"Our study [China Diet and Health Study] suggests that the closer one approaches a total plant food diet, the greater the health benefit. β¦ It turns out that animal protein, when consumed, exhibits a variety of undesirable health effects. Whether it is the immune system, various enzyme systems, the uptake of carcinogens into the cells, or hormonal activities, animal protein generally only causes mischief. High fat intake still can be a problem, and we ought not to be consuming such high-fat diets. But I suggest that animal protein is more problematic in this whole diet/disease relationship than is total fat."
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Interview, 1994; as quoted in Souls Like Ourselves by Andrea Wiebers and David Wiebers (Rochester, MN: Sojourn Press, 2000), p. 51.
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T. Colin Campbell
(born January 1, 1934) is an American who specializes in the effect of nutrition on long-term health. He is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at . Campbell has become known for his advocacy of a low-fat, , plant-based diet. He is the author of over 300 research papers and three books, ' (2005), Whole (2013) and The Low-Carb Fraud (2014). Campbell was one of the lead scientists of the , conducted throughout the 1980s.
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