T. Colin Campbell

T. Colin Campbell

Thomas Colin Campbell (* 14. March 1934 ) is an American biochemist , nutrition researcher and emeritus university professor . He is the author of the non-fiction book The China Study .

biography

T. Colin Campbell grew up on a dairy farm and studied veterinary medicine at Pennsylvania State University , which he left in 1956 with a Bachelor of Science . He then studied for one year each at the University of Georgia and Cornell University , where he received his Master of Science degree in biochemistry and nutritional science in 1958 . In 1961 Campbell received his Ph.D. in nutrition, biochemistry and microbiology .

He worked as a research fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then for 10 years at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the Department of Biochemistry and Nutritional Sciences. In 1975 he went back to Cornell University, where he worked in the Department of Nutritional Science. In this role, he also served as a scientific advisor to the American Institute for Cancer Research . Campbell has served on several committees at the National Academy of Sciences and is a lecturer at the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine . He is also a member of the advisory board of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), an organization founded in the USA in 1985 that combats animal experiments and promotes vegan nutrition .

Research focus

Campbell was the scientific director of the so-called China-Cornell-Oxford Project , an epidemiological study carried out in rural China in the 1970s and 1980s . Data was collected on the diet, the environment, the lifestyle and the diseases of the participants. The study was carried out in collaboration between the US Cornell University and the UK University of Oxford with the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine. With over 6,500 participants, the study was one of the largest of its kind. It was described by the New York Times as the " Grand Prix of Epidemiology ".

Campbell interprets the results of this study project to the effect that a diet with animal products is harmful to the human organism and significantly increases the likelihood of cancer , diabetes , autoimmune diseases , cardiovascular diseases and others. In 2004 he published a non-fiction book entitled The China Study , in which he recommended a predominantly vegan diet as well as a reduced intake of processed foods and refined carbohydrates . A prominent fan of this book is Bill Clinton .

documentary

In 2011, a 90-minute documentary entitled Forks Over Knives was released, which deals with the research of T. Colin Campbell and his colleague Caldwell Esselstyn . The film gives an overview of the China Study and other studies on the subject of plant-based and vegan nutrition.

Award

2017 Campbell was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine honored (ACLM).

literature

Publications (selection)

• (with WJ Milne): Principles of Objective Testing in Chemistry (The Principles of objective testing series) . Heinemann Educational Publishers (1986). ISBN 0-435-64575-7 .
• Diet, Life-Style, and Mortality in China: A Study of the Characteristics of 65 Chinese Counties . Oxford University Press (1990). ISBN 0-8014-2453-4 .
• (with others): Fish consumption, blood docosahexaenoic acid and chronic diseases in Chinese rural populations. In: Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol. 2003 Sep; 136 (1): 127-40. doi : 10.1016 / s1095-6433 (03) 00016-3 . PMID 14527635 .
• (with Thomas M. Campbell): The China Study : The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-Term Health . BenBella Books (2004). ISBN 1-932100-38-5 .
• (with Thomas M. Campbell): China Study: The scientific justification for a vegan diet . Systemic Medicine (2011). ISBN 3-86401-001-2 (Translator: Maria Michalitsch).

Secondary literature

• Michael Senoff: How To Reverse Aging And Disease With The Miracle Of Food !: An Interview With T. Colin Campbell (2011).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Profile of T Colin Campbell on the Cornell University website, accessed April 9, 2012 ( Memento of May 18, 2008 on the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Ruth Kava: Good Stories, Bad Science: A Guide for Journalists to the Health Claims of Consumer Activists Groups , American Council on Science and Health (ACSH), June 2005; P. 18.
3. ^ Cornell University, Division of Nutritional Sciences: China-Cornell-Oxford Project ( Memento of May 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ The New York Times, "Huge Study Of Diet Indicts Fat And Meat," May 8, 1990, pp. 1-2.
5. ↑ Joe Conason: Bill Clinton Explains Why He Became a Vegan In: AARP The Magazine , August / September 2013.
6. ↑ 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient. The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM), accessed February 1, 2020 .