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Raised on his family's dairy farm, Dr. Colin Campbell started his day with the usual breakfast of eggs, sausage, bacon, fried potatoes, ham and a full glass of whole milk; this was part of their normal diet. His dad had his first heart attack at the age of sixty-one and he later died from a second massive coronary at age seventy. Dr. Campbell a vegetarian now with a family of his own has dedicated his life in researching the correlation between our health and what we eat; understanding now that the disease that killed his father can be prevented and even reversed. The China Study is not a diet book; Dr. Campbell and his youngest son Tom Campbell co-wrote scientifically proven facts and ground breaking research in a way …show more content…

Dr. Campbell sought out grants for research after reading the Indian research paper in the Philippines claiming that protein was the leading factor in promoting liver cancer in rodents. There are three stages of cancer; initiation, promotion and progression. Dr. Campbell used the following analogy to further explain the three stages:
Initiation is when the you plant the seeds in the soil. Promotion is when the grass starts to grow and progression is when the grass is completely out of control and invading the sidewalk, driveway and shrubbery. The first stage happens within minutes, the carcinogen is consumed, absorbed into the blood, transported into cells, changed into its active product and bonded to DNA. Carcinogens are the chemicals that initiate cancer prone cells, they successfully "implant" the seeds in the soil. These carcinogens generically mutate normal cells into cancer-prone cells, permanently altering the genes of the cell and therefore damaging its DNA. The promotion growth stage occurs over years, this is when the cluster has multiplied and grown into larger masses and now a clinically visible tumor is formed and has become a detectable cancer. Just like seeds in soil, these cancer cells will not grow and multiply unless the right conditions are met. Promotion is reversible! This is where certain

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