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Hello everybody! I have recently discovered this book browsing through amazon because of my interest in nutrition. I was definitely not expecting its content. Basically, the author Dr. Campbell advocates a WFPB (Whole food plant-based) diet. I haven't gotten into his prior book "The China Study" but essentially he describes that consuming animal meat and dairy is correlated to the development of cancer in the body. He also contends that eating said meat and dairy is also linked to other fatal diseases such as stroke and heart disease. He also commits to saying that the medical community is focused more on reaction than prevention, That we need to take a "wholistic" approach to the problem and that approach is to radically change our diet. Dr. Campbell proceeds to provide evidence that during his research, he observed that when rats were injected with a cancer causing compound and were given a consistent 20% animal protein, the cancer proliferated. In contrast to the rats that were given a dramatically lower concentration of 5% protein the cancer appeared to have stopped and some even reversed in nature! He continues to go into the science behind it all, but that is the main point. The WFPB diet has also been tested on humans and it has shown to stop cancer! This is just astonishing and astounding and i'm surprised I haven't heard about this until now. Aside from that, i'm having thoughts on becoming vegan/vegetarian now. I heard that there are plenty of salutary effects it has on the individual. There are definitely a lot of essential nutrients i'm missing out on from skipping out on my brocoli, beans and nuts. The book also goes into a myriad of subjects such as DNA, enzymes, reductionist philosophy, the scientific method, etc. It's a mind blowing read; would highly recommend to you all.

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Homemade Black Bean Veggie Burgers -Serves 4 people, approx prep time 35 minutes. Ingredients: 1 (16 oz.) can black beans, drained and rinsed 1/2 green bell pepper, cut into 2inch pieces 1/2 onion, cut into wedges 3 cloves garlic, peeled 1 egg 1 Tbsp. chili powder 1 Tbsp cumin 1 tsp. Thai chili sauce or hot sauce 1/2 cup bread crumbs Directions: 1. If grilling, preheat an outdoor grill for high heat, and lightly oil a sheet of al foil. If baking, preheat oven to 375 deg F (190 deg C), and lightly oil a baking sheet 2. In a medium bowl, mash black beans with a fork until thick and pasty. 3. In a food processor, finely chop bell pepper, onion, and garlic. Then stir into mashed beans. 4. In a small bowl, stir together egg, chili powder, cumin, and chili sauce. 5. Stir the egg mixture into the mashed beans. Mix in bread crumbs until the mixture is sticky and holds together. Divide into four patties. 6. If grilling, place patties on foil, and grill about 8 min on each side. If baking, place patties on baking sheet and bake about 10 min on each side. 198 cal, 3g fat per serving Enjoy!