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The China study the most comprehensive study of nutrition ever conducted and the startling implications for diet, weight loss and long-term health
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- ISBN: 9781935251002 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
- ISBN: 1935251007 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
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xviii, 417 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. - Edition: 1st BenBella Books Paperback ed.
- Publisher: Dallas, Tex. : BenBella Books, 2006.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-404) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Problems we face, solutions we need -- A house of proteins -- Turning off cancer -- Lessons from China -- Broken hearts -- Obesity -- Diabetes -- Common cancers : breast, prostate, large bowel (colon and rectal) -- Autoimmune diseases -- Wide-ranging effects : bone, kidney, eye and brain diseases -- Eating right : eight principles of food and health -- How to eat -- Science--the dark side -- Scientific reductionism -- The "science" of industry -- Government : it is for the people? -- Big medicine : whose health are they protecting? -- Repeating histories. |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. New York : Benbella Books, 2009. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 4786 KB). |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console |
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A 1999 graduate of Cornell University and recipient of a medical degree in 2010, Thomas M. Campbell II, MD, is a writer, actor and five-time marathon runner.
A 1999 graduate of Cornell University and recipient of a medical degree in 2010, Thomas M. Campbell II, MD, is a writer, actor and five-time marathon runner.
