Description: T. Colin Campbell's The China Study definitivelyanswered the question, what should we eat to optimize our nutrition and ourhealth? Backed by the most extensive study of nutrition ever conducted, it gave us a simple but powerfulanswer: a diet based on whole, plant-based foods. Whole picks up where TheChina Study left off, answering the question, Why does a whole-food, plant-based diet provide optimal nutrition? Wholedemonstrates how far the scientific reductionism of the nutrition orthodoxy hasgotten off track and reveals the elegant wonders of the true holistic workingsof nutrition, from the cellular level to the operation of the entire organism.
Brief description:
Don Hagen has been behind the microphone since fifth grade. He is a nine-time winner of the Peer Award for narration/voice-over and twice winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award. He has also been heard in radio and television commercials and documentaries. In addition to his freelance voice work, he is a member of the audiobook narration team at the Library of Congress.
Review Quotes:
"Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition picks up where the author's popular The China Study leaves off. The China Study examined what we should eat and provided scientific support for these considerations: Whole considers the 'why' of how a whole-food, plant-based diet provides optimal nutrition. From cellular changes to the entire organism, this provides a scientific basis for a whole-foods diet plan, considering the antioxidants in foods, what happens to the body upon eating foods, and considering how the influences of chemicals affect biology. Many books promote whole foods without backing their contentions with scientific research: this offers explanations of that science and provides readers with a powerful survey of nutrition and its scientific basis. Any health or food collection needs this."
-- "California Bookwatch"