—by Steve Anthony
In the early 1970s Frances Moore Lappe’s Diet for a Small Planet challenged the “sacred cows” of prevailing nutritional orthodoxy—that we can’t get adequate protein without regular consumption of meat and dairy products. In his landmark book, The China Study, Dr. T. Colin Campbell, a renowned authority in the field of nutritional science, stands the old shibboleth completely on its head by making the case that, far from leading to good health, our high level of animal protein consumption is implicated in virtually all the major “killer” diseases in the West—from various cancers to heart disease to diabetes—as well as a number of other chronic diseases such as osteoporosis, obesity, and Alzheimer’s.
