This my second post in a series so I would like to expand on the parameters of this study. In the middle 1970's the Premier of China (Chou EnLai) was dying of cancer. He initiated a survey that would be conducted in China to look at 12 types of cancer. This survey took 650,000 workers to undertake and was conducted on 96% of the citizens at a cost of $80,000,000. The results of the survey showed that cancer was occurring in certain places and not in others. Cancer was localized. Also because of the fact that these people lived in these areas for generations, genetics was ruled out as a factor.
As a result of this survey it was determined that across China one would see enormous differences in the rate of cancer. In the U.S. you see at most a 2 fold difference. In China they saw from a 12 fold to a couple hundred fold difference. Dr. Campbell along with other researcher's had an opportunity to explore the reasons for this disparity. They wanted to see what were the factors that were causing this difference. It is interesting to note that studies already existed showing a correlation between breast cancer and dietary fat intake. These studies were done in the 1960's and 70's.
The study Dr. Campbell was involved in looked at the following parameters:
Specifically 12 different cancers and 4 dozen diseases. Blood work from 65 counties(135 villages), 6,500 adults(50 per village), 3 day dietary intake questionnaire.
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I am on page 85 of the china study and love it. I was on vacation last week and ate 2 days plant based and felt great. i made salads with chick peas and avocado which i never did before. The info in the book is life changing, i dont think you can read it and not adapt your diet. jen n
ReplyDeleteJen, your right, it is impossible to read this book and not want to address the way you eat. You have made some really nice progress with your training, fine tuning your diet will really open the doors to change.
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