Summary: -----------------------------------------<br> ♦ A Dialog with Dr. T. Colin Campbell ♦<br> -----------------------------------------<br> Best-selling author and nutrition scientist Dr. Thomas Colin Campbell joins Coach Scott Abel for a conversation about whole food-plant based diet, as well as commentary on the myths, business, and politics of nutrition.<br> <br> Dr. Campbell’s new book, due out in 2019, seeks to answer the question “how can we know as much as we do [about plant-based diet], and still get pushback?” and also will attempt to find out why his evidence-based message on nutrition is so difficult for the establishment to accept.<br> <br> ♦ Why is there so much resistance to plant-based dieting? ♦<br> <br> • It’s the whole food—not the individual nutrient in that whole food—that matters.<br> <br> • Taking a single nutrient we think matters and put it in pill form doesn’t have the same benefit as when consumed in the whole food. Combinations of nutrients matter.<br> <br> • The supplement industry sells “single-cause-single-effect” products.<br> <br> • Scott uses the analogy of using vowels and exclamation points for writing. Just because they’re important doesn’t mean they should be used with abandon.<br> <br> • Dr. Campbell has gotten to know professional, hall-of-fame caliber athletes who have tried plant-based eating and improved, even when in the peak of their condition. Lower protein, not higher protein, is the key.<br> <br> • Most people think protein only comes from animals. We [can] get ideal levels of protein from plants.<br> <br> • Chemicals in animal protein increase the risk of cancer.<br> <br> • Oils out of a bottle, or refined sugars, are also a problem.<br> <br> • Dr. Campbell grew up on a dairy farm and never had any intention of learning what he has about dairy products.<br> <br> • The meat and dairy industries, as well as fitness industries, have a lot to lose if [plant-based eating] catches on.<br> <br> • Campbell references studies that show direct correlation between introduction of animal protein into the diets of different populations and certain types of disease.<br> <br> • Glutens belong to a class of compounds called lectins which affects a small percentage of the population (perhaps 2-3% but not 30 to 40% of the population).<br> <br> • The Plant Paradox demonizes lectins, which are only found in plants.<br> <br> • Complexity creates confusion. This plays into the hands of people who want to take a small piece of information and exploit it.<br> <br> • Fame and fortune take precedence to actually helping people.<br> <br> • Good science involves experimentation, observation and peer review.<br> <br> • The average person doesn’t understand what makes one piece of research good or bad.<br> <br> • Dr. Campbell is 84, has never taken meds, occasionally takes an aspirin.<br> <br> • Scott asks if there’s any supplement he’d recommend. B12 maybe. It’s not harmful.<br> <br> • Campbell’s Center for Nutrition Studies offers a certification in Plant-Based Nutrition.<br> <br> • Plant-based eating can cut healthcare costs, and we could feed the world.<br> <br> • Scott: Two essentials of any diet strategy: 1. Must be sustainable and 2. Must serve the body. Campbell agrees, particularly to sustainability.<br> <br> • We need to start thinking about sustainable food production.<br> <br> • Campbell doesn’t like the term “vegan.” It’s born out of ethical considerations and doesn’t take science into account. Also, the vegan diet has a high degree of fat in it…they’ve traded one type of fat for another.<br> <br> • Scientists whose work Dr. Campbell respects and admires:<br> Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, Dr. John McDougall, Dr. Pam Popper, Dr. Michael Greger and Dr. Neal Barnard.<br> <br> ------------------------------<br> Visit Dr.
