Thomas M. Campbell II, MD is a physician, a best-selling co-author of The China Study, researcher, and educator. He has developed groundbreaking clinical and research programs at the University of Rochester and has worked with many hundreds of patients to prevent and treat illness using optimal diet and lifestyle. He is also author of The China Study Solution, the practical “how-to” guide to implement the China Study recommendations and course co-author of the extremely popular Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate offered by the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies. Dr. Campbell is a graduate of Cornell University and went on to get his medical degree from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine. He completed residency training in Family Medicine at the University of Rochester, Highland Hospital. He has published multiple papers in the scientific literature and has presented widely on the topic of plant-based nutrition. He has completed multiple marathons.

Are Smoothies Good or Bad?
Are Smoothies Good or Bad?

In medical school, when time was shorter than short and I lived alone, I would periodically get concerned that I wasn’t eating enough leafy greens, because I wasn’t.


Diet and the Common Cold
Diet and the Common Cold

Have you ever heard someone say, “I haven’t had a cold in [insert large number] years since changing my diet!” Have you said this before? If you travel to events with groups of people following any particular diet, you are likely to hear the claim that since following the diet, they have not gotten any … Continued


Shining a Light on Vitamin D
Shining a Light on Vitamin D

It’s that time of year again. Many of us wake up and go to work in the dark. We work all day and return home in the dark.


Protecting the Planet with Your Fork
Protecting the Planet with Your Fork

Here at the Center for Nutrition Studies, we are focused on nutrition and health. But what we choose to do for our own nutrition and health has a dramatic effect on the health of the planet…


Plant-Based Diet, Protein and Weight Loss
Plant-Based Diet, Protein and Weight Loss

Here’s an interesting bit of research, yet again, that finds that plant-based diets, without counting calories, leads to greater weight loss.


Resource for BiPolar Type II, Depression and OCD
Resource for BiPolar Type II, Depression and OCD

Could it be the medications that lead to metabolic changes? I don’t know, but I think an optimal diet is only like to help. It certainly won’t hurt.


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