Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition

Wed 18 September 2019 by Thejaswi Puthraya

"Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition" is Colin Campbell's book that advocates whole-foods and plant-based diet. A biochemist by profession, the author mostly quotes his own research to try to prove that any other diet has higher incidences of cancer.

There is a lot in the book that is agreeable like how research nowadays is mostly reductionist instead of holistic, pharma companies infiltrating academia to discredit opposing research and pushing their agenda, governments spending billions on symptomatic treatment instead of prevention, processed foods and factory farming are damaging not just the food but the ecosystem etc. But ad hominem attacks and discredited study methodologies (by author itself) dilute his message and raise doubts.