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A review by citizenkahn
Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition by T. Colin Campbell, Howard Jacobson
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.