T. Colin Campbell
| T. Colin Campbell | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1934 |
| Education | B.S. (1956), M.S. (1958), Ph.D. (1961) in biochemistry, nutrition, and microbiology |
| Alma mater | Pennsylvania State University, University of Georgia, Cornell University |
| Occupation | Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell |
| Notable work(s) | The China Study |
| Relatives | Thomas M. Campbell (son) |
| Website | |
| T. Colin Campbell Foundation | |
T. Colin Campbell is an American biochemist who specializes in the effects of nutrition on long-term health. He is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University, and the author of over 300 research papers.[1] He was one of the lead scientists in the 1980s of the China-Oxford Cornell study on diet and disease (known as the China Project), set up in 1983 by Cornell University, the University of Oxford, and the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine to explore the relationship between nutrition and cancer, heart and metabolic diseases. The study was described by The New York Times as "the Grand Prix of epidemiology."[2]
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early years and education
Campbell grew up on a dairy farm. He studied pre-veterinary medicine at Pennsylvania State University, where he obtained his B.S. in 1956, then attended veterinary school at the University of Georgia for a year.[3] He completed his M.S. in nutrition and biochemistry at Cornell in 1958, where he studied under Clive McCay (known for his research on nutrition and aging), and his Ph.D. in nutrition, biochemistry, and microbiology in 1961, also at Cornell.
Campbell has followed mostly a vegan diet since the early 1990s, but does not identify himself as a vegetarian or vegan as this implies something that he does not espouse, such as anti-vivisection.[4]
[edit] Career
Campbell joined MIT as a research associate, then worked for 10 years in the Virginia Tech Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, before returning to Cornell in 1975 to join its Division of Nutritional Sciences. He has worked as a senior science adviser to the American Institute for Cancer Research,[1] and sits on the advisory board of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.[5] He is known in particular for research, derived in part from the China Project, that appears to link the consumption of animal protein with the development of cancer and heart disease;[6] he argues that casein, a protein found in milk from mammals, is "the most significant carcinogen we consume."[7]
He has been a member since 1978 of several United States National Academy of Sciences expert panels on food safety, and holds an honorary professorship at the Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine.[1]
The documentary feature film Forks Over Knives, released to theaters in mid-2011, traces the early life and research work of Campbell as well as his colleague Caldwell Esselstyn.
[edit] Advocates
In 2010 after cardiac surgery, former U.S. president Bill Clinton mostly adopted the plant-based diet recommended by Caldwell Esselstyn, Dean Ornish and T. Colin Campbell.[6]
[edit] Bibliography
- Diet, Life-style and Mortality in China (1991)
- The China Study (2005)
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c "T. Colin Campbell", Cornell University, accessed December 3, 2010.
- ^ "Chinese ecological studies", Clinical Trial Service Unit, University of Oxford, accessed December 3, 2010.
- Brody, Jane E. "Huge Study Of Diet Indicts Fat And Meat", The New York Times, May 8, 1990, pp. 1−2.
- ^ The China Study, p. 4.
- ^ "Interview with T. Colin Campbell". http://www.vegparadise.com/24carrot92.html.
- ^ "About PCRM", Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, accessed December 3, 2010.
- ^ a b >Sherwell, Philip. "Bill Clinton's new diet: nothing but beans, vegetables and fruit to combat heart disease", The Daily Telegraph, October 3, 2010.
- ^ Talk by T. Colin Campbell, Google Videos, 20:24 mins, accessed December 3, 2010.
[edit] Further reading
- Campbell, T. Colin. "Nutrition: The Future of Medicine", The Huffington Post, October 25, 2010.
[edit] External links
- T. Colin Campbell Foundation
- CNN Video - Caldwell Esselstyn and Dean Ornish Explain Healthy Way for Bill Clinton's Dramatic Weight Loss, September 22, 2010.
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