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What Makes Animal Protein High Quality?
How have different proteins been measured historically, and are these measures useful when assessing the healthfulness of foods today? And, is animal protein high-quality?
What Makes Animal Protein High Quality?
How have different proteins been measured historically, and are these measures useful when assessing the healthfulness of foods today? And, is animal protein high-quality?
3 Misconceptions About Building Muscle on a Plant-Based Diet
Building your muscles on a plant-based diet is possible, and despite what you might have heard, it does not require extra effort compared to muscle-building on a meat-based diet.
Nutrient Profiles of Plant-Based Versus Animal-Based Foods (Video)
There can be significant variation in the nutrient content of a single type of food depending on how and when it is produced, soil conditions, and other factors. The bioavailability, in turn, will depend on many factors, especially the body’s needs at the time of ingestion. That being said, it can be instructive to compare … Continued
How Common is Protein Deficiency?
We are a people preoccupied with protein. We have been ever since we discovered the nutrient in the mid-19th century. You might have heard that protein comes from the Greek proteios, meaning “of prime importance.”[1] And it is important—we cannot live without it. But judging by the level of attention granted to protein—in the mind … Continued
Something to Chew On: How Does Animal Protein Affect Aging? (Video)
What does the science of longevity suggest about our food choices? In the following short video, Michael Hollie, MD, discusses the effect of calorie restriction— specifically restricting calories from animal protein—on the mechanisms of aging. (To learn more about longevity, read Dr. Hollie’s article from 2022.) This evidence raises many questions about the standard American, … Continued
Are Humans Similar to Cows? Genetics, Digestion, and Implications for Diet
The debate over the optimal human diet is less about whether we can eat animal-based foods than whether we should. Additionally, comparing ourselves to cows raises the question: are animal dairy products a natural part of the human diet?
4 Plant-Based Recipes Bodybuilder Robert Cheeke Swears By
Robert Cheeke shares some of his favorite plant-based recipes, which also happen to be outstanding meals for supporting an active lifestyle, whether for a recreation fitness enthusiast, or a professional athlete.
Protein Isolates: Do They Have a Place in a Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet?
Science has found a way to turn plants into something impressively meat-like; do these mock meats have a time and place in a whole food, plant-based diet?
Future Food Trends: What Will Plant-Based Diets Look Like?
Most people don’t think about what’s on their dinner plate as a technological revolution, but reading about these future food trends will enlighten you.
The Harmful Side Effects of Whey Protein
Those who consume whey protein supplements may not feel the effects now, but given the complications with liver and kidney function, they may fall victim to serious health issues later in life, and not even know it was connected to their whey-consuming, gym-going days.
Experts Agree: Keto and Vegan Keto Diets Should Be Avoided
You’ve heard the buzz about how you can lose weight on a keto diet, but is it safe? What about a vegan keto diet? Hear about the science from the experts.
Roundup Ready® Crops, Grasshoppers, and Animal Protein Are Connected!
How did we arrive to this Brave New World, highly mechanized, organized and streamlined to increase efficiency of milk and meat production?
Can the Ketogenic Diet Cure Cancer? What Does the Science Say?
The ketogenic diet does not offer the benefits that fasting and plant-based diets provide for cancer patients, in terms of reducing the side-effects of medical treatment and enhancing its effectiveness. But does the keto diet help fight cancer?
Fake Meats – How Do Beyond and Impossible Burgers Stack Up From a Health Perspective?
How do Beyond and Impossible burgers stack up from a health perspective? If your goal is to stick to a whole food, plant-based diet, you might want to take a closer look before sinking your teeth into these beefless patties.
Documentary ‘The Game Changers’ Makes Compelling Case for Plant-Based Nutrition for Athletes
Athlete or not, Netflix documentary ‘The Game Changers’ is a film that everyone could benefit from watching.
Soy vs Skim: How the Dairy Industry Twists Results To Market Milk
We reviewed two studies which compared the effects of whey protein to soy milk and found that the dairy industry is using short-term conclusions to promote long-term health habits.
Soy Myths vs Facts: Is Soy Healthy or Not?
Is soy dangerous or beneficial? Many people are still uncertain whether this plant-based protein has benefits or is a threat to long-term health. The confusion has given rise to numerous conflicting reports about how soy affects the body.
It’s Not Difficult to Be Vegan – Making the Change and Rethinking Protein
Go Vegan by Marlene Watson-Tara is vibrant and colorful recipe guide book with key information. This excerpt will inspire people about vegan nutrition.
Can the Ketogenic Diet Reverse Type 2 Diabetes?
Can the keto diet reverse type 2 diabetes or manage it? What does the research say? How does keto compare to a whole food, plant-based diet? Find out the best diet for diabetes management.
The Blood Type Diet: Science or Fiction?
If you have been interested in nutrition for some time, you will likely have come across the blood type diet. The idea behind it is that those with certain blood types gain better health outcomes on specific diets; it was popularized in 1996 by Dr. Peter D’Adamo’s bestselling book, Eat Right 4 Your Type. While … Continued
Unpacking the Science of Lectins – Are They Good or Bad?
Discussions in the continuing debate over dietary lectins often lack details regarding what these proteins are and how they work. Taking a closer look at lectins will shed some light on what purpose they serve in the human body.
What Exactly Is A2 Milk? Everything You Need to Know About A2 Cow’s Milk
A2 milk is from dairy cows that have been bred to not produce the A1 beta-casein protein. This type of milk exists because producers of A2 milk claim that this A1 protein causes stomach discomfort and bloating. However, this claim is not backed by sound research.
Does the Ketogenic Diet Really Work for Weight Loss?
There is a claim that ketogenic diets offer a metabolic advantage over every other type of weight loss diet, including low-carb diets that aren’t ketogenic. Will a keto diet help you lose weight?
Plants Have All the Power We Need
Marco Borges, author of The Greenprint, works with many athletes, entertainers, and avid exercisers who have switched to a plant-based diet for all the health and athletic performance benefits it provides.
What Are Lectins? A Look at This Controversial Protein
Lectins are all the rage—or are they? Brought to the public’s attention by Dr. Gundry’s book, The Plant Paradox, and subsequently demonized by dieters and promoters of lectin-free health regimens, lectins represent the latest point of contention in the ongoing healthy food debate.
Can You Have a Healthy Plant-Based Pregnancy?
There is a common misconception out there that in order to meet your nutrition requirements for pregnancy, animal products must be included in the diet. Read on to earn more about plant-based pregnancy.
Is the Ketogenic Diet Natural for Humans?
Ketosis is an adaptive state that allowed our ancestors to survive temporary food shortages. Should we aim to keep ourselves in a permanent state of ketosis? Is it a natural for humans?
Plant-Powered Workout: Eating Around Your Exercise Schedule
Eating the right foods before and after workout can greatly affect your performance and fitness goals. Check out these great tips to fuel your body pre-workout and post-workout using optimal plant-based options.
The ketogenic diet has become the latest low-carb diet fad. This article answers: what is the keto diet, why was it developed, what are ketone bodies and how do they affect metabolism.
Nutrition, Politics, and the Destruction of Scientific Integrity
Discussing and debating the underlying science of food can be as personal, contentious and flagrantly irrational as politics or religion.
Animal Protein Linked to Death
Significant findings reported in a JAMA Internal Medicine article Association of Animal and Plant Protein Intake With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality.
Selling Fat: The Recipe for a Low-Carb Diet Book
Dr. Tom Campbell explores the most recent wave of popular nutrition information claiming a high-fat diet is the key to weight loss.
Autoimmune Disease: Genes, Infection, Environment & Gut
There are dozens of autoimmune diseases including common ones like Psoriasis, Multiple Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Thyroid, Celiac and Graves Disease.
Top 10 Plant-Based Research and News Stories of 2015
Although whole food, plant based nutrition is not exactly the “new normal” yet, 2015 showed signs of trending popularity as well as scientific research.
How to Build Muscle & Be Your Plant-Based Personal Best
Body building champion and plant-based athlete Robert Cheeke challenges us to get back to the basics of nutrition and discover your best self.
Study Looks at Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) & Diet
People with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who eat a greater ratio of plant to animal protein live longer, according to a recent study.
WHO Report on Cancer & Processed Meat Misses the Point
There may be some merit in publicizing the information regarding processed meat, although it completely ignores the evidence about plant-based nutrition and cancer.
The Ethics & Science of a Pure Vegan Diet
Research shows that a pure whole food plant-based diet may be ideal, but perfection may not always be the ultimate goal.
Cancer: Is It Just Bad Luck or Failed Research?
The consequences of the mutation theory of cancer are deadly. Wrongly assuming that cancer is primarily a product of genetic mutations implies that cancer progression, once started, is unstoppable.
USDA Adds to Your Confusion About What to Eat
Dietary Guideline reports are controlled by the USDA, which aids industries that produce disease causing foods.
Masai and Inuit High-Protein Diets: A Closer Look
Are the Masai and Inuits as healthy as the Paleo enthusiasts make them out to be?
Dr. Campbell’s Recommendations for Dietary Guidelines
Submitted to the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee on April 30, 2015. In 1980, the first report by the Dietary Guidelines (DG) Advisory Committee was authored … Continued
Doctor Prescribes Plants for Optimal Health
Up until three and a half years ago, I practiced medicine like most other primary care physicians. My day was filled with refilling prescriptions for high blood pressure, high cholesterol and type 2 diabetes. In fact, I was overweight, had high cholesterol and sleep apnea. Then I saw “Forks Over Knives” and “the rest is … Continued
Dairy Protein Causes Cancer – Dr. T. Colin Campbell
Some chemicals in our environment qualify as carcinogens. That is, they cause cancer, based on testing them in experimental animal studies according to criteria set forth by our government.
Casein is a Carcinogen – Dr. T. Colin Campbell
I have long been interested in the association of food with human health, ever since I entered my graduate studies program at Cornell University in August of 1956.
Disease Factors of Animal Proteins & Saturated Fats
The following video answers a student's question from our October 2014 Campbell’s Office Hours Webinar that was provided for current and past students.
No Whey, Man. I’ll Pass on the Protein Powder
For the past fifteen years, I have been closely involved with the bodybuilding industry. I have an intimate understanding of how the industry operates. In a nutshell, it is sustained by the supplement companies that sponsor the athletes who represent them. This in turn inspires fans who admire the athletes to purchase the products they represent, thus creating a cycle that drives record sales and profits, all the while potentially harming the health of many involved in the industry later on down the line.
12 Frightening Facts About Milk
A large observational cohort study[1] in Sweden found that women consuming more than 3 glasses of milk a day had almost twice the mortality over 20 years compared to those women consuming less than one glass a day.
A Fallacious, Faulty and Foolish Discussion About Saturated Fat
The New York Times has done it again, reporting on a summary of studies on the associations of various dietary and clinical risk factors with heart disease in a way that creates, in my opinion, more confusion than clarity.
The Mystique of Protein and Its Implications
There are three macronutrients in food: carbohydrates, fat and protein, ‘macro’ in the sense that they comprise almost all of the weight and calories of food. Vitamins and minerals are the micronutrients.
Obesity Debate – Something New
It seems that no other public health problem gets more attention than the topic of obesity.
Crispy, crunchy, colorful, and curiously delicious — all are words that describe a wide variety of vegetable, fruit, and whole-grain dishes.
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.
Some writers claim that protein is protein, be it animal or plant, except for the way that animals are treated. How do you respond to this? We have information that the primary difference between animal and plant proteins is their amino acid profiles and it is those profiles that direct the rates at which the absorbed amino acids are put to use within the body.
Do I really have to give up ice cream?
I'm trying to cut down dairy, but do I really have to give up ice cream?
The Protein Juggernaut Has Deep Roots
The problems we face in our healthcare system are widely known and they are serious.
The Paleo Diet: What’s the Story?
The Paleo Diet is championed by Dr. Loren Cordain, professor of health and exercise science at Colorado State University
Kidney Disease and Its Connection with Nutrition
More than one in ten Americans currently have chronic kidney disease, and the number is increasing.
How Does Animal Protein Stress the Kidneys?
Answer to a Reader's Question: Animal protein-based foods show a strong relationship to the formation of kidney stones. Here is a quote from the leading research investigator in the world on this topic:
Animal Protein as a Carcinogen
Answer to a Reader's Question: Although there are many arguments favoring the nutritional imbalance explanation of cancer, one of the more striking for me was the experimental animal studies discussed in Chapter 3 in my book, The China Study.
The Alkaline Advantage How pH Promotes Optimal Health and Performance
It amazes me how little attention the value of balanced pH has garnered from the mainstream medical world. Positive acid/alkaline balance is one of the most important factors in athletic performance.
Whole Foods for Optimum Health
As a professional endurance athlete I have had to learn to deal with high levels of stress.
What Does Research Indicate About Animal Protein and ‘Reproductive’ Cancers?
Answer to a Reader's Question:
How Much Protein Do We Need? RDA vs. Dietary Guidelines
This misguided preoccupation with one individual macronutrient has a long history in our culture, as Dr. T. Colin Campbell has documented in his own writing, in The China Study, in his book Whole, and in the online courses offered by the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies.
Where Do You Get Your Protein?
Everything you need to know to answer this frequently asked question.
Putting the Soy Anxiety to Rest
In view of the recent news on the health benefits of soy protein, what do we find in our China Project? Since China is one of the leading producers and consumers of soy products in the world, their use of this food may be of special interest.
How interesting it is to see the recent flurry of soy stories hit the press. Products such as tempeh, tofu, and soy burgers vie daily for headlines with reports of seemingly miraculous benefits all credited to the simple and versatile soybean.
It's my guess that there's hardly another myth in nutrition so insidious yet so intractable as that which encourages us to believe that consuming lots of high-quality protein - basically the stuff of animal-based foods -
Many people are rightfully confused about the various ways that protein recommendations are established, and fail to know the main factors that have caused the confusion.
I'm talking about the story surrounding the so-called obesity gene and claims that science may soon be able to transform your body into that lean…
Thanks to countless millions of dollars in advertising, almost everybody thinks they need milk. Over the past several decades, cow's milk and its byproducts have come to be seen as an essential part of the diet of most Americans.
Dairy Consumption Leads to Serious Health Outcomes, Not Weight Loss
There are few if any health topics that are more contentious and personally sensitive than the question of the health benefits and risks of cow's milk and its products.
Jon Hinds, Owner and Founder of the Monkey Bar Gym
Jon Hinds speaks about his transition from the typical athlete’s diet of protein shakes to a totally plant-based diet, and his recent success in breaking his own lifetime records after stopping all protein powder supplementation.
Imaginary Science: Commentary on ‘The New Atkins for a New You’
Although the authors of this book certainly promote a message that they believe is scientifically valid and useful and although a very large number of people agree with them, I take exception, for several reasons.
Question: I have been a eating "mostly-vegan" diet for several years now. I do not consume milk, cheese, meat, or whole eggs. I am not strict vegan because occasionally I eat egg whites, fat-free yogurt, or soy based "meat products"…
I don't argue for a 10% fat diet as the main starting point. Rather, I begin with the view that a plant-based diet is optimal and it just so happens that this diet, when done right
A Health Disaster in the Making
In 2002, the Food and Nutrition Board (FNB) of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released their most recent recommended nutrient intakes. Since 1943, the FNB has been telling us how much of each nutrient to consume,…
Learn how to live without this debilitating disease! People in non-western cultures who eat diets low in animal fat and protein have much lower incidences of all types of arthritis!
Do we need more calcium in order to avoid osteoporosis, the progressive thinning of bones in the elderly? In the West we are certainly told so. The dairy industry vigorously promotes the suggestion that without its products we face an unpleasant and probably shrunken future.
Why Parents Should Keep Children Meat and Dairy Free
This personal account by Dr. Spock outlines how he realized that parents should steer children away from meat and dairy during early childhood.
Chemical Carcinogens: How Safe Are You?
I would like to turn your attention toward a nagging question about foods, namely carcinogens in foods. We hear so much about them but what, really, are they? Mainly we've heard that carcinogens cause cancer and anticarcinogens prevent cancer.
The Protein Puzzle: Picking up the Pieces
There's a common myth among both scientists and non-scientists that people of underdeveloped countries are small simply because they don't eat enough meat. If they ate more meat, they would be big and strong like us. But this is not what we found from our China Project research.
Why China Holds the Key to Your Health
I have been a researcher, lecturer, and policy advisor in the field of diet and cancer for nearly 45 years. Since 1963, primarily from an academic position, I have seen the many faces of establishment science and have been both rewarded and distressed …
