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Gastrointestinal Disorders

Cholelithiasis

Overview and Risk Factors Cholelithiasis, or gallstones, is a common syndrome in which hard stones composed of cholesterol or bile pigments form in the gallbladder. If stones are present in the common bile duct, the condition is called choledocholithiasis. The syndrome occurs in up to 20% of women...
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Cardiovascular, Cardiovascular

Abolishing Heart Disease

The truth be told, coronary artery disease, the most common form of heart disease which is responsible for heart attacks need never exist and if it does exist, it need never progress.  How can one make that statement when coronary disease is the leading killer of women and men in western...
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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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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

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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Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat

Cataract

Overview and Risk Factors Cataract is an opacification of the crystalline lens of the eye. The condition is responsible for approximately half of all cases of severe visual loss in the world, affecting an estimated 15 million people. Opacities can be either diffuse or localized, and cataracts are...
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Gynecology and Obstetrics

Dysmenorrhea

Overview and Risk Factors Dysmenorrhea refers to pain and cramping during menses that interfere with normal functioning. It is the most common gynecologic complaint, affecting at least 50% of menstruating women, and 1% to 2% of women experience severe, incapacitating symptoms.
 
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Environmental Illness

Foodborne and Waterborne Illness

Overview and Risk Factors Foodborne and waterborne illnesses are common, but often unrecognized. They cause an estimated 76 million illnesses, 300,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths yearly in the United States.1,2 The most prominent symptom is acute diarrhea, but the associated...
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Professional Accreditation, Credentials and Licensure

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.