Whole
Rethinking the Science of Nutrition
T. Colin Campbell ; Howard Jacobson
- New
- York
- Times
- BestsellerWhat
- happens
- when
- you
- eat
- an
- apple?
- The
- answer
- is
- vastly
- more
- complex
- than
- you
- imagine.Every
- apple
- contains
- thousands
- of
- antioxidants
- whose
- names,
- beyond
- a
- few
- like
- vitamin
- C,
- are
- unfamiliar
- to
- us,
- and
- each
- of
- these
- powerful
- chemicals
- has
- the
- potential
- to
- play
- an
- important
- role
- in
- supporting
- our
- health.
- They
- impact
- thousands
- upon
- thousands
- of
- metabolic
- reactions
- inside
- the
- human
- body.
- But
- calculating
- the
- specific
- influence
- of
- each
- of
- these
- chemicals
- isn't
- nearly
- sufficient
- to
- explain
- the
- effect
- of
- the
- apple
- as
- a
- whole.
- Because
- almost
- every
- chemical
- can
- affect
- every
- other
- chemical,
- there
- is
- an
- almost
- infinite
- number
- of
- possible
- biological
- consequences.And
- that's
- just
- from
- an
- apple.Nutritional
- science,
- long
- stuck
- in
- a
- reductionist
- mindset,
- is
- at
- the
- cusp
- of
- a
- revolution.
- The
- traditional
- “gold
- standard"
- of
- nutrition
- research
- has
- been
- to
- study
- one
- chemical
- at
- a
- time
- in
- an
- attempt
- to
- determine
- its
- particular
- impact
- on
- the
- human
- body.
- These
- sorts
- of
- studies
- are
- helpful
- to
- food
- companies
- trying
- to
- prove
- there
- is
- a
- chemical
- in
- milk
- or
- pre-packaged
- dinners
- that
- is
- “good"
- for
- us,
- but
- they
- provide
- little
- insight
- into
- the
- complexity
- of
- what
- actually
- happens
- in
- our
- bodies
- or
- how
- those
- chemicals
- contribute
- to
- our
- health.In
- The
- China
- Study,
- T.
- Colin
- Campbell
- (alongside
- his
- son,
- Thomas
- M.
- Campbell)
- revolutionized
- the
- way
- we
- think
- about
- our
- food
- with
- the
- evidence
- that
- a
- whole
- food,
- plant-based
- diet
- is
- the
- healthiest
- way
- to
- eat.
- Now,
- in
- Whole,
- he
- explains
- the
- science
- behind
- that
- evidence,
- the
- ways
- our
- current
- scientific
- paradigm
- ignores
- the
- fascinating
- complexity
- of
- the
- human
- body,
- and
- why,
- if
- we
- have
- such
- overwhelming
- evidence
- that
- everything
- we
- think
- we
- know
- about
- nutrition
- is
- wrong,
- our
- eating
- habits
- haven't
- changed.Whole
- is
- an
- eye-opening,
- paradigm-changing
- journey
- through
- cutting-edge
- thinking
- on
- nutrition,
- a
- scientific
- tour
- de
- force
- with
- powerful
- implications
- for
- our
- health
- and
- for
- our world.
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