T Colin Campbell of "The China Study" speaking Feb 14th in Palo Alto

The Peninsula Macrobiotic Community (http://peninsulamacro.org) Presents

CHALLENGING THE STATUS QUO. THE MISUNDERSTOOD ROLE OF NUTRITION IN HEALTH, MEDICINE, AND SOCIETY.

A Lecture by T. Colin Campbell, PhD, Project Director of the China Study and the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University

Dr. Campbell will draw on his numerous experiences to critique the way nutrition is corrupted by special interests and largely ignored by the health establishment, despite the fact that nutrition, if practiced and taught correctly, has unmatched potential to correct our troubling health trends.

Dr. Campbell, with his son Tom, is the author of the recently published book The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-Term Health (see http://www.thechinastudy.com). The New York Times has recognized the study (known formally as the China-Oxford-Cornell Diet and Health Project, a 20 year partnership which surveyed diseases and lifestyle factors in rural China and Taiwan) as the "Grand Prix of epidemiology." In The China Study, Dr. Campbell details the connection between nutrition and heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, and also its ability to reduce or reverse the risk or effects of these deadly illnesses. For an excerpt from the Introduction, visit http://www.thechinastudy.com/PDFs/ChinaStudy_Excerpt.pdf .

For more than 40 years, Dr. Campbell has been active in experimental nutrition research and policy development, has authored more than 300 research papers, and has participated in many national and international diet and health policy reports.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2005 AT 8:00 PM
$5-10 donation requested for lecture
The First Baptist Church
305 North California Ave. at Bryant, Palo Alto, 1/4 mile East of Alma

OPTIONAL GOURMET VEGETARIAN DINNER SERVED AT 6:30 PM
$15 if combined with lecture, $16 otherwise Dinner Reservations Required by Monday, February 14, 9:30 AM, call
(650) 599-3320

FEBRUARY 14 - VALENTINE'S DAY DINNER
Sparkling Juice
Creamy Mushroom Soup
Garlic Bread
Linguine with Tempeh Bolognese
Balsamic-Glazed Roasted Veggies
Romaine, Radicchio, Endive Salad
Sweetheart Chocolate Cake with Tofu Creme and Raspberry Sauce Grain Coffee and Herbal Teas

The Peninsula Macrobiotic Community sponsors Gourmet Vegetarian Dinners every Monday at The First Baptist Church in Palo Alto. Served for seventeen years, the Dinners are an elegant approach to health that emphasizes diet, education, individual responsibility, and community support. With their friendly and supportive atmosphere, the Dinners are an ideal introduction for newcomers interested in improving their diet and health. After-dinner lectures on macrobiotic and other health topics are scheduled about once per month. Dinner reservations are required; call (650) 599-3320 by Monday 9:30 AM to hear the upcoming menu and reserve. Information: Gerard T. Lum, (650) 903-0447, or http://peninsulamacro.org.

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note that an event previously announced on various email lists with Dr. Campbell speaking in Oakland is NOT PUBLIC and those not directly associated with the event should not try to attend it

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more on The China Study from the publisher's site:

ABOUT THE CHINA STUDY

The science is clear. The results are unmistakable.

Change your diet and dramatically reduce the risk of cancer, diabetes, heart disease and obesity.

Respected nutrition and health researcher, Dr. T. Colin Campbell reveals the truth behind special interest groups, government entities and scientists that have taken Americans down a deadly path

Even today, as the low-carb craze sweeps the nation, two-thirds of adults are still obese and children are being diagnosed with Type II diabetes, typically an “adult” disease, at an alarming rate. If we’re eating healthier, why are Americans stricken with heart disease as much as we were 30 years ago?

In The China Study, T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., details the connection between nutrition and heart disease, diabetes and cancer. The report also examines the source of nutritional confusion produced by powerful lobbies, government entities, and opportunistic scientists. The New York Times has recognized the study (China-Oxford-Cornell Diet and Health Project) as the “Grand Prix of epidemiology” and the “most comprehensive large study ever undertaken of the relationship between diet and the risk of developing disease.”

“After a long career in research and policy-making, I have decided to step ‘out of the system.’ I have decided to disclose why Americans are so confused,” said Dr. Campbell. “As a taxpayer who foots the bill for research and health policy in America, you deserve to know that many of the common notions you have been told about food, health and disease are wrong.”
“I propose to do nothing less than redefine what we think of as good nutrition. You need to know the truth about food, and why eating the right way can save your life.”

Early in his career as a researcher with MIT and Virginia Tech, Dr. Campbell worked to promote better health by eating more meat, milk and eggs -- “high-quality animal protein … It was an obvious sequel to my own life on the farm and I was happy to believe that the American diet was the best in the world.”

He later was a researcher on a project in the Philippines working with malnourished children. The project became an investigation for Dr. Campbell, as to why so many Filipino children were being diagnosed with liver cancer, predominately an adult disease. The primary goal of the project was to ensure that the children were getting as much protein as possible.

“In this project, however, I uncovered a dark secret. Children who ate the highest protein diets were the ones most likely to get liver cancer...” He began to review other reports from around the world that reflected the findings of his research in the Philippines.

Although it was “heretical to say that protein wasn’t healthy,” he started an in-depth study into the role of nutrition, especially protein, in the cause of cancer.

The research project culminated in a 20-year partnership of Cornell University, Oxford University, and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, a survey of diseases and lifestyle factors in rural China and Taiwan. More commonly known as the China Study, “this project eventually produced more than 8000 statistically significant associations between various dietary factors and disease.”

The findings? “People who ate the most animal-based foods got the most chronic disease … People who ate the most plant-based foods were the healthiest and tended to avoid chronic disease. These results could not be ignored,” said Dr. Campbell.

In The China Study, Dr. Campbell details the connection between nutrition and heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, and also its ability to reduce or reverse the risk or effects of these deadly illnesses. The China Study also examines the source of nutritional confusion produced by powerful lobbies, government entities, and irresponsible scientists.

The China Study is not a diet book. Consumers are bombarded with conflicting messages regarding health and nutrition; the market is flooded with popular titles like The Atkins Diet and The South Beach Diet. Dr. Campbell cuts through the haze of misinformation and delivers an insightful message to anyone living with cancer, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and those concerned with the effects of aging. Additionally, he challenges the validity of these low-carb fad diets and issues a startling warning to their followers.