The Future of Nutrition
An Insider's Look at the Science, Why We Keep Getting It Wrong, and How to Start Getting It Right
T. Colin Campbell
- From
- the
- coauthor
- of
- The
- China
- Study
- and
- author
- of
- the
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- follow-up,
- WholeDespite
- extensive
- research
- and
- overwhelming
- public
- information
- on
- nutrition
- and
- health
- science,
- we
- are
- more
- confused
- than
- ever—about
- the
- foods
- we
- eat,
- what
- good
- nutrition
- looks
- like,
- and
- what
- it
- can
- do
- for
- our
- health.In
- The
- Future
- of
- Nutrition,
- T.
- Colin
- Campbell
- cuts
- through
- the
- noise
- with
- an
- in-depth
- analysis
- of
- our
- historical
- relationship
- to
- the
- food
- we
- eat,
- the
- source
- of
- our
- present
- information
- overload,
- and
- what
- our
- current
- path
- means
- for
- the
- future—both
- for
- individual
- health
- and
- society
- as
- a
- whole.In
- these
- pages,
- Campbell
- takes
- on
- the
- institution
- of
- nutrition
- itself,
- unpacking:Why
- the
- institutional
- emphasis
- on
- individual
- nutrients
- (instead
- of
- whole
- foods)
- as
- a
- means
- to
- explain
- nutrition
- has
- had
- catastrophic
- consequencesHow
- our
- reverence
- for
- "high
- quality"
- animal
- protein
- has
- distorted
- our
- understanding
- of
- cholesterol,
- saturated
- fat,
- unsaturated
- fat,
- environmental
- carcinogens,
- and
- moreWhy
- mainstream
- food
- and
- nutrient
- recommendations
- and
- public
- policy
- favor
- corporate
- interests
- over
- that
- of
- personal
- and
- planetary
- healthHow
- we
- can
- ensure
- that
- public
- nutrition
- literacy
- can
- prevent
- and
- treat
- personal
- illness
- more
- effectively
- and
- economicallyThe
- Future
- of
- Nutrition
- offers
- a
- fascinating
- deep-dive
- behind
- the
- curtain
- of
- the
- field
- of
- nutrition—with
- implications
- both
- for
- our
- health
- and
- for
- the
- practice
- of
- science itself.
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