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Cardiovascular

Hyperlipidemia

Overview and Risk Factors Hyperlipidemia is characterized by elevated concentrations of circulating lipids, increasing the risk of atherosclerosis and other serious conditions. Specific classes of hyperlipidemia include hyperlipoproteinemia, elevated very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) and...
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Psychiatric Conditions

Insomnia

Overview and Risk Factors Insomnia is characterized by difficulties in initiating sleep, maintaining sleep, or feeling restored after sleep. It is the most common sleep disorder in the United States, affecting about one-third of adults at some point in their lives. Approximately 10% of those with...
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Neurology

Parkinson's Disease

Overview and Risk Factors Parkinson's disease (idiopathic paralysis agitans) is a progressive, degenerative disorder of the brain that is associated with a loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, neurodegeneration in other areas of the central nervous system (CNS), such as the locus...
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Gastrointestinal Disorders

Celiac Sprue

Overview and Risk Factors Celiac sprue, also known as celiac disease, gluten-sensitive enteropathy, and nontropical sprue, is an immune-mediated disorder of the small intestine in which patients are sensitive to gluten, a protein contained in wheat, barley, and rye. Gluten acts as a foreign...
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Oncology

Lung Cancer

Overview and Risk Factors Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death for men and women worldwide. It is the most frequently occurring cancer in men and the third most frequent in women. Lung cancer usually develops within the epithelium of the bronchial tree and subsequently invades the...
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Oncology, Oncology

Animal Protein as a Carcinogen

Answer to a Reader's Question:

Although there are many arguments favoring the nutritional imbalance explanation of cancer, one of the more striking for me was the experimental animal studies discussed in Chapter 3 in my book, The China Study.  Namely, aflatoxin is a very potent...
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Psychiatric Conditions

Depression and Anxiety

Overview and Risk Factors Mood and anxiety symptoms occur normally in the course of any eventful life and likely have important evolutionary functions. However, they become pathologic when they interfere with daily functioning, maintenance of relationships, work or school performance, and other...
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Bone, Joint, Connective Tissue, and Rheumatic Disease

Osteoporosis

Overview and Risk Factors Osteoporosis is a metabolic disease characterized by progressive thinning of the bone matrix and cortex. Fractures may result from decreased bone strength, and hip fractures are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality for aging adults. Primary osteoporosis...
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by T. Colin Campbell, PhD

For almost 50 years, I have designed and directed large research projects in the areas of nutrition and health.  As a result of this experience, I have come to realize that most nutrition and health information is very misleading. It is no coincidence that we now have a health care crisis which is very expensive and which compromises the quality of life for millions of Americans and others living on a Western-style diet. . . READ FULL STATEMENT >>

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Sometimes the most elegant solution is the most simple. Why plant-based nutrition? Why not? Why develop heart disease? Cancer? Diabetes? The epidemic of chronic, degenerative disease that is sweeping the western world can not only be stopped, it can be reversed. The power lies in the hands of the consumer, in the choices we make about what to put on our plates.