Healthytarian Living with Evita Ochel and featured guest Dr. T. Colin Campbell in a dialogue about optimal health and nutrition for humans, and limitations of the current medical system.
Dr. Campbell’s Books:
Specific topics covered include:
What the optimal diet for humans is. (1:41)
How whole plant foods differ from refined or processed ones. (2:19)
Can one diet fit all; how to use our unique body constitution in the right way. (3:49)
Exploring whole food vs. synthetic, isolated nutrients. (5:52)
- what about RDA, DRI, etc. (8:38)
The power behind whole, plant foods. (11:01)
- words by Hippocrates
What research says about dairy, and the casein and cancer connection. (14:00)
- protein from plants vs. animals
- the health risks associated with consuming dairy
- the calcium, dairy and osteoporosis connection
- Fracture-Dairy graph
The addictive nature of dairy. (22:14)
- the role of fat and sugar
The dangers of high protein diets. (25:31)
- the history of protein
- the dietary imbalance
- social and cultural conditioning
The dangers of low carb diets. (29:22)
- where the idea of low-carb came from
- whyPaleo / Atkins and similar diets gained popularity
What is the safe zone for animal foods (33:01)
- what research shows
- guidance for general health
- guidance for disease conditions
The problems of mainstream science, medicine and nutrition. (37:41)
- 1982 panel: relationship between nutrition and cancer
- local theory of disease vs. constitutional nature of disease
- why cancer is addressed as it is today in medicine
- reductionism vs. holism
Advice for overcoming the obstacles and challenges of confusing and contradicting nutritional information. (48:59)
- online plant nutrition certification course
- the role of support and community
Closing words from Dr. T. Colin Campbell. (55:17)
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