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Dopo aver anche solo iniziato a leggere questo libro difficilmente continuerete ad alimentarvi di cibo di provenienza animale.
Scoprirete perché malattie di ogni genere si presentano solo quando si comincia a fare uso di cibo di derivazione animale. I risultati di decenni di ricerche in tutto il mondo sono incontrovertibili, ma pochi sono nelle condizioni di parlare senza subire minacce e ricatti. Campbell e figlio svelano la relazione tra l'alimentazione e lo stato di salute, e non è quello che tutti pensano.

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ha cambiato il modo in cui si mangia a casa mia

Silvia Pettinicchio

Recensito in Italia il 10 novembre 2014

Mi sono imbattuta in questa ricerca per caso, dopo aver visto un servizio alle Iene in TV e mi ha subito incuriosita la scientificità dell'approccio (tantissimi studi condotti di centinaia di migliaia di presone nel mondo) e le scoperte rivoluzionarie. Io avevo sempre considerato la dieta vegetariana come qualcosa di ideologicamente lontano da me, figuriamoci quella vegana!!! ma dopo aver letto il libro in casa mia abbiamo eliminato quasi totalmente le proteine animali. E per chi crede che sia il solito manuale per americani obesi guardi con obiettività quello che mangia tutti i giorni! noi italiani, custodi della sana dieta mediterranea, ce ne stiamo allontanando sempre di più!!
da leggere assolutamente

7 persone l'hanno trovato utile

Factual, thorough, scientific and ...scary

M & M Giacomini

Recensito in Italia il 31 maggio 2014

This must be the largest medical study on the effect of food on human health.

800.000 Chinese people were monitored along 30 years and their feeding habits compared with those of Western society.
The results are staggering: cancer, , MS, immune diseases of all kinds are directly related with the consumption of meat and animal proteins which are famously absent in the Chinese diet.

What is even more interesting is that a change in diet can slow or even reverse the effect of many of these illnesses.

If anything will make you change your diet, this must be it.

Atkins and high protein diet fans are warned!

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Christy

Excellent book

Recensito in Italia il 16 dicembre 2020

This is the book which convinced me to become vegan. First for the animals, and then for health reasons.

Easy to read and clear topics

Mirko

Recensito in Italia il 26 novembre 2016

I would reccommend this book to everyone. Can really change your point of view of food. Do not lose the chance.

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Informative and eye opening!

Luisa

Recensito in Italia il 26 febbraio 2014

Well written and very informative.

Campell introduces you to the importance of nutrition in all diseases such as heart disease, obesity, diabetes, cancer and autoimmune diseases, he explains the scientific research behind it with clarity and transparency.

He also uncovers the structure of American health systems and tells you why they are failing and the corruption behind it all.

By far one the best books i've read.

3 persone l'hanno trovato utile

Libro da leggere assolutamente

Giulia Vilone

Recensito in Italia il 24 giugno 2014

Questo libro rappresenta una pietra miliare della nutrizione e andrebbe letto da chiunque voglia saperne di piú su come mangiare bene per poter vivere in salute e in forma. Il libro si basa su una mole impressionante di studi scientifici e analisi i cui risultati vengono presentati in modo chiaro e comprensibile da tutti, senza inficiare il carattere scientifico del libro.

3 persone l'hanno trovato utile

un libro imperdibile per chi ha a cuore la propria salute

Giu

Recensito in Italia il 15 giugno 2013

Un libro interessante, scritto bene, per nulla noioso, pieno di dati raccolti personalmente dall'autore e da numerosi altri scienziati e/o dottori, che ci apre gli occhi sul mondo del cibo e della salute. Leggetelo e cambierete per sempre il vostro stile di vita! La buona alimentazione è la prima prevenzione e in molti casi anche la cura per la maggior parte delle malattie della società del benessere: malattie cardiache, cancro, diabete.

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JMFDT

Great study ! Great informations

Recensito in Francia il 27 gennaio 2024

Must be read to prevent lots of deseases

Cariad O'Brien

This should be necessary reading for everyone.

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 29 maggio 2018

I never write reviews, but I simply had to talk about this book.
Where do I begin? Not only has this book helped me with my uni work, it has also helped further my knowledge on the subject. It’s informative but not in your face. It talks about some of the oldest and well known research into health in a new way with promising results. I don’t think medical research was necessarily bias back when we were being told that milk helps build strong bones - I simply think that research was focus on one or a chain of reactions within the body rather than considering all of the evidence. Research focused on Calcium building strong bones, when in fact, the body cannot absorb calcium as milk is acidic and calcium is leached from the bones to recitify this. As a result, the most bone fractures are associated with standard westernised diets that consume the most dairy. It’s scary how some of the causations for diseases are overlooked. But I get it. Pharmaceuticals have vested insterests in treating people who are sick (and, arguably keeping people sick), so if there was a rigorous system in place to prevent disease, the pharmaceutical industry would have to change their game plan. I’m vegan, and have been for 3 years now. I am not hard on myself for slipping up, but I am actively aware of the implications consuming animal foods has on human health. I discovered veganism through the GAPS diet (don’t worry, I didn’t try the diet out), which basically entails having to cut all food groups out and reintroduce them to deal with any “intolerances”. That’s the GAPS diet in a nutshell. It recommends consuming broth and bone marrow broth for the first two weeks before slowly introducing other food groups. This is an extremely restrictive diet that is not accessible to many people at all. But that doesn’t stop medical professionals implicating it in their research - a lesser form of the GAPS diet is introducing dairy slowly to people with an intolerance in order to rid them of it. I think this is reckless and damaging behaviour and something I would not recommend anyone to do, even under the supervision of a medical professional. But don’t just take my word for it - read the book. Read the literature supporting a wholefoods, plant based diet and make your own mind up. It’s not as inaccessible as people think, but it is worth noting that in order to obtain a wholefoods diet, you must be able to cook for yourself using fresh ingredients - this book doesn’t really touch on this, but I think it is definitely something that needs to be discussed. The only downfall of a wholefoods, plant-based diet is that it excludes a lot of groups of people from this lifestyle. However, if veganism continues on the rise that it is currently on, wholefoods will become more accessible as the demand for healthier, plant-based alternatives increases. Even if you’re just concerned about your health, I wholeheartedly reccomend that you try a vegan diet, whether wholefoods or not (there are plenty of meat and dairy substitutes out there now) and see what you think. It’s a learning curve, and a really fun one at that. Trying new foods and learning how to cook with them is fun and can be so cheap. Say goodbye to ill-health and hello to feeling revitalised. This book is written in simple terms and helps breakdown the misconception of health in simple terms. Although I’ve referred to is as a “diet” and the book refers to it as such, it’s more of a lifestyle and one that has handsome benefits for not only physical health but also mental health and well-being and it opens up so many avenues for people wanting to become more lean, or build more muscle or people who want to experiment with food or just become more aware of their lifestyles impact on diet. Going vegan isn’t only about individual health, it helps the environment and animals. Following on from this, I highly recommend watching the following documentaries: What The Health, Folks over Knives, Cowspiracy, and Earthlings. This is more than just a book, this is a chance to help prevent some of the most scary diseases of our time.

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Nicolle

Game changer book for me

Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 10 dicembre 2016

I'm posting this two years after reading The China Study and what subsequently followed was radically changing into beimg nearly 95% of the time vegan all the time. This book was a game changer for me. If you find the book hard to follow or understand, buy the audio version because I think you will find it's easier to understand and follow. As a engineer and scientist, I followed up and read some of Campbell's journal papers. I was stunned by the findings enough to have a paradigm shift in what I would choose to eat forever more. Like a smoker that quits a bad habit overnight, I did the same with what I ate. No more fast food, added sugar, junk, cows milk, etc. I dumped the western diet and my 50yr habit of what I ate since birth to simply eating...plants. Whole, organic plants is my food of choice. Over a period of 6 months I lost about 52 pounds, my weight dropped from 224 to 172, being 5ft 8in male, this was noticeable to all I new. Seeing is believing. My blood screening numbers are all normal except for B12 and Vit D were found to be low; so I take supplements for only those two things and feel fantastic. Im going on to my 3rd yr now after reading this book and changing to whole plants I feel like I did when I was in grade school with energy and skip in my step. Im writing this with the hope that it gives someone inspiration that they (you) too can do it too. Never being a gym person, I've recently begun to add modest exercise 1 or 2x per week in the past 6 months which makes me feel additionally very good after a 45 min workout. But absolutely, the biggest bang for my my health and feeing good comes most definitely in what I choose to eat. Don't get me wrong, I love chicken wings, cheeseburgers, fries, cookies, cake and pie, but they don't love me. I'd say 90% of what's in a supermarket and 95% of most restaurant menus in the US wont meet a true whole foods, plant based diet. If I were to give advice as to where to start, I would suggest after reading the China Study two things: theres a retired Dr. Esselstyn from the Cleveland Clinic that had a simple breakfast cereal he made at home. My version of it goes like this: 1-1.5 cups of raw oatmeal, sliced fresh strawberries, blueberries, figs, dates, rasins, prunes, add fresh blackberries and/or raspberries or whatever fruit you want. Add ground flax seed and chia seed. Add a sliced banana or two. Add unsweetened and unflavored almond milk. Stir the almond milk so it gets mixed in the raw oats. Wait 5 min then eat. Its very filling. I use all organic produce and oats now to avoid pesticides. The other thing I do is make 2-liters of green smoothies and drink it all throughout my day. I change up the frozen fruit in the smoothie (I'll use frozen mangos, pineapple, strawberries...for leafy green I may use a combo of baby spinach, kale, chard); here is an example of a smoothie I made today: 3 cups baby spinach, 1.5 cups of frozen berries (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries), 2 apples, 2 pears, ground flax seed and chia seeds, 2 bananas, 2fl-oz of almond milk+2fl-oz of spring water. Blend. Makes 2 liters. Strongly recommend using a blender like a breville "the boss" (i use this and like it alot, sticker shock on price so get ready) or blendtec. After making the smoothie, take two to three large containers of the smoothie with u to work and drink this all through the day. Carry one of these containers with you around the office or in meetings like its you're new coffee mug. Lol. I dumped milk and dairy, and check the labels...I absoultely won't eat anything with added sugar. For dinner, I started out using the "big salad" recipe that can be found at chrisbeatcancer.com In two weeks of consisitent eating whole plant based diet, I began to notice the change and feel better overall; the positive change in two weeks kept me going, week after week, month after month. Dont let people put doubts in your mind. If I can do it, you can do it too if you want it. I hope my note is helpful.

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Marina

Eye opening!

Recensito in Messico il 16 marzo 2017

Honestly this should be taught in primary school, we've all been lied to :(
A little redundant at times, but definitely something everyone should read at least once

Angela Bruno

Should be mandatory for all 1st yr med/nurse students

Recensito in Australia il 13 marzo 2018

As someone who has reached mid life with an ever growing list of allergies, extreme fatigue, inflammatory and life threatening conditions that no establishment doctor seems to be able to help me with, I am sold. I began taking the lessons from this book when I first started reading it nearly 2 months ago and am amazed at the turn around. I personally think that doctors who don't recommend this as a first step, should be held liable. The scientific facts are indisputable. If you aren't getting answers or are worried you're not feeling great despite an endless list of expensive drugs then I highly recommend this book. I guarantee it will change your outlook and life in some way.