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" The people who consumed the most lutein, a specific type of antioxidant, had one-half the rate of cataracts as the people who consumed the least lutein. Lutein is an interesting chemical because, in addition to being readily available in spinach, along with other dark leafy green vegetables, it also is an integral part of the lens tissue itself. 49,50 Similarly, those who consumed the most spinach had 40% fewer cataracts. "
― T. Colin Campbell , The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-term Health
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" The enjoyment of life, especially the second half of life, is greatly compromised if we can’t see, if we can’t think, if our kidneys don’t work, or if our bones are broken or fragile. I, for one, hope that I am able to fully enjoy not only the time in the present, but also the time in the future, with good health and independence. "
― T. Colin Campbell , The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-term Health
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" I can safely say that the origin of every single disease is genetic. Our genes are the code to everything in our bodies, good and bad. Without genes, there would be no cancer. Without genes, there would be no obesity, diabetes or heart disease. And without genes, there would be no life. This might explain why we are spending hundreds of millions of dollars
trying to figure out which gene causes which disease and how we can silence the dangerous genes. This also explains why some perfectly
healthy young women have had their breasts removed simply because they were found to carry genes that are linked to breast cancer.
Much of this focus on genes, however, misses a simple but crucial point: not all genes are fully expressed all the time. If they aren't activated,
or expressed, they remain biochemically dormant. Dormant genes do not have any effect on our health. This is obvious to most scientists,
and many laypeople, but the significance of this idea is seldom understood. What happens to cause some genes to remain dormant, and others to express themselves? The answer: environment, especially diet.
As we saw in chapter three, the genes that cause cancer were profoundly impacted
by the consumption of protein.
So while we can say that genes are crucial to every biological process,
we have some very convincing evidence that gene expression is far more
important, and gene expression is controlled by environment, especially
nutrition. "
― T. Colin Campbell
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" China, we noticed that obese people simply did not exist, even though Chinese immigrants in Western countries do succumb to obesity. Now, as the dietary and lifestyle practices of people in China are becoming more like ours, so, too, have their bodies become more like ours. Amazing as it may seem, China is now number two behind the U.S. in number of obese people, "
― T. Colin Campbell , The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-term Health
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" Should we be worried? In a word, yes. If you are curious as to what kind of “education” is being taught by the dairy industry, take a look at their website. 9 When I visited the site in July 2003, one of the first bits of information to greet me was, “July is National Ice Cream Month.” Upon clicking for more information on National Ice Cream Month, I read, “If you’re wondering if you can have your ice cream and good nutrition too, the answer is ‘yes’!” 9 Great. So much for combating childhood obesity and diabetes! "
― T. Colin Campbell , The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-term Health