Diet and Nutrition: ‘The China Study’ and Other Diet Plans With Dr. Joseph Mercola

After Saul Lisauskas of Encinitas, CA was diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation, he was disappointed by doctors who offered only drug therapy with no advice about improving his symptoms through diet and nutrition. He decided to educated himself on the topic: In his A-Fib story Saul wrote:

Saul Lisauskas

“I read a few books on the subject of food and the interaction with our body. The best book was The China Study. It will give you an education about food, its sources and dangers.”

The China Study Book and its Critics

The China Study by T. Colin Campbell & Thomas M. Campbell II was first published in 2004. The book’s title comes from the China-Cornell-Oxford Project, a 20-year study that began in 1983 and was conducted jointly by the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Cornell University, and the University of Oxford.

By Campbell & Campbell II

Conflicting opinions: There has been criticism of some of the conclusions drawn in The China Study (mostly focused on data collection, collection bias and data analysis).

Publisher of Cholesterol-and-Health.com Christopher Masterjohn, PhD has written: “Only 39 of 350 pages are actually devoted to the China study…[The China Study] would be more aptly titled, A Comprehensive Case for the Vegan Diet, and the reader should be cautioned that the evidence is selected, presented, and interpreted with the goal of making that case in mind.”

The Cornell-Oxford-China Study: A Critique (Jesse and Julie Racsh Foundation) states: “After performing regression analyses, the data does not justify the indictment of all animal foods as risk factors for chronic degenerative disease.” Read the report online or download the PDF.

A Critical Look at ‘The China Study’ and Other Diet Plans: Dr. Mercola Interviews Denise Minger

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A jam-packed, up-to-date article for those interested in improving current health problems and long-term health through diet and nutrition.

Denise Minger

Published in July 2018, natural health expert and Mercola.com founder Dr. Joseph Mercola interviewed Denise Minger, most noted for her comprehensive rebuttal of “The China Study” (The China Study: Fact or Fallacy?) some eight years ago. She’s heavily vested in the vegan versus omnivore battle, having cycled through vegetarianism and raw veganism, finally coming full circle to being an omnivore.

Topics covered in a Critical Look at ‘The China Study’ and Other Diet Plans:

• Raw Veganism Took a Toll on Health
• Debunking ‘The China Study’
• The Case for Lowering Protein Intake
• Protein Cycling
• Macronutrient Cycling — An Overlooked Component of Optimal Health
• Cyclical Ketogenic Diet Is Ideally Combined With Cyclical Fasting
• Focus on Nutrient Density
• How Minger’s Diet Has Changed Over the Years
• Critiquing the Blood Type Diet
• Awesome Omnivore
• Plant-Based Paleo
• Lifelong Learning Is Key to Staying Ahead

Go to A Critical Look at ‘The China Study’ and Other Diet Plans.

VIDEO: Highlights from Dr. Joseph Mercola’s interview with Denise Minger (2:28)

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Additional Resources About Diet and Nutrition

Download the full transcript of Dr. Mercola’s interview with Denise Minger. Read Debra Minger’s The China Study: Fact or Fallacy?.

Read The China Study for Free: The 2006 edition is available to read online or download.

The 2017 edition of The China Study is available at Amazon.com and other bookstores.

See my article: The Effect of Diet & Nutrition on Your A-Fib: My Top 5 Articles.