The China Study, called the "Grand Prix of epidemiology" by The New York Times, is a compelling book that challenges much of the information we have been taught, and live by, when it comes to nutrition, good health and cancer prevention. The book is the culmination of 40 years in biomedical research by the author, T. Colin Campbell, PhD.

"We must know why misinformation dominates our society and why we are grossly mistaken in how we investigate diet and disease, how we promote health and how we treat disease. The real science has been buried beneath a clutter of irrelevant or even harmful information - junk science, fad diets and food industry propaganda."

According to Dr. Campbell, much of the common information we have been taught is wrong. The truth is, synthetic chemicals in the environment and in food are the main cause of cancer; inherited genes are the most important factors in your vulnerability to the ten leading causes of death; vitamins and supplements will give you long-term protection against disease; and controlling your intake of protein, carbs, fat, cholesterol and omega -3 will maintain long-term health.

Dr. Campbell is project director of the China-Oxford-Cornell Diet and Health Project. The project, known as the China Study, is a 20-year study of nutrition and health. Because there is too much information in The China Study to discuss in a single blog post, on April 18th, I am going to start a weekly review of Dr. Campbell's book. This will give everyone, who is interested in joining the discussion, time to obtain a copy from the library, or purchase a copy of the book. Please indicate your interest as a comment following this, and I will contact you with details. For now, we will call this the TCB book club.

Dr. Campbell will join Heather Mills McCartney as featured speakers for The Vegetarian and Vegan Foundation White Lies campaign launch.