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kallyn3's review
5.0
I think that anyone interested in health/healthcare should read this. It's really upsetting and frustrating to read about how messed up certain things are. This book shows that money talks, unfortunately!
todd_luallen's review
5.0
Brilliant!
Another great book by Campbell. Every fact he presents, or experience he describes makes me feel more and more grateful that I know how to eat properly for health. Get this book and read it, then put the principles into practice and reap the rewards like we have. You'll be so thankful in the long run.
Another great book by Campbell. Every fact he presents, or experience he describes makes me feel more and more grateful that I know how to eat properly for health. Get this book and read it, then put the principles into practice and reap the rewards like we have. You'll be so thankful in the long run.
woodlandbooklover's review
4.0
A discussion of the health effects of a whole food, plant-based diet compared to the typical American diet. Everyone should read this. This is such a compelling study for people to minimize or fully eliminate animal products, refined sugars, and highly-processed foods from their diet.
citizenkahn's review against another edition
5.0
Like disease? No, then take a look at this and then dig in to the research to see if it is BS. While doing that I'm hedging my bets and favoring a whole food plant based cuisine.
This is to food science as Black Swan is to finance and economics. We create simplistic models and run with them ignoring complexity at our peril. If the empirical approach is based on solid numbers then it seems worthy. The key is to understand the limits of our understanding. Plant based foods may reduce our health risks but we don't quite understand why and how. That's OK we don't necessarily need to in order to benefit.
The read is good and the argument seems sound. I'll need to dig deeper to have better confidence or I can wait to see my next lab results. If this works the evidence should be obvious.
This is to food science as Black Swan is to finance and economics. We create simplistic models and run with them ignoring complexity at our peril. If the empirical approach is based on solid numbers then it seems worthy. The key is to understand the limits of our understanding. Plant based foods may reduce our health risks but we don't quite understand why and how. That's OK we don't necessarily need to in order to benefit.
The read is good and the argument seems sound. I'll need to dig deeper to have better confidence or I can wait to see my next lab results. If this works the evidence should be obvious.
maram200's review against another edition
4.0
It's very hard to know that everything you knew about a certain thing and believed to be true turns out to be wrong.
When comes to nutrition, most people if asked what a healthy diet is they would probably mention what's on the food pyramid that was published in 1974. It has been 40+ years, you would have assumed by now that the education system would have changed that but still people believe in this system!
To be honest I was naive like most people, didn't know a thing or two about diet and just believed everything that I was taught in school but after my father developed cancer and went on a plant based diet which to say the least saved his life, I started rethinking the whole idea of nutrition.
It's fair to stay that whenever I talk about this topic, I am labelled as an idiot. And to be honest it hurts a lot to know that people are still believe in this flawed medical system instead of knowing the truth. This book is wonderful because it puts everything I believe in into words.
I literally want to buy a billion of copies of this book and give out to everyone to read.
I just wish, I truly hope one day that this research against past myths is changed from minority to majority.
When comes to nutrition, most people if asked what a healthy diet is they would probably mention what's on the food pyramid that was published in 1974. It has been 40+ years, you would have assumed by now that the education system would have changed that but still people believe in this system!
To be honest I was naive like most people, didn't know a thing or two about diet and just believed everything that I was taught in school but after my father developed cancer and went on a plant based diet which to say the least saved his life, I started rethinking the whole idea of nutrition.
It's fair to stay that whenever I talk about this topic, I am labelled as an idiot. And to be honest it hurts a lot to know that people are still believe in this flawed medical system instead of knowing the truth. This book is wonderful because it puts everything I believe in into words.
I literally want to buy a billion of copies of this book and give out to everyone to read.
I just wish, I truly hope one day that this research against past myths is changed from minority to majority.
rowiash's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.0
You get the condensed version of the author’s recommendations very early on, and the rest of the book is supporting info doled out at a slow pace that makes it very tempting to tune out, “I get the idea, whole plant foods, I’ll take your word for it.” By the end the undercurrent of rage toward the reductionist system really grew on me and I found myself cheering him on as he unloaded more and more biting criticism. I’m still not going vegan after this though.
joreneereads's review against another edition
So the thing is, I actually wanted to learn about nutrition, and this book is mostly just a super drawn out persuasive essay. I tend to agree with a lot of things he says, but his “bias”/perspective is extremely strong throughout & if you know anything about the environmental and health effects of the animal product industry, most of it will not be news to you. He spends a lot of time talking about how the medical/nutrition industry has failed, but doesn’t spend enough time backing up his own claims. DNF @ 2/3 to find a book that will actually teach me about nutrition.
ehawk's review against another edition
4.0
I found this book both inspiring and really frustrating on an emotional level. There are so many ways in which it's really easy to feel overwhelmed and out of control about what information is out there, how to keep up to date on nutrition and health, and who to trust. In some senses it's another hint to be open, thoughtful, and critical. I found that some of my responses were similar to my feelings reading “Good Calories, Bad Calories” which (like this book) I had to take in doses to keep from feeling depressed and overwhelmed.
memydogandbooks's review against another edition
3.0
3.5⭐️
As a fan of Dr T Campbell's work, originally depicted in his book The China Study, I was really interested to read his latest book. Albeit fascinating topic I found the first half a little less accessible than the last half, that may say more about me as a reader though.
Despite that it's another interesting read, focussing on science, health care industry and the media's fascination with reductionism - focussing on one nutrient's impact on health and marketing it over the holistic view of nutrition and food.
It also is the reason behind why you'll read "research" in the media of why wine is good for you/then wine is bad for you, why we all "need" to be consuming vitamin c, e.... because with reductionism the health benefits of a piece of fruit/veg is broken down into individual vitamins, fibre etc indirectly implying that fruit or veg can be replaced by pills.
The morale of the story is "good food and good health is simple". Unfortunately we live in a world where there's a lot of money to be made by selling vitamins, meat, dairy and drugs for disease care not prevention. But this book does help to expose this and inform the reader of a more beneficial view of nutrition. I would just say I personally didn't find it quite as accessible a read as The China Study.
As a fan of Dr T Campbell's work, originally depicted in his book The China Study, I was really interested to read his latest book. Albeit fascinating topic I found the first half a little less accessible than the last half, that may say more about me as a reader though.
Despite that it's another interesting read, focussing on science, health care industry and the media's fascination with reductionism - focussing on one nutrient's impact on health and marketing it over the holistic view of nutrition and food.
It also is the reason behind why you'll read "research" in the media of why wine is good for you/then wine is bad for you, why we all "need" to be consuming vitamin c, e.... because with reductionism the health benefits of a piece of fruit/veg is broken down into individual vitamins, fibre etc indirectly implying that fruit or veg can be replaced by pills.
The morale of the story is "good food and good health is simple". Unfortunately we live in a world where there's a lot of money to be made by selling vitamins, meat, dairy and drugs for disease care not prevention. But this book does help to expose this and inform the reader of a more beneficial view of nutrition. I would just say I personally didn't find it quite as accessible a read as The China Study.