Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition

by T. Colin Campbell

It seems reasonable to assume that our bodies never went to the trouble of making antioxidants because they were so readily available in what, for most of our history, was our primary food source: plants.

Most vegetarians still consume dairy, eggs, too much added oil, refined carbohydrates, and processed foods.

Is it true? Is it the whole truth, or just a part of it? Does it matter?

Western medicine has decided to focus on the individual symptoms and call each of them a disease. And admittedly, it’s good business to identify thousands of different diseases, then make and sell treatments for each of them, rather than to look at the big picture and prescribe one simple intervention that helps them all. But it’s not good medicine.

statistical significance

How a well-conceived experiment was like setting the table beautifully and inviting Truth to dinner.

sometimes you have to cross the line to find out where it is.

One of the most devilish things about paradigms is that they’re almost impossible to perceive from the inside. A paradigm can be so all-encompassing that it simply looks like all there is.

you can learn a lot about the inside of a paradigm from the outside.

The rewards of living with heresies can be an exhilarating experience, well worth the costs of being considered a heretic.