Listen to the conversation between Kathryn Hayward, MD and T. Colin Campbell, PhD. Colin has been dedicated to the science of human health for more than 60 years. His primary focus is on the association between diet and disease, particularly cancer.
Although largely known for The China Study–one of the most comprehensive studies of health and nutrition ever conducted, and recognized by The New York Times as the “Grand Prix of Epidemiology”–Dr. Campbell’s profound impact also includes extensive involvement in education, public policy, and laboratory research.
In order to synthesize the findings of his long and rewarding career, and to give back to the public whose lives are threatened by rampant misinformation and special interests, Dr. Campbell co-wrote The China Study: Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health, which has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide.
He is also the author of the The New York Times bestsellers Whole, The Low-Carb Fraud, and The Future of Nutrition: An Insider’s Look at the Science, Why We Keep Getting It Wrong, and How to Start Getting It Right.
Several documentary films feature Dr. Campbell and his research, including Forks Over Knives, Eating You Alive, Food Matters, and PlantPure Nation. He continues to share evidence-based information on health and nutrition whenever given the opportunity.
He has delivered hundreds of lectures around the world and he is the founder of the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies and the online Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate in partnership with eCornell.
Dr. Campbell’s research experience includes both laboratory experiments and large-scale human studies. Particularly relevant to the coronavirus pandemic is his research on a cancer-causing virus, the Hepatitis B virus. In this podcast, he shares what that research shows and how it relates to our care of ourselves during these challenging times.
Title: The Food Symphony: Whole, Plant-Based Eating and Whole Health
Dr. Hayward and Dr. Campbell have shared ideas, conferences and stimulating conversations together over many years. This podcast occurred during the pandemic, and their exploration of themes that involve nutrition, viruses and immunity are relevant for all of us. Here are two questions they address:
Plants promote immunity; animal foods promote liver cancer. I’d never seen data so striking and so consistent.
-T. Colin Campbell, PhD
People have disparaged Dr. Campbell’s work and discoveries throughout his career as a pioneer in nutrition research. People with a variety of motivations are hostile to the idea of nutrition, especially nutrition in medicine. Dr. Campbell describes what happened when he and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn were interviewed by a journalist at the BBC who tried to discredit their research.
It may surprise you that capitalism has an effect on what you can learn from the science of nutrition. This affects how you eat and what diseases you may develop. Learn from Kathryn and Colin about the local theory of disease and expanded ways of looking at illness.