China Study

 Scientific evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, the conclusions were shocking: animal protein (especially milk protein) can significantly increase the cancer, heart disease, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, kidney stones, osteoporosis, hypertension, cataract and age since The prevalence of dementia risk. More alarming is: all of these diseases can be controlled by adjusting the diet and treatment.

(China Academy of Preventive Medicine) for 20 years the pinnacle of sincere cooperation.

CPPCC National Committee member, Chinese Academy of Engineering, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention researcher Chen Jun-shi commented this book:

in economically developed countries, but also a result of rapid economic development due to eating habits changed dramatically book of choice for developing countries.

in-depth study, which made the animal protein is harmful to this conclusion surprising. China Study itself is a story that deserves careful taste. About



T? Colin? Campbell, Ph.D., tenured professor at Cornell University, known as He is June 1982, he wrote for the United States National Academy of Sciences report Then, he took part in the organization over 20 years of diet and disease incidence of large-scale survey research. The largest ever study nutrition and health survey, was Chinese version of the preamble



Chinese Academy of Engineering, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention researcher Chen Jun-shi

I Campbell (T. Colin Campbell) met Professor since 1980, when I was at Cornell University Laboratory of Nutritional Sciences, Professor Campbell, a visiting scholar. Very busy through the experimental study eight months, I gradually adapt to the United States work and live the same time, Professor Campbell never know who is familiar with, and thus began my more than 20 years of his cooperation in scientific research and personal exchanges. The main line is the subject of the book China Study.

Campbell, Professor at Cornell University, • Richard Peto of Oxford University (Richard Peto), Professor, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Cancer Institute, both Li and Yao and Professor Liu Boqi under the joint auspices of my 1983 to 1989 in China's 24 provinces, autonomous regions and 69 counties in three on the diet, the city, lifestyle and mortality in epidemiological studies. This study opened between China and developed countries, nutritional epidemiology research collaboration precedent. It should be said that the International Cooperation for nutrition and chronic diseases, epidemiological studies play an important role in promoting. Interestingly, the study the Ministry of Health has won a first prize of scientific and technological progress, but far less well-known in the country abroad. This is called This may explain why the U.S. Press, insisted the title as the

In fact, this book study on China's limited space, and a lot of space is in the description of Campbell's life experience in nutrition research and his relationship between nutrition and chronic disease research.

Professor Campbell, an internationally renowned nutritionist, his nutrition, especially diet, the relationship between nutrition and chronic disease research attention. Professor Campbell, one of the book is very clear and consistent point of view is: the animal food-based diet can lead to chronic diseases (such as obesity, coronary heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, etc.); to plant food based diets best for health, but also most effectively prevent and control chronic diseases. In plain words is: eat more food, vegetables and fruits, less chicken, fish, eggs, duck, meat, milk and so on. Book a large amount of scientific evidence from many strong evidence of this research.

more commendable is that because of the adherence to this view, Professor Campbell suffered from the rich and powerful U.S. livestock, poultry, milk and farming, processing industry, the strong pressure; Professor Campbell has always been dedicated not yield , and always opinionated. Now, this view has been recognized by a growing number of nutritionists. I believe that after reading the book will agree with Professor Campbell, Popular science books in general different, the book lists a large number of references, that the book said, not groundless, but those interested can access the original article. There is also a part of this book is to describe the personal experience of Professor Campbell; it may not be universal, but quite interesting, and very worth reading.

book is Campbell retired professor from Cornell University, spent a lot of energy repeatedly revised written. As a rigorous scientific workers often only good at writing papers, writing articles is not good science, Professor Campbell is quite commendable is the youngest son of Thomas • Chol Campbell (Thomas Campbell) decided to postpone the graduate school and helped his father completed the long-cherished wish.

as Professor Campbell, a friend of several years of friendship, I come out the Chinese version of the book are very happy. I would recommend this book to readers, whether it is nutrition workers,cheap UGG boots, or for those who are interested in nutrition and health, read this book will have much to gain. I also sincerely hope that this book will be like the Chinese version of English original as to be a best-selling popular science books.

2006 年 9 月 1 日 in Beijing

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Chen Jun-shi: Nutrition and food safety experts, the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

T. Colin. Campbell, PhD: Cornell University tenured professor, known as

Moderator: users Hello everyone, Welcome to the Sohu chat room guests.

host (off Chunfang): branch of science by the Chinese Medical Association organized and co-channel Sohu delicious healthy relationship between the startling discovery and disease expert interviews now. First, let me introduce the guests site:

world-renowned nutritionist, tenured professor at Cornell University, known as the Albert Einstein medical profession and found dioxin Professor Campbell;

CPPCC National Committee member, Chinese Academy of Engineering, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention researcher Chen Jun Shi Yuanshi;

assistant to the president of China Union Medical College, Assistant Dean of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College of Continuing Education Long Professor Huang Jianshi;

Chinese Medical Association Deputy Secretary-General Miss Han Xiaoming;

Development Center of China Association of Journalists News Director Mr. Wang Dalong;

science director of the Chinese Medical Association more money President;

popular branch of the work of the Chinese Medical Association Secretary, Health News, editorial director of medical technology Miss Wang Lingling;

sit there in the following publication for Professor Campbell, the book's editor, Jilin Literature Publishing House Mr. Xu Qian;

Jilin Literature and History Press, Beijing Road, Kun, general manager, Mr. James.

interviews today and I Sohu Health Channel by the editor of Miss He Bo chair.

He Bo: Members media friends, ladies and friends Hello everybody! Between our previous interviews with more of a relationship with the disease, and today is very special, invited American professors, a professor of Chinese and so many reporters here, very pleased with the teachers to preside over this off Chunfang interview, this interview is Kwan Chun-Fang contributed to the strong support of teachers, thanks to popular branch of the Chinese Medical Association support.

host (off Chunfang): In addition to Beijing today, a lot of media studio, there are two hundred mainstream media, including China, the mainstream media, including all of the capital cities of the media friends and as we participate in this online interviews.

guest speaker for the two to do some brief, Professor Chen Junshi safety of food and nutrition experts, he is subject of food toxicology one of the founders of our country took the lead in the drafting of the international food contribute to safety regulations, to make a significant contribution to China's accession to the WTO. Professor Campbell grew up on dairy farms in the United States, is the son of farmers, small milk cheese to eat fried foods, from his decades of proteins in the study, the Philippines, the study found that a child suffering from liver cancer research, rich kids to eat more protein, eating animal protein more children have liver cancer, which he started a painstaking study. We interview began.

first ask Professor Chen Junshi, the two countries is completely different from the table, two countries thousands of miles apart, the two professors how you come together, how to adhere to 27 years to complete this project? This project was the Ministry of Health Science and Technology Progress Award, was the foreign media called the pinnacle of epidemiology. Where the meaning of its children? It conveyed a sound? Tell us?

Chen Jun-shi: netizens Hello everybody, I am glad to have the opportunity to share with my friend for 27 years with Professor Campbell passed as a guest with you about diet and nutrition-related chronic disease prevention and control information. In 1980, I made at Cornell University, Professor Campbell, Professor in the diet and cancer in laboratory studies conducted in China, our common vision of a large-scale epidemiological study to explore people's diet in the end what happened with us of diseases, especially cancer and other forms of cardiovascular disease and diabetes in the end have nothing to do. So in 1981 we have 24 provinces in China, the 69 counties of the first large-scale surveys, our survey included 69 counties in the situation on the people of dietary questionnaires and blood and urine sample analysis, as well as large variety of research tools to study a variety of indicators, completed the first step of our work. Then in 1989 made a second repeat survey, the same 24 provinces, 69 counties in the same extended to sociology, economics, some of the indicators.

an unprecedented scale through this investigation, we concluded that only one diet that is used with the disease status of China and the United States, dietary and disease status were compared, we unanimously agree that the unique Chinese to plant food-based diet, that food, vegetables, fruits, beans, meal-based diet than the typical American tradition, to animal-based diet food, chicken, duck, fish, meat, eggs , milk-based diet is more beneficial to people's health, more favorable to the prevention and control of chronic diseases, including cancer, diabetes, hypertension, stroke and so on. Of course, some areas lack of nutrition is another thing, not the focus of our research. Focus of our research is to find such a comparison and found that the Chinese than the current U.S. dietary patterns have many advantages in terms of health.

host (He waves): the superiority of performance in what areas?

host (off Chunfang): Professor and Professor Chen Junshi Campbell's writings were posted on the newspaper world, many media, and call it the pinnacle of epidemiology, said the report has a surprising found that in the end what amazing discovery? Campbell, Professor, please give us an explanation.

Campbell: Chinese food better because the nutritional characteristics of the Chinese diet that the food has all the nutrition, the nutritional characteristics of the Chinese diet is that it is a plant-based foods, so the better. Plant-based food and animal-based food and nutrition is not the same, it has a variety of foods of cellulose, and it has many antioxidants and other chemical elements, as well as different types of proteins and other various fat and so on. When we consider a variety of plant food nutrients, characteristics, and animal-based foods that nutrition is not the same. When we compare the characteristics of a variety of food and nutrition and the relationship between disease, we found the nutritional plant food than animal food, better nutrition.

host (He waves): It is not to say eat mainly plant food is more conducive to health?

Chen Jun-shi: Yes. Professor Campbell, I can answer further extension, and he has clearly described the diet in China and the different characteristics of the United States, if we combined the people of China and the U.S. point of view of diseases that occur, can show the advantages of the Chinese diet, but also That is, at least in China, our 80 years of last century the prevalence of coronary heart disease is low, a relationship with coronary heart disease and cholesterol, cholesterol in rural China is far less than the U.S. average. Why? Is based on the Chinese people eat mainly plant food. China's diabetes, Chinese women's breast cancer, colon cancer, and so that men are important in China the incidence of cancer is much less than the United States.

our conclusion is very simple, is to compare a local and a local comparison is not convincing, we use the 69 counties in China to compare specific information, then it is very persuasive. So why in the past people did not find, not the past did not know, and we provide the first evidence of this more fully to explain such a difference is caused by our two countries, the incidence of chronic diseases is important because different, perhaps it is not all the reasons.

host (where wave): plant-based foods are not equal to a vegetarian?

Chen Jun-shi: plant-based foods are not equal to a vegetarian? Professor Campbell, a relatively unique perspective.

Campbell: vegetarians eat there often is in addition to vegetables, fruits, corn these plant foods, including eggs, dairy products, these things. Plant foods including vegetables, cereals, maize, fruits, etc., does not include eggs and dairy products, so I do not like to use the word vegetarian, and willing to use plant food.

Chen Jun-shi: I can further explain why he does not like to use vegetarian. Vegetarian this meaning in different countries, different people which is not the same meaning, you often come across many people vegetarian, such as India, many Indians are vegetarian, but he is drinking milk, so according to our scientific classification can be divided into pure vegetarians that vegetarians do not eat any animal, do not drink milk, do not eat fish, there is a nurse in the so-called vegetarian eggs, even some fish can call themselves vegetarians. So from a scientific argument, not definition of the concept of vegetarian, so he likes to plant food-based, it is clear to plant-based foods can have different degrees to one hundred percent plant food-based.

host (off Chunfang): This morning, the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Professor Campbell made a very wonderful speech, found that about four, Chen Jun Shi Yuanshi translation was also very exciting, and today there are many media, Professor Campbell hope some of you can speak more popular, on his findings.

Chen Jun Shi: On the vegetarian, I wish to elaborate further, Professor Campbell, the views expressed by this morning. He said that we already have ample evidence that plant food based diet for the prevention of chronic disease is beneficial. Not have to, in the end how many percent of plant food to eat is good, this depends on your choice. He had his own case as an example, he would eat one hundred percent of the plant food. Kwan Chun-fang from the earlier introduction of the teacher, we can know that Campbell is professor of farm-born child, grew up drinking milk to eat meat, researchers are not to eat any animal food, because he not only got to know from the concept of plant food based diet is good for health, and he personally felt that I do not care about the animal's delicious, I do not feel good. I also think it is my mental outlook, physical physical activity is very good. If I eat 90% of plant food so difficult to master, since there is nothing inappropriate uncomfortable, it is easy to implement, why not eat one hundred percent of the plants.

but does not mean that I advocate all the world's people eat one hundred percent plant food, if people are willing to according to their own tastes, their habits, their hobbies to the choice, it is justifiable . But the key is to plant food is the main principle of this concept can not be changed.

host (off Chunfang): John Campbell finished four after the discovery of a ripple.

Campbell: On the main point of plant food, from a scientific point of view, I would say the closer you are to eat more plant food you will be healthy. Which means that the composition of plant food diet accounts for the more healthy. But when I say that eating more plant foods in more healthy, not to say that one hundred percent healthy to eat more foods referring to things, but according to the present study, based on a number of related studies, the more plant foods to eat more healthy. When I was in that plant food is good, I found that based on their own laboratory research, while based on many of my colleagues in the medical profession on clinical findings, the plant-based foods, from my research and from my friends, clinical research process, I found a good effect is incredible, I am willing to do some explanation.

characteristics on the health of plant food, first of all it is a different disease in different degrees have different health effects.

Chen Jun-shi: that is the same plant foods, grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables, these same plant food, they are surprisingly similar for different protection and prevention of chronic diseases have effects, cancer, coronary heart disease is clearly not a disease, there are different causes, but similar to plant food-based diet for different chronic diseases, chronic diseases of different causes have different degrees of similar benefits.

Campbell: I just talked about is the food plant food-based beneficial effects on health span, not only breadth, it also has depth. Depth of meaning that, for example for heart disease, plant-based foods can reverse the evolution of the original extent of heart disease, and even in some cases, can cure a heart attack has occurred. Plant foods, while 90% also able to reverse the 95% of Type II diabetes, Type II diabetes, I know that in China has also become a serious health problem.

I have a friend in the U.S. as a doctor, his doctor of 35 years, just two days ago I had a conversation with him, his treatment of some patients with type II diabetes, these patients eat a lot of drugs, he allow patients to stop taking medicine after several days there after effects. I am a scientist in my lab which I found in animal studies, plant-derived foods can promote or slow down the cancer, slow the progress of the disease, which is the example that I plant food For the depth and breadth of health effects.

plant food and I said, the depth of the health effects of plant foods also have the ability to control the expression of some genes for the disease.

Chen Jun Shi: On the genetic problems that may need some explanation. No matter what disease we all cancer, coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes, are one body inside the gene played a decisive role, the ultimate expression of a gene leads to disease. Professor Campbell referred to plant food-based dietary beneficial to inhibit or slow down or even stop certain sensitive gene expression, that is to use the words of the people, you have a susceptibility gene for a disease is not terrible The key is that it does not express the expression, if you do not have this gene expression does not matter, it is hidden, lurking is not terrible, terrible expression.

gene expression was not affected by many factors, his research found that, at least in mice found to plant food-based diet on mice that a number of terms, you feed mice to plants of food-based feed, it can inhibit or delay for such a number of tumor susceptibility gene expression, which less cancer, this is an example. Not just cancer, other diseases is the same.

a susceptibility gene is not terrible, if you use a healthy lifestyle, especially the emphasis on plant foods-based diet, then your potential susceptibility gene can not express or delay the expression.

Campbell: The third example, a number of plant food to control the toxic and carcinogenic effects of chemical substances with great effect. Plant food for the health effects on the breadth and depth of the same type of food can prevent disease, can have a tremendous health effects. We can clearly see the health effects of plant food for the breadth and depth, especially in the biochemical level, this effect can be seen. Especially the chemical characteristics of certain plant food for disease prevention and health is very common, and these effects were also Chen Jun Shi Yuanshi I do research in China to further support the evidence collected.

host (where wave): We have just half an hour of discussion, including friends and our experts have also identified a number of plant foods with the relationship between the disease, then the concept of health is not merely to disease especially for the Chinese people, we live there is a net friend asked such a question, call the health in addition to health do not get sick, then the body is healthy as a strong performance, foreigners are eating meat, they are tall tall , great effort. Chinese are plant-based foods, this state is not unhealthy? Should we not learn to foreigners, should be more certain meat intake so that they are a little taller, especially the young sprouts do not develop into the situation? Professor Chen to the users, please resolve this problem.

Chen Jun-shi: This is a common problem, this morning took a more vivid example of the Chinese football team was asked not red meat in Asia is because the less, Professor Campbell, I think you can wait use vivid examples to give you instructions. The world has a large number of sports, the world champion, with the words we have just a vegetarian, you may not believe that he can tell you a named.

In addition, we can not look muscular, and we depend on long-term, I just said a real impact on health, which means that the impact of chronic disease. Because most of our people and even the vast majority of Chinese people, including in rural, 70% more than a few people die from chronic diseases, died in cancer, diabetes, hypertension, stroke, some 80% of urban people died of chronic diseases. We need to see the impact of these diseases, but can not see the muscular moment, if you're not going to do if bodybuilding champion.

Campbell: I support the view that just Chenyuan Shi, our athletes can have more vegetable protein by eating the muscle, the muscle does not necessarily mean good muscle. My speech this morning also mentioned an example of a professional football player in the United States does have strong muscles, because always eat animal food, but they have to pay a high price, that among them have cancer, heart disease is much higher than the average person, it is not worth it. American football is the world's best football athletes with average life expectancy is only 53 years old. On the contrary, for many world-class athletes is to eat plant foods as the main high tension of the muscles, but also very healthy, do not need to pay so high a price.

average life expectancy of American football players, then only 53 years is to strengthen the muscles by athletes to eat meat, not all American football player, if not to eat meat-based to live longer. From plant food on the broad health impact, From a medical point of view, we can use food to control disease and promote health, not just rely on drugs, this is an important issue. These views are important to me is that I and Chen Jun Shi Yuanshi long-term work, by many traditional Chinese medicine and philosophy of the results.

Chen Jun-shi: specifically, the idea is to treat the person Chinese medicine, Western medicine is the concept of treatment. Western medicine can not do if the diagnosis can not prescribe medicine that can not be opened without prescription, it is a state of health of a regulation, of course, does not mean that Chinese Bu Yao Xian Daihua. This is what he said he thought the concept of Chinese medicine that is mentioned in front of him for such a plant-based foods to prevent disease, to mobilize their own forces the body to fight with the disease.

Campbell: I want to emphasize is, the overall concept, the concept of a comprehensive food and other factors that may play a significant role together, it is the overall concept and Chinese medicine are the same.

host (off Chunfang): We have a lot of friends have experienced this problem, do not know more than a bite of food or eat more meat, more meat If we are afraid of Gluttons, but if more Chicai afraid Mianyoucaise, think of an ascetic, a meal without meat, tasteless meals feel pain. Please Chen Yuanshi not talk to us through things after the collision, we believe that the traditional Chinese diet is good, then our food pagoda is how to answer this question? Chenyuan Shi said that a vegetarian is learned, let us introduce him to this knowledge.

Chen Jun-shi: Our topic today is the subject of plant food-based dietary health benefits, just now we've talked about why, what are the benefits. We also talk about vegetarian issues, that is not one hundred percent plant food to eat. For the population in general terms, what we do recommend? Chinese Nutrition Society has launched a Chinese residents of the pagoda is a very important dietary tool, also reflects the plant food based diet. Because of this pagoda is for ordinary people to use, the pagoda to the bottom if you see the word is the food, then the top layer of fruits and vegetables, you know the pagoda is the end of large, higher up the more pointed, then the food and vegetables, fruits, and then further on the go, it is that some animals of food, then the top is the oil and sugar.

this pagoda guiding significance for everyone and we just talked about referring to things of the food-based dietary pattern is the same, animal food should be small, plant food should be more. This is for everyone concerned, but for a people, you can choose, in the end you end than the top of the large number, have previously talked about. A bit more plant food is good, and animal food from the nutrition speaking is not absolutely necessary, but still want to choose an individual. I think the meaning of the pagoda to illustrate this point, the pagoda is applicable for the whole people, in understanding how in the end after the principle of flexible use of dietary pagoda, then you will be according to their own situation.

plant food such as John Campbell spoke in favor of more and more healthy, so I think that the combination of two layers of meaning to be complementary. Pagoda is you, yourself under such a principle, according to their preferences and their own health for the deployment and selection.

host (where wave): Professor Chen, we just have an on-site users would like to ask you a question, grain-based, five animals amount, not loss of beans, five-color mixed vegetables, fruits supplemented! - This is the whole theory of balance of trophic structure. We do this, our nutrition is enough?
Chen Jun-shi: Yes, this is a saying in ancient China. According to Professor Campbell then mentioned earlier, recent scientific research done on such a theory further elaboration, because it did not see inside to what the main grain in it, in which fruit, vegetables and also inside, chicken meat eggs and milk are on the inside, the food in our world there are so many, in the end with what kind of time with a reasonable choice, based on our repeated talk about today, such a theory in which we choose to be more plant foods, that is, that other grains and some vegetables, fruits and beans.

host (where wave): If you achieve such a balanced diet also need to add some nutritional supplements such as the current number of health care products, including vitamin supplements.

Chen Jun-shi: This question, in principle, we nutritionists are always reasonable and the food to match as the first, which is said to Professor Campbell, if the grain, vegetables, fruits, legumes good with words, it has thousands of species of nutrients in it, nutrition is very complete. Under normal circumstances does not mean you have to use nutrient supplements, not to mention health food, it is another thing. But I think we can not say nutritional supplements to beat him to death, because people have different circumstances, such as when people are pregnant may need to be more of iron, which is a special physiological period.

some people because of certain special circumstances may be missing something, missing some of the micronutrients vitamin Ye Hao Ye Hao, then he may need to add one point. We generally speaking not from the nutrition claims by vitamin mineral supplements to ensure adequate nutrition you, but to rely on with a reasonable variety of food.

Campbell: I would like to talk about the vegetarian cause debilitating problem, history, we will often associated with physical weakness and a vegetarian, this was mainly due to most of the past vegetarians are relatively poor , can not afford to eat meat, while we may not notice the place is often in poor public health conditions are relatively poor, so easy to get sick easily because of these reasons frail. But now the situation is different, in modern countries, vegetarians intake of many plant species, will not dull cause malnutrition, should be very good.

the same time I want to talk about nutritional supplements is China, vitamins and health products to be a supplement in the past few years there have been many research information to demonstrate that some dietary supplements is of no use, and some or even harmful. Generally, nutritional supplements are an element in a tablet inside, looks like something to supplement a particular good, but in fact this is not a nutrient, which is pharmaceutical drugs, because our body is very complex, requiring comprehensive system to add, this is actually a certain kind of supplement does not work.

host (where wave): Thank you, two professors, we are also very rich life, and be able to eat the food is varied, and include grains, fruits, dairy products a lot. A site users to ask the two professors, eggs easily lead to high cholesterol, this conclusion in the end what is? rats resulted in high liver cancer. We'd like to Professor Campbell, this conclusion tell us? Is not to drink milk? Including eggs is not impossible to eat?

Campbell: Based on my research laboratory, indeed I found that casein contributed to the development and progression of cancer, but we are talking about people who are not the same, on the casein from the West This is a problem. Thank you.