study Solution book by Dr. Thomas Campbell, MD that came out in May 2016. He is the son of Dr. T. Colin Campbell and co-author with his dad on The China Study.
Amazing! Thank you for a great summary of the book. I’m finishing it now and want to organise the information in order to pass it to others. Well done, I enjoyed watching your video. Just one comment would be that you didn’t say anything radical like - going fully vegan for one month that was highly recommended in the end of the book. I myself am vegan for the last 2 years and I cannot imagine a better more healthy diet than this. And from what I see in other people, most of us just don’t want to admit that our eating habits are that much wrong… it’s hard to admit and it takes time to fully switch to a plant based diet , but it’s one of the best things I did in my life. Abd I’m walking not just about the planet but more about my personal well-being. Let me know what you think and if you had a chance to try it.
Amazing job at breaking down the book and delivery of the content. I watched this video because I am taking Plant Based Nutrition and Whole Food @ eCornell.
Amazing! I've always wanted to take that course. It looks incredible. Best of luck! If you learn anything super incredible feel free to share with me on Twitter @castig.
In Exp 2, what kind of animals are you talking about? clearly the type of animals would matter. some animals are probably not designed to eat protein. while others are. if you do this study of protein on cats for ex, do you get the same results? some animals eat mostly protein, so if you feed it more protein would have the same effect on foci as feeding a rabbit for ex (ie herbivore) lots of protein?
AWESOME!I just began the "food as medicine " journey. Bought a vegan/vegetarian cafe. Want to learn and teach about this stuff. Healthy food can taste good. That's what we want.
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*i dont know if you're still replying to comments but: If I need roughly 140grams of protein per training day to gain muscle and strength, I could eat about 60 grams of animal protein each day, say I have 4 whole eggs and 4 egg whites, then the rest from beans, tofu, soy milk, gluten, vegetables etc.. i will decrease my risk of cancer a lot more than just eating 140grams of animal protein per day?*
Here sugar consumption, carbohydrates were ignored. So this study is incomplete and partial. High amount of carbohydrates along with high animal protein is dangerous.
The assumption is that that casein represents animal protein and gluten is representative for plant protein. The only finding is that if you eat over 5% of your calories or more in casein that promotes cancer grow. But who does that. Even in milk only one part of the protein is casein. And gluten is a very special protein which is present in wheat and by no means stands as the plant protein. Which kind of diet consists of more then 10 or even 5% casein?
Great question! After reading the China Study and dozens of nutrition books, I gravitated towards How Not to Die (the book) and also the website nutritionfacts.org. I really appreciate Dr. Greger's academic and research-based approach to nutrition. The more I learn, the more it seems that everyone's body has slightly varying needs. That there's no "one diet" for all. All that to say, these days I'm 95% plant-based, but have developed slight alterations that I feel work best for my body.
Did I miss you saying this - is this accurate?.... This is how they got these results. They took half the study participants and had them do 10 years low casein and other half high casein. The high casein got cancers vs low casein didn't.... then they switched the diets and the health results reversed. ie it had nothing to do with genetics (sorry about the boobs Angelina) and mostly to do with diet. As a population we typically repeat the habits of our family growing up, thus reactivating health problems generationally - making it look like genetics when in reality its habits.
Hey Tamara, off hand I forget if I said "10 years", I actually don't think it's 10 years... I'd have to check. But yes, your logic there is accurate :) You got it.
It's both genetics , or moreso gene expression and diet. Epigenetics plays a large roll. There is no one diet fits all. And everyone cherry picks studies to suit their agenda. Look at the diets and lifestyle of centurions.
Why don’t plants have free radicals if they are basically getting much of their energy from the sun? Maybe that’s a stupid question but we need vitamin D which can only be synthesized in our cells from being in the sun.
Great summary... some food for thought: This book implicates protein. Was Warburgs discovery taken into consideration? (Cancer ferments glucose primarily) .. that's a solid fact. its known as the "Warburg effect" in modern oncology and exploited in P.E.T. scans to find tumors...Wouldn't this suggest that high protein and high carb diets are carcinogenic? Dr. T. Seyfried relates that all cancers ferment either glucose (sugar) or glutamine (most common amino acid used in making protein in the human body)....again, Wouldn't this suggest that cancer uses primarily sugar and protein to thrive? Seyfried and Dagostino have reversed full metastatic cancer in mice using only food (high fat keto) and hyperbaric treatment. If we consider that we are wrong about the only macronutrient left, fat, being toxic, wouldn't the China Study tend to lend credence to a high fat, lower protein and very low carb diet? a keto diet? aren't most green vegetables very high in nutrition and water and fiber and very low in carbs and protein (5%vegetables because they are only comprised of that many carbs and most is fiber)? ...isn't fat (fatty organs like liver) also very high in vitamins and minerals and fat but with no carbs and lower in protein as compared to meat? isn't this in keeping with what Cordain, Epps and Eaton published in 2000 that humans evolved on a diet of vegetation and animals? Both diets seem to have success in reversing cancer... Both plant based diets and keto diets (including fat from healthy animals) are low in protein and carbs.... lots to consider....
6:15 you have avoid & minimize mixed up. The book says to avoid meat, dairy, eggs and minimize starches, fish, oils. Check chapter 12... Cqnt really take your video seriously if you already get the basis wrong.
Hey Noelle! I think you're right. And long story short: I put an correction over that part of the video @ 6:15 (Note: TH-cam doesn't allow us to replace videos otherwise I'd have rerecorded that part). I had this discussion down below in the comments a few months ago. Explaining that my choice for "less" came from occasional times with Campbell does hint at less, such as: * On page 305 of The China Study, T Colin Campbell writes, "There is nothing better the government could do that would prevent more pain and suffering in this country than telling American unequivocally to eat LESS animal products, LESS highly-refined plant products and MORE whole, plant-based foods." BUT, despite that, overall you make a good point. And so it's updated now. Hopefully that helps clear confusion! Thanks for your contribution.
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what are your thoughts on other videos that said that meat doesnt cause cancer and even vegans like Steve Jobs died of cancer..? theres quite a few videos here that have that view and claim the china study was pretty biased. what do u think of this?
Hey Bryan! First off, great question.... 1) Regarding Steve Jobs, hypothetically speaking, a vegan diet isn't going to save you if you're stressed 99% of the time (which may have been one factor, but who knows what else contributed to his cancer). Also, according to Campbell it's not just being a "vegan" (no meat products) but rather that you eat a "Whole Food Plant-Based Diet" (no meat products, but a healthy amount of plant-based ingredients). If you eat vegan, but you only eat fruit (e.g. Steve Jobs considered himself a "Fruitarian" for many years) or if you only eat vegan cookies it's not going to be healthy. 2) The videos about the China Study being biased? Many of those videos haven't read the China Study Book (and are only referring to The China Study Project that came out of Cornell). The book includes many studies that aren't just Campbell's, which is I think a more wholistic look at nutrition research. Is the CS "Project" biased? I'm not sure. It's an epidemiological study, and based on correlation. So by it's nature it doesn't PROVE a plant-based diet cures cancer (by any means). It's just shows that more research needs to be done. Campbell (in the book) shows his additional research, and backs it up with research by his peers. I think the place where it falls a little flat - is I'd like to see other people reproduce the studies. Dr. Michael Greger seems to have been aggregating a lot of solid research continuing to flesh out this theory - I'd highly recommend his book How Not to Die, and his website nutritionfacts.org In addition, Campbell's second book "Whole" is really nice in that it talks about the science behind The China Study and the about the nutrition space with a wider lens. Barely anyone ever mentions this book, but I found it well researched and his argument is solid.
Dr McDougall has done an interesting video about Steve Jobs - concluding as I recall Jobs probably lived a lot longer than he otherwise might have by his having eaten a plant-based diet for as long as he did. It’s easily findable on You Tube.
So you're saying that the China Study says "minimize refined carbs" where as in the video I say "avoid starchy carbs?". I'm just clarifying to make sure I understand. I may have got that wrong - happy to look it up to verify, or if you already know then that'd be great. Maybe I can even update with a annotation if we know the minute in the video.
Castig 6:15 you list starchy carbohydrates. Potatoes, brown rice, whole grains, etc are starchy carbohydrates and The China Study does not ask us to avoid these foods at all. In fact the book recommends that we make these foods the base of our diet. Yes, minimize refined carbs like white flour, white rice and highly processed carbs. The most major food to avoid according to the CS is added oils of all kinds.
Michael Medel Thank you! I watched this video for the very reason to find out about a starch versus fruit related confusion I've been having. That totally threw me for a loop. I'm back on track again.
Hey Flavia! Good question. So according to The China Study (and most nutritionists, and doctors) general advice says not to take vitamins, and instead to get your nutrients from eating a variety of fruit and veggies. Reasons against vitamin supplements * There isn't much research that proves that they work (ie. provide the body with needed nutrients) * Everyone knows that "when you eat an orange you get Vitamin C", but what you don't know is that you also get dozens of other nutrients, some of which scientists haven't even been able to name. It's the dance, and mix of all of these micronutrients that cause our body to respond positively. When you buy a vitamin you're just getting the "vitamin C" pulled out of an orange (for example) and reduced to just 1 nutrient. And because of this you don't get all the magical chemical reactions that occur natural in the food. This is what scientists call "reductionism", it's the idea of reducing a complex series of nutrients, to 1 main nutrient, and assuming that you'll get the same result. The research shows that reductionist eating doesn't have the same positive effects as actually just eating the fruit to get your nutrients. * So why not just take vitamins to play it safe? There is evidence that suggests that putting vitamins in your body you actually add unwanted nutrients, or chemicals. One such is calcium, which makes up the pill capsule, and having too much calcium over time can lead to calcium build ups... and bad things. Those are the facts as I've learned them. Feel free to make your own mind up - and perhaps to use vitamins in moderation, if at all. Another book I love, called How Not to Die, gives a "daily dozen" checklist of where to get your nutrients from (instead of using vitamins). Here's an image except from the book of the list: i.imgur.com/o99tdL8.png And Dr. Greger (the author) has an app you can download as well: itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr.-gregers-daily-dozen/id1060700802?mt=8 ... if you're interested in learning more, his site is also wonderful: nutritionfacts.org
Not even in winter for ex. when the quality & quantity of nutrients in fruits and veg are not so high or maybe in the case when someone suffers from malabsorption? Thank you for your responses :)
I'd say consult your doctor, and/or keep reading and learning. The only truth about nutrition (at the present date) is that we don't know everything. Doctors don't know it all. Scientists don't know it all. Vitamins themselves were only "discovered" less than 100 years ago (around the 1920s). www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/themes/medicine/carpenter/ ...so at this point. I'd say the general rule of thumb: get your nutrients from ORGANIC WHOLE PLANTS whenever possible. And if it's winter, or some other edgecase, then you'll just have to use your best judgement. And also listen to your body whenever possible. Best of luck! Thanks for asking curious questions. They're fun to discuss and answer.
Jesse Davis It really depends on your life style, if you have a labour intensive life style is fine otherwise you will likely to develop diabetes at an older age if white rice is your staple food.
You suppose to rinse the rice after a few min cooking it.. to get the most arsenic out then put fresh boiled water over then cook it till ready i learned this from (Dr.William Lee)
Hey Bro. Do you know what was controlled groups for this statements? Can i get link to researches with whole informations? usually if they have em they lack of importanat data to analyze instead have only these that can confirm some statement. -biggest quetion is: is the research made in any primal society that eat clean diet or its made with west diet population with west diet west food quality and enviroment??
Good question. The epidemiological study (aka. population sample size) mentioned in the beginning was of China. As far as the experiments with casein, I don't actually know the answer. I believe it was done up at Cornell (New York State), but I'm not 100%. Does anyone here have the book handy that can find the citation in the back?
Thanx for answer im very sceptic to all science researches type like "we found one and only truth... you can get for 5.99" most of them are manipulated as much as creator wants. As i red Denise Minger posts im even more sceptic... I personally was sick whole life thanx to gluten and diary but im not so sure about diary. In "west civ" we dont have any real natural made dairy... i wonder if its diary thats really bad or process of making? And most of science books like these are about "lets face chesburger fat ass with : vege/paleo/fisheater/vinedrinker etc What about 2nd and 3d generation?? What about other things? human body is complex of conected containers. Every chnge will affect rest. It may be unseen change but there will be.
what is bad is the process of making milk and it should be clarified in the study ...because in india or ancient arabs or mediterranean .. they drink milk but don't get cancer or so !!! where i live we get natural milk and nobody here get it canned and there is no cancer here!
According to the China Study (and the research sited in the book), as well as Dr. Greger's How Not to Die @nutritionfacts .... Yes, Halal is the same as regular meat for the most part. Now, industrialized meat (e.g. factory farm meat, the meat at Mc Donalds etc) may have worse things in it, because of the antibiotics, and stress under which the animal lived. And maybe Halal is better in this case? I don't actually know all the gritty details. But the general argument in The China Project (to which the first 100 pages of the book is on) is that casein in milk promotes cancer in the human body. And the general argument of the book The China Study (which looks at a 5+ doctor's and scientist's research) argues that ALL meat and milk promotes many diseases (such as cancer). And that it's the enzymes and quality of the meat itself (regardless of where it was farmed) has this result. Does that make sense? Hit me up with more questions and I"ll try to help explain!
I agree with castig, halal is 'cleaner' and might not have the +-450 drugs found in the regular fast food American meat but meat still contains cholesterol, fat, no fibre, and it's just not the best long term.
Good question, and you're in part correct: What I've found is that there is overlap in the similarities between many of the common diets. Even paleo and vegan have similarities (e.g. plants are good in both diets, unprocessed foods are best in both diets, but paleo argues not to consume legumes and to consume more meat - there's more to it, but that's an overview). I wrote a whole deep dive: castig.org/debate-cordain-paleo-vs-campbell-the-china-study/ So yes, Mediterranean does have some similarities, but it's not quite the same. The Mediterranean Diet includes oils, fish, and occasional meats. Whereas the Plant-Based Whole Foods Diet (aka. based off the China Study research) doesn't suggest you consume any of those.
WRONG. Campbell doesn't say to eat "LESS" animal protein. Read his work! It says eat NO animal protein. This whole video is missing the point! Read the China study, not a ridiculous summary that misleads!
Hey @gabriela. Are you angry? Why? I appreciate your watching the video, but I think we could have a better conversation here if we could avoid getting so emotional and discounting the entire video, or the entire book when just 1 thing might not be correct. Know what I mean? Here's my response... * On page 305 of The China Study, T Colin Campbell writes, "There is nothing better the government could do that would prevent more pain and suffering in this country than telling American unequivocally to eat LESS animal products, LESS highly-refined plant products and MORE whole, plant-based foods." * Later in Campbell's 2014 followup book "Whole" he writes, "The ideal human diet looks like this... AVOID heavily processed foods and animals products." * With that said, you are right that the China Study Project (the data that he references in the book) AND his own personal diet advocates for eating NO meat. I think I could have made that more clear in the video - but with the summary, I guess I tried to get the main points out. I'm sad to hear you think my summary is "ridiculous." My intention is not to replace reading the book, but that this could possibly get someone excited about reading the book, or for those who aren't going to read the book (340+ page) that this might be a starting place. Anyways! Happy to chat more. I'd love to help foster mutual understanding about The China Study.
I am a certified medical doctor who knows Drs Campbell and Essesltyen personally, respect their work and have personally adopted their diet. Following strictly their advice, I have patients who are 20 years out with stage IV cancer that thanks to Campbell's diet, they are doing great. Your report is misleading and incorrect. If you really want to contribute, retrieve the video,and resubmit with accurate information, for as is, it is rubbish. In medicine, we don't have patience for reports like yours.
1) I really want to understand. Is my report "rubbish" because of the one line where I say "eat less meat" and you believe I should say "eat no meat"? If so, what if I put a pop up at that moment, and use a quote from the book. Just curious. 2) Just because you put it out there, and for sake of credibility. Do you live in NYC? And is this you? Please confirm. www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielakaplanradiologist
First of all, thank you for making this video. It is very informative. I would like to clear this up though. Is the book saying that it's better to eat zero animal protein or just not to have a lot of it?
Thanks for the kind words. 1) Yes, according to Dr. Campbell's research in The China Study, he advises you eat zero animal protein. 2) He agrees that eating less animal protein is at least a step in the write direction. But he's advocating that you eat zero animal protein. That is the reading from the book. My suggestion (personally) is that each of us can get towards that goal in different ways. For some it may be going cold turkey, for others you may need to take baby steps. And in that regard, I don't think there is a "right or wrong" to how you execute. Every person is different, and I'd encourage you to read from multiple sources, and maybe even consult with a nutritionist (someone who understands this research in an educated manner). Best of luck!
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I am a skeptical 64 year old and have eaten dairy and meats for all my life. As I've been getting older I have noticed increased stiffness in joints all over the body with particular problems in the right shoulder. I had a gall bladder removal about 3 years ago and my digestion and stools never really returned to normal.
As an experiment I have avoided all animal protein and dairy for only 3 weeks. In this short space of time my stiffness and shoulder problems have disappeared, my bowels have returned to normal and I seem to be walking much, much faster. Overall, I have more energy and seem less forgetful. This particular experiment will not be ending. Thanks Colin.
Collectric I wish I could convince my dad to do the same. I’m worried about his health but he is adamant that he will never give up animal products :/
@@ALBUMOF2008 Hi, all I can suggest is he gives it a try. If nothing changes he can always go back. Good luck!
I had severe rheumatoid arthritis taking 3500mg or more of ibuprofen every day as well as my a1c was at 14.6 and within 6 months no more Ibuprofen and a1c went down to 7 I wish I cut out the animal products 25 years ago when it all started..... I'll never go back
Collectric .....well Done 😊 so worth trying the vegan diet. After a heart scare now 100% vegan after 3 years feel great, no stiffness and increased energy....life’s for living well, give it a try people!
That's amazing! How are you doing today?
I thought I would watch the first few minutes of this video on double-speed and instead ended up watching the entire thing on normal speed. :) You are an excellent teacher and an engaging speaker. Nice job.
Thanks Philip!!
@@PunkiMunkiu not the only one. It's good to know its more of us. Who has a time to watch everything on normal speed
Many thanks for this video, I like you, avoided giving any advice on nutrition to my patients for over thirty years because I saw the subject as a "can of worms", fads, money making books, money making dietary systems, pressures from the food industry, pressures from the supplement industry and the lack of knowledge and training of doctors. Until I read "The China Study", then everything changed for me. I enrolled on the eCornell University Plant Based Nutrition Certification Course, I now incorporate "Whole Plant Nutrition" into all my consultations.
Tremendous Michael!
I’ve been following this diet for months now and feel really fantastic. I’ve lost 29 lbs and have more energy than I’ve had for years, and I’m 65. I am lighter than I’ve been for over 20 years too. I have gone from vegetarian to vegan now and will never go back. Thanks so much for the superb explanation. I keep meaning to read the book and this has given me a good understanding of it. Well done!
Great to hear! Another great book (to keep on your radar) is How Not to Die, the author is a doctor and has this wonderful site with educational videos as well: nutritionfacts.org/
How's it going for you? Would love an update 😊
Did you stay vegan? Can you give us an update
@@jerome4276 Cant believe it was 4 years ago when I did that post. Pleased to report that I have remained fully vegan and have loved trying out new recipes and discovering different flavours. Unfortunately I put some weight back on and am about to try and lose some of it again. You can still eat unhealthily being a vegan - crisps, peanuts and especially dark chocolate! I will always eat plant based and am so glad I made the transition from vegetarian all those years ago. Hope you’re all enjoying it too.
There is an audible version of the book, very well narrated, in case you’re still interested in ‘reading’ it.
we all know that casein is bad but why does it represent animal protein as a whole? what about poultry, fish, eggs and whey?
A really impressive synopsis of this study. 10/10
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Thank you for your plain English summary of The China Study. I appreciate your simplification of all the material covered and your way of explaining in a very understandable way the initiation an progression and outcome of cancer. You were not boring at all and very pleasant in your presentation. Thanks
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video! You've done an excellent summarizing and explaining. Thank you! Be well!
Thanks for the nice comment :) Be well!
thanks Chris... appreciated!
So grateful for this summary of the China Study! Great job!
I recently saw an interview with Mr. Campbell where he mentions China Study. Now I came across this video and my mind is blown. I have multitude of questions. Ill get the book now for sure. Btw Ive been plant based/vegan for close to 8 yrs or so. So very intriqued by all this. Thank you very much for breaking this all down. Much appreciated.
Well Done Sir!! After reading the book.. 2 months going strong on the diet!!
Chris Mccarty : Congrats! My family and I are two months in as well. Never felt better even as a pregnant mom
Thank you so much for this. I can see how much work, thinking and effort has gone into putting this together. It's amazing to have resources like this available for people who are prepared to dig a little bit deeper about health and nutrition. You deserve to have thousands of subscribers...! :)
+Chris Castig Thank you Chris. I'm looking into Hot Not To Die (how could I not, with a title that compelling!?) so I will keep an eye out for your video and will check out your podcast. Thanks again :)
Finally a non industry funded explanation 👍
Great summary!! Thanks for sharing with us :)
I like the way you put the video together didactically. This gives me - besides helping me digest the china study - a lot of valuable inspiriation in my enterprise of makeing educational videos myself. Thanks a lot!
I find it very hard to avoid supplements because food nowadays doesn’t have enough of vitamins, potassium, iron, etc. Food was industrialized and it doesn’t have as many nutrients and vitamins as before.
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Bro thanknu sooo much!i have no time to read the book and ur summarized lecture was even better than an audible book in my estimation. Thanks again
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video! It's very informative. I'm convinced thus I will take upon the 30 days challenge of the 'China Study' diet.
I myself do the ketogenic diet. I do not knock anyone who has a different point of view or chooses a different path. With that being said. I believe in a person's right to believe in and practice what they want. Now with that being said that I believe we have been all made differently. Some of us can eat dairy and others not.some meat and others not. Simply put there is no such thing as a one size fits all diet. I myself love fresh veg and grow my own but I also love meat as well. I balance the two and with the diet I am following (I tweaked it to benefit me) and have seen amazing results. I no longer have biomarkers for diabetes my bmi has went from 40% down to 33% and recent tests have been positive. I wish that people all over could have a peaceful dialogue and not try to throw shade and proselytize others. I wish for us to come together and share to help benefit others who so desperately need to better themselves both mentally and physically. Peace and blessings.
The diet you're following gives you most diabetic complications despite improved fasting biomarkers.
That was the perfect introduction into the why's. Thanks a million and wish me luck!
the way you explained it was so captivating, i loved this, thank u
Great video! Thanks for the summary of the book. I dropped eggs, meat and dairy from my diet two years ago and have never felt better.
It's a bit hard socially though. Instead of saying I'm one of those "weird smug vegans" though, I just say I don't digest meat well and am allergic to dairy - both of which are true.
Thanks for sharing. Yeah I understand how it can feel socially, where do you live? Here in NYC it's becoming pretty common, there's enough veggie/vegan options that it doesn't seem too strange.
At the moment, I live in a small town in Missouri. They're about 10 years behind the rest of the U.S. in everything... The larger cities have vegan option restaurants, but not my town. I make due with a side order of baked potato, salad, and a side of broccoli though. Beans and rice at a Mexican restaurant, etc.
Amazing video and production of the sources of this incredible book. Thank you for explaining the main chunk of the book (108 pages) and further explaining the benefits of the "China Study" and how it really does make sense once someone takes it into true context. A good example of this is "Kris Carr's" journey of battling her rare form of cancer and how she used this diet to help keep the cancerous cells stable, and not growing. I will be citing your video as a source for my research, thank you once again for the incredible help, God bless you!
Thanks Sara!
No problem! Thanks for your help once again and have a great day!
Good summary of The China Study. Hope you will do a podcast summary of The China Study Solution book by Dr. Thomas Campbell, MD that came out in May 2016. He is the son of Dr. T. Colin Campbell and co-author with his dad on The China Study.
That's a great idea! Thanks Audrey. I'll reach out to him. - Chris
Um, grains are plants too!
Amazing! Thank you for a great summary of the book. I’m finishing it now and want to organise the information in order to pass it to others. Well done, I enjoyed watching your video. Just one comment would be that you didn’t say anything radical like - going fully vegan for one month that was highly recommended in the end of the book. I myself am vegan for the last 2 years and I cannot imagine a better more healthy diet than this.
And from what I see in other people, most of us just don’t want to admit that our eating habits are that much wrong… it’s hard to admit and it takes time to fully switch to a plant based diet , but it’s one of the best things I did in my life. Abd I’m walking not just about the planet but more about my personal well-being.
Let me know what you think and if you had a chance to try it.
The china study is not a diet. It's a research project on the diets of rural and urban china
Thanks for this video. You have performed a great service.
Great video, except for the fact that you replaced "no animal protein" with "less animal protein".
I literally listened something very engaging... you are excellent!
Great video, thank you for sharing!
Give this guy a round of applause 👏
Amazing job at breaking down the book and delivery of the content. I watched this video because I am taking Plant Based Nutrition and Whole Food @ eCornell.
Amazing! I've always wanted to take that course. It looks incredible. Best of luck! If you learn anything super incredible feel free to share with me on Twitter @castig.
Loved this summary, thank you for putting it together :)
Thank you for doing this review.!! I have had this book for two years but I have been putting off reading it. Blessings to you :o)
Do they say something about coffee in book?? Nice video man really nice! 👍
About half way in and little lost. You're talking about animals in a study (re foci), but I thought the study was done via the Chinese people?
Thank you so much for this informative video!
In Exp 2, what kind of animals are you talking about? clearly the type of animals would matter. some animals are probably not designed to eat protein. while others are. if you do this study of protein on cats for ex, do you get the same results? some animals eat mostly protein, so if you feed it more protein would have the same effect on foci as feeding a rabbit for ex (ie herbivore) lots of protein?
thanks, awesome. "The China Study" - a must read among millions of books.
AWESOME!I just began the "food as medicine " journey. Bought a vegan/vegetarian cafe. Want to learn and teach about this stuff. Healthy food can taste good. That's what we want.
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*i dont know if you're still replying to comments but: If I need roughly 140grams of protein per training day to gain muscle and strength, I could eat about 60 grams of animal protein each day, say I have 4 whole eggs and 4 egg whites, then the rest from beans, tofu, soy milk, gluten, vegetables etc.. i will decrease my risk of cancer a lot more than just eating 140grams of animal protein per day?*
What does percentage of protein mean here? "20% gluten" - how do I understand it? 20% of calorie intake? Or what?
Here sugar consumption, carbohydrates were ignored. So this study is incomplete and partial. High amount of carbohydrates along with high animal protein is dangerous.
The assumption is that that casein represents animal protein and gluten is representative for plant protein. The only finding is that if you eat over 5% of your calories or more in casein that promotes cancer grow. But who does that. Even in milk only one part of the protein is casein. And gluten is a very special protein which is present in wheat and by no means stands as the plant protein. Which kind of diet consists of more then 10 or even 5% casein?
Excellent explanation. Curious did you stick with the diet 8 years later?
Great question! After reading the China Study and dozens of nutrition books, I gravitated towards How Not to Die (the book) and also the website nutritionfacts.org. I really appreciate Dr. Greger's academic and research-based approach to nutrition.
The more I learn, the more it seems that everyone's body has slightly varying needs. That there's no "one diet" for all. All that to say, these days I'm 95% plant-based, but have developed slight alterations that I feel work best for my body.
@@castig thank you so much for the reply and the resources. Stay awesome.
Thank you so much for making this great video 🌱💚👏👏👏👍💡
Did I miss you saying this - is this accurate?.... This is how they got these results. They took half the study participants and had them do 10 years low casein and other half high casein. The high casein got cancers vs low casein didn't.... then they switched the diets and the health results reversed. ie it had nothing to do with genetics (sorry about the boobs Angelina) and mostly to do with diet. As a population we typically repeat the habits of our family growing up, thus reactivating health problems generationally - making it look like genetics when in reality its habits.
Hey Tamara, off hand I forget if I said "10 years", I actually don't think it's 10 years... I'd have to check.
But yes, your logic there is accurate :) You got it.
Not entirely true. Certain genetic coding has been shown to be passed down and cause cancer.
So the "study participants" in the casein study were the 880 million Chinese people mentioned in the video? Just trying to understand what's going on
It's both genetics , or moreso gene expression and diet. Epigenetics plays a large roll. There is no one diet fits all. And everyone cherry picks studies to suit their agenda. Look at the diets and lifestyle of centurions.
This is a very helpful summation of the China Study. I will forward it to my family. Thank you.
Why don’t plants have free radicals if they are basically getting much of their energy from the sun? Maybe that’s a stupid question but we need vitamin D which can only be synthesized in our cells from being in the sun.
What a fantastic video! thank Chris !
Very good summary thank u
Thank you sir!! Saved me so much time!!!!
Great video. Very well explained!
Great job!
Many weeds are actually medicinal herbs that are excellent for the human body. I water plenty of my weeds, because "plants are magic".
Great video!
Great summary... some food for thought: This book implicates protein. Was Warburgs discovery taken into consideration? (Cancer ferments glucose primarily) .. that's a solid fact. its known as the "Warburg effect" in modern oncology and exploited in P.E.T. scans to find tumors...Wouldn't this suggest that high protein and high carb diets are carcinogenic? Dr. T. Seyfried relates that all cancers ferment either glucose (sugar) or glutamine (most common amino acid used in making protein in the human body)....again, Wouldn't this suggest that cancer uses primarily sugar and protein to thrive? Seyfried and Dagostino have reversed full metastatic cancer in mice using only food (high fat keto) and hyperbaric treatment. If we consider that we are wrong about the only macronutrient left, fat, being toxic, wouldn't the China Study tend to lend credence to a high fat, lower protein and very low carb diet? a keto diet? aren't most green vegetables very high in nutrition and water and fiber and very low in carbs and protein (5%vegetables because they are only comprised of that many carbs and most is fiber)? ...isn't fat (fatty organs like liver) also very high in vitamins and minerals and fat but with no carbs and lower in protein as compared to meat? isn't this in keeping with what Cordain, Epps and Eaton published in 2000 that humans evolved on a diet of vegetation and animals? Both diets seem to have success in reversing cancer... Both plant based diets and keto diets (including fat from healthy animals) are low in protein and carbs.... lots to consider....
This video is awesome!!
what would be the opinion of experts on rabbit meat ?? way less cholesterol and trans fat .. as complement to a whole food vegetables diet
Any study done on Human's milk? If casein is so bad why is it available in breast milk? Wouldn't that be an argument for "seeding" too early?
thank you so much for this
6:15 you have avoid & minimize mixed up. The book says to avoid meat, dairy, eggs and minimize starches, fish, oils. Check chapter 12... Cqnt really take your video seriously if you already get the basis wrong.
Hey Noelle! I think you're right. And long story short: I put an correction over that part of the video @ 6:15 (Note: TH-cam doesn't allow us to replace videos otherwise I'd have rerecorded that part).
I had this discussion down below in the comments a few months ago. Explaining that my choice for "less" came from occasional times with Campbell does hint at less, such as:
* On page 305 of The China Study, T Colin Campbell writes, "There is nothing better the government could do that would prevent more pain and suffering in this country than telling American unequivocally to eat LESS animal products, LESS highly-refined plant products and MORE whole, plant-based foods."
BUT, despite that, overall you make a good point. And so it's updated now. Hopefully that helps clear confusion! Thanks for your contribution.
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Does anyone know how long Russell Chittenden or Nathan Pritikin lived? They are the two most famous pioneers of whole food plant based eating.
This vedio is good. Argument of vegan, carnivore, keto , Paleo etc. Very confused.
what are your thoughts on other videos that said that meat doesnt cause cancer and even vegans like Steve Jobs died of cancer..? theres quite a few videos here that have that view and claim the china study was pretty biased. what do u think of this?
Hey Bryan! First off, great question....
1) Regarding Steve Jobs, hypothetically speaking, a vegan diet isn't going to save you if you're stressed 99% of the time (which may have been one factor, but who knows what else contributed to his cancer). Also, according to Campbell it's not just being a "vegan" (no meat products) but rather that you eat a "Whole Food Plant-Based Diet" (no meat products, but a healthy amount of plant-based ingredients). If you eat vegan, but you only eat fruit (e.g. Steve Jobs considered himself a "Fruitarian" for many years) or if you only eat vegan cookies it's not going to be healthy.
2) The videos about the China Study being biased? Many of those videos haven't read the China Study Book (and are only referring to The China Study Project that came out of Cornell). The book includes many studies that aren't just Campbell's, which is I think a more wholistic look at nutrition research.
Is the CS "Project" biased? I'm not sure. It's an epidemiological study, and based on correlation. So by it's nature it doesn't PROVE a plant-based diet cures cancer (by any means). It's just shows that more research needs to be done. Campbell (in the book) shows his additional research, and backs it up with research by his peers. I think the place where it falls a little flat - is I'd like to see other people reproduce the studies. Dr. Michael Greger seems to have been aggregating a lot of solid research continuing to flesh out this theory - I'd highly recommend his book How Not to Die, and his website nutritionfacts.org
In addition, Campbell's second book "Whole" is really nice in that it talks about the science behind The China Study and the about the nutrition space with a wider lens. Barely anyone ever mentions this book, but I found it well researched and his argument is solid.
Dr McDougall has done an interesting video about Steve Jobs - concluding as I recall Jobs probably lived a lot longer than he otherwise might have by his having eaten a plant-based diet for as long as he did. It’s easily findable on You Tube.
Nowhere in the book is it stated that starchy carbs should be avoided. Minimize refined carbs.
So you're saying that the China Study says "minimize refined carbs" where as in the video I say "avoid starchy carbs?". I'm just clarifying to make sure I understand. I may have got that wrong - happy to look it up to verify, or if you already know then that'd be great. Maybe I can even update with a annotation if we know the minute in the video.
Castig 6:15 you list starchy carbohydrates. Potatoes, brown rice, whole grains, etc are starchy carbohydrates and The China Study does not ask us to avoid these foods at all. In fact the book recommends that we make these foods the base of our diet. Yes, minimize refined carbs like white flour, white rice and highly processed carbs. The most major food to avoid according to the CS is added oils of all kinds.
@michael - I updated that slide with an annotation so that it's clearer. Thanks!
Michael Medel Thank you! I watched this video for the very reason to find out about a starch versus fruit related confusion I've been having. That totally threw me for a loop. I'm back on track again.
Thank you!! I've been dying to learn about The China Study, but was dreading reading all the data blah blah blah.
Great video. Very well done :)
Why should we avoid vitamin supplements?
Hey Flavia! Good question. So according to The China Study (and most nutritionists, and doctors) general advice says not to take vitamins, and instead to get your nutrients from eating a variety of fruit and veggies.
Reasons against vitamin supplements
* There isn't much research that proves that they work (ie. provide the body with needed nutrients)
* Everyone knows that "when you eat an orange you get Vitamin C", but what you don't know is that you also get dozens of other nutrients, some of which scientists haven't even been able to name. It's the dance, and mix of all of these micronutrients that cause our body to respond positively. When you buy a vitamin you're just getting the "vitamin C" pulled out of an orange (for example) and reduced to just 1 nutrient. And because of this you don't get all the magical chemical reactions that occur natural in the food. This is what scientists call "reductionism", it's the idea of reducing a complex series of nutrients, to 1 main nutrient, and assuming that you'll get the same result. The research shows that reductionist eating doesn't have the same positive effects as actually just eating the fruit to get your nutrients.
* So why not just take vitamins to play it safe? There is evidence that suggests that putting vitamins in your body you actually add unwanted nutrients, or chemicals. One such is calcium, which makes up the pill capsule, and having too much calcium over time can lead to calcium build ups... and bad things.
Those are the facts as I've learned them. Feel free to make your own mind up - and perhaps to use vitamins in moderation, if at all.
Another book I love, called How Not to Die, gives a "daily dozen" checklist of where to get your nutrients from (instead of using vitamins). Here's an image except from the book of the list: i.imgur.com/o99tdL8.png
And Dr. Greger (the author) has an app you can download as well: itunes.apple.com/us/app/dr.-gregers-daily-dozen/id1060700802?mt=8 ... if you're interested in learning more, his site is also wonderful: nutritionfacts.org
Not even in winter for ex. when the quality & quantity of nutrients in fruits and veg are not so high or maybe in the case when someone suffers from malabsorption? Thank you for your responses :)
I'd say consult your doctor, and/or keep reading and learning. The only truth about nutrition (at the present date) is that we don't know everything. Doctors don't know it all. Scientists don't know it all. Vitamins themselves were only "discovered" less than 100 years ago (around the 1920s). www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/themes/medicine/carpenter/
...so at this point. I'd say the general rule of thumb: get your nutrients from ORGANIC WHOLE PLANTS whenever possible. And if it's winter, or some other edgecase, then you'll just have to use your best judgement. And also listen to your body whenever possible.
Best of luck! Thanks for asking curious questions. They're fun to discuss and answer.
@@castig It will be important to take B12...you only get that from animal products.
What about Linus Pauling and VC? Mega dosing on VC when needed in a health crisis actually works.
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Which types of cancers does this book cover? Anyone here know? 🙏🙏
Sitting here eating Chinese noodles and veggies in cashew sauce as well as mt dew.... At least it's vegan
Yes! haha
Why avoid vitamin supplements? I’ve had breast cancer twice and I swear by my supplements to help me on top of vitamin c drips and a plant based diet
Is that all?? Casein vs gluten represents plants and animal foods. If so that is poor.
kya raw vegetable stomach infection or gas kerti he?
Good stuff. Thank you.
love the video
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Was the Chinese main source of food was white rice when he did this study. Why do people still say white rice is bad for you
Jesse Davis It really depends on your life style, if you have a labour intensive life style is fine otherwise you will likely to develop diabetes at an older age if white rice is your staple food.
You suppose to rinse the rice after a few min cooking it.. to get the most arsenic out then put fresh boiled water over then cook it till ready i learned this from (Dr.William Lee)
Hey Bro. Do you know what was controlled groups for this statements? Can i get link to researches with whole informations? usually if they have em they lack of importanat data to analyze instead have only these that can confirm some statement.
-biggest quetion is: is the research made in any primal society that eat clean diet or its made with west diet population with west diet west food quality and enviroment??
Good question. The epidemiological study (aka. population sample size) mentioned in the beginning was of China. As far as the experiments with casein, I don't actually know the answer. I believe it was done up at Cornell (New York State), but I'm not 100%.
Does anyone here have the book handy that can find the citation in the back?
Thanx for answer im very sceptic to all science researches type like "we found one and only truth... you can get for 5.99" most of them are manipulated as much as creator wants. As i red Denise Minger posts im even more sceptic... I personally was sick whole life thanx to gluten and diary but im not so sure about diary. In "west civ" we dont have any real natural made dairy... i wonder if its diary thats really bad or process of making? And most of science books like these are about "lets face chesburger fat ass with : vege/paleo/fisheater/vinedrinker etc
What about 2nd and 3d generation?? What about other things? human body is complex of conected containers. Every chnge will affect rest. It may be unseen change but there will be.
what is bad is the process of making milk and it should be clarified in the study ...because in india or ancient arabs or mediterranean .. they drink milk but don't get cancer or so !!! where i live we get natural milk and nobody here get it canned and there is no cancer here!
I'm curious if Halal meat makes a difference??
According to the China Study (and the research sited in the book), as well as Dr. Greger's How Not to Die @nutritionfacts ....
Yes, Halal is the same as regular meat for the most part. Now, industrialized meat (e.g. factory farm meat, the meat at Mc Donalds etc) may have worse things in it, because of the antibiotics, and stress under which the animal lived. And maybe Halal is better in this case? I don't actually know all the gritty details.
But the general argument in The China Project (to which the first 100 pages of the book is on) is that casein in milk promotes cancer in the human body.
And the general argument of the book The China Study (which looks at a 5+ doctor's and scientist's research) argues that ALL meat and milk promotes many diseases (such as cancer). And that it's the enzymes and quality of the meat itself (regardless of where it was farmed) has this result.
Does that make sense? Hit me up with more questions and I"ll try to help explain!
I agree with castig, halal is 'cleaner' and might not have the +-450 drugs found in the regular fast food American meat but meat still contains cholesterol, fat, no fibre, and it's just not the best long term.
Halal meats, unless specifically labeled as pasture raised and grass finished, differs from conventional meat only in the method of slaughter.
WHat is the books recommendation to get protein?
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Thank you
Campbell doesnt encourage animal protein.
Otherwise good presentation.
True. Do I say he does? Where?
Right so this is the Mediterranean diet basically
Good question, and you're in part correct: What I've found is that there is overlap in the similarities between many of the common diets. Even paleo and vegan have similarities (e.g. plants are good in both diets, unprocessed foods are best in both diets, but paleo argues not to consume legumes and to consume more meat - there's more to it, but that's an overview). I wrote a whole deep dive: castig.org/debate-cordain-paleo-vs-campbell-the-china-study/
So yes, Mediterranean does have some similarities, but it's not quite the same. The Mediterranean Diet includes oils, fish, and occasional meats.
Whereas the Plant-Based Whole Foods Diet (aka. based off the China Study research) doesn't suggest you consume any of those.
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WRONG. Campbell doesn't say to eat "LESS" animal protein. Read his work! It says eat NO animal protein. This whole video is missing the point! Read the China study, not a ridiculous summary that misleads!
Hey @gabriela. Are you angry? Why?
I appreciate your watching the video, but I think we could have a better conversation here if we could avoid getting so emotional and discounting the entire video, or the entire book when just 1 thing might not be correct. Know what I mean?
Here's my response...
* On page 305 of The China Study, T Colin Campbell writes, "There is nothing better the government could do that would prevent more pain and suffering in this country than telling American unequivocally to eat LESS animal products, LESS highly-refined plant products and MORE whole, plant-based foods."
* Later in Campbell's 2014 followup book "Whole" he writes, "The ideal human diet looks like this... AVOID heavily processed foods and animals products."
* With that said, you are right that the China Study Project (the data that he references in the book) AND his own personal diet advocates for eating NO meat. I think I could have made that more clear in the video - but with the summary, I guess I tried to get the main points out.
I'm sad to hear you think my summary is "ridiculous." My intention is not to replace reading the book, but that this could possibly get someone excited about reading the book, or for those who aren't going to read the book (340+ page) that this might be a starting place.
Anyways! Happy to chat more. I'd love to help foster mutual understanding about The China Study.
I am a certified medical doctor who knows Drs Campbell and Essesltyen personally, respect their work and have personally adopted their diet. Following strictly their advice, I have patients who are 20 years out with stage IV cancer that thanks to Campbell's diet, they are doing great. Your report is misleading and incorrect. If you really want to contribute, retrieve the video,and resubmit with accurate information, for as is, it is rubbish. In medicine, we don't have patience for reports like yours.
1) I really want to understand. Is my report "rubbish" because of the one line where I say "eat less meat" and you believe I should say "eat no meat"? If so, what if I put a pop up at that moment, and use a quote from the book. Just curious.
2) Just because you put it out there, and for sake of credibility. Do you live in NYC? And is this you? Please confirm. www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielakaplanradiologist
First of all, thank you for making this video. It is very informative. I would like to clear this up though. Is the book saying that it's better to eat zero animal protein or just not to have a lot of it?
Thanks for the kind words.
1) Yes, according to Dr. Campbell's research in The China Study, he advises you eat zero animal protein.
2) He agrees that eating less animal protein is at least a step in the write direction. But he's advocating that you eat zero animal protein.
That is the reading from the book.
My suggestion (personally) is that each of us can get towards that goal in different ways. For some it may be going cold turkey, for others you may need to take baby steps. And in that regard, I don't think there is a "right or wrong" to how you execute. Every person is different, and I'd encourage you to read from multiple sources, and maybe even consult with a nutritionist (someone who understands this research in an educated manner). Best of luck!
20:21 omfg!
exactly what I thought
Great book..china was the first ones to study cancer's..
Are you vegan also? I am
so 50 grams of animal protein per day....milk has 16 grams a burger pattie has 16 grams.lets start there..=)
Great video! Nicely explaned!