China Study

Disclaimer. I'm not a health professional and the following are my personal experiences. Consult your doctor before taking any action.

Be careful on articles circulating on the internet including this one. What works for me may not work for you. For example, one falsely claiming from a famous institution has a lot of errors.  Many well-presented articles are sponsored by institutions such as meat association, diary association or the drug companies with their own agenda as described in the book China Study.

I read China Study by Dr. Campbell. I heard it more than two times that it is a life-changing book. It has thousands of good reviews from Amazon.com. I bought it right away for less than $10 and it could be the best $10 I spent.

If you want to save your $10, stick to a whole foods, plant-based diet. Eat fruits and vegetables. Avoid meat and diary products (soy milk in place of cow milk). The book draws many conclusions from the statistics of China Study. Most likely you're not convinced and that's why you want to order this book. The author is data mining from this China Study - making conclusions based on the extensive health statistics.

Well, some do not apply to me (as I have a life too and I'm not a monk).

You need to answer the question: Do you want to live longer or happier?  Or, in between. I choose the 'in between' as I can avoid some meat but not all.

I believe drugs are good (opposed to what the author Dr. Campbell claimed) at least for me. It lowers my uric acid, lowers my blood pressure, shrinks my prostate... Many operations are required due to the aging body (Steve Jobs might have survived longer if he had an operation earlier as described in the following Youtube). Besides blood pressure, cholesterol, and the high sugar, most cannot be cured easily by just the diet alone.

I believe diet is more important than exercise. When I worked, I ate greasy food in Chinatown but walked to the bus stop and during lunch. After retirement, I lost more than 10 lbs (for a 155 body it is quiet a lot) and many health tests are improving.

Hong Kongers have one of the highest longevity. Unfortunately, it will not last for long as the diseases of the wealthy folks and the bad environment are creeping up. Most Hong Kong folks in my generation ate less meat than this generation and the public health had improved but pale by today's standard in HK. Today, as the citizens are wealthier, they eat more meat and the air is more polluted by cars and the factories in South China.

Youtube:
Campbell:  Vegetable diet
Heart disease
How Steve Jobs died: Counter argument

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