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Written by: T. Colin Campbell PhD/PhD,Howard Jacobson
Narrated by: Don Hagen
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What happens when you eat an apple? The answer is vastly more complex than you imagine.

Whole, a New York Times bestseller and an eye-opening, paradigm-changing journey through cutting-edge thinking on nutrition, is a scientific tour de force with powerful implications for our health and for our world.

Every apple contains thousands of antioxidants whose names, beyond a few like vitamin C, are unfamiliar to us, and each of these powerful chemicals has the potential to play an important role in supporting our health. They impact thousands upon thousands of metabolic reactions inside the human body. But calculating the specific influence of each of these chemicals isn’t nearly sufficient to explain the effect of the apple as a whole. Because almost every chemical can affect every other chemical, there is an almost infinite number of possible biological consequences—and that’s just from an apple.

Nutritional science, long stuck in a reductionist mindset, is at the cusp of a revolution. The traditional gold standard of nutrition research has been to study one chemical at a time in an attempt to determine its particular impact on the human body. These sorts of studies are helpful to food companies trying to prove there is a chemical in milk or prepackaged dinners that is “good” for us, but they provide little insight into the complexity of what actually happens in our bodies or how those chemicals contribute to our health.

In The China Study, T. Colin Campbell revolutionized the way we think about our food with the evidence that a whole food, plant-based diet is the healthiest way to eat. Now, in Whole, he explains the science behind that evidence, the ways our current scientific paradigm ignores the fascinating complexity of the human body, and why, if we have such overwhelming evidence that everything we think we know about nutrition is wrong, our eating habits haven’t changed.

©2013 T. Colin Campbell (P)2013 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

What the critics say

" Whole makes a convincing case that modern nutrition’s focus on single nutrients has led to mass confusion with tragic health consequences. Dr. Campbell’s new paradigm will change the way we think about food and, in doing so, could improve the lives of millions of people and save billions of dollars in health care costs." (Brian Wendel, creator and executive producer of  Forks over Knives)
"There are very few material game-changers in life, but this book is truly one of them. The information herein - backed up by extraordinary peer-reviewed science - has the power to halt and reverse disease, give you energy you’ve never known, and put you on a path of transformation in just about every positive way. Read it and get ready to soar." (Kathy Freston,  New York Times best-selling author of  The Lean)
"In this provocative book, T. Colin Campbell, based on his long career in experimental research and health-policy making, uncovers how and why there is so much confusion about food and health and what can be done about it.  The China Study revealed what we should eat;  Whole answers why. Read and enjoy; there’s something here to inspire and offend just about everyone." (Dean Ornish, MD, founder and president, Preventive Medicine Research Institute, Sausalito)

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The truth is a stubborn thing!

This book is a well deserved slap across the face to all the subhumans in our society who help maintain virtually everyone in ignorance about nutrition to profit from the ensuing sick and diseased population.
Dr Campbell shares his unique top level expertise and experience to bring the listener to a higher level of comprehension about nutrition and a clear understanding of why health is not promoted by the government and the health care system.
Truly the best book if your health is something you happen to care about.

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A must read for your health.

The author states what many of us already know. Having someone with his credentials get into the details is very enlightening.

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Clear, concise and understandable

I enjoyed the update and synopsis almost as much as the full-length China Study. Whether you agree with his standing on nutrition or not it's hard not to be compelled into further action by the explanation of reductionism and influence of money on our nutrition knowledge. #Audible1

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A must read!

I absolutely loved this book, it has opened my eyes to so many things. I can't wait to share it!

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Everyone should have this information!

It's too bad we have to search through so much misleading media to finally find this gem of reliable information! Thank you Dr T Colin Campbell for devoting your life to obtaining and sharing accurate nutritional information! You are a blessing!

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great explaining of current medical approach

I truly appreciate the way Dr. Campbell presented this material in simple yet in historical and detailed way, I also appreciate that it was made available for audible members for free,
Dr. Campbell was honest in his approach to approach this sensitive topic of nutrition as he started his journey on animal products and finding his way through research to the fact that it is not as healthy as thought of. instead, the real approach to health should be through whole food plant-based yet low fat diet.
thank you,

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Own your health

Great read for those who are ready to transform their health and become more aware of the real agenda of large corporations and big pharma.

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Surprise! Another preacher (vegan) condemning other preachers

Don’t waste your time.
Full of conspiracy theory, this vegan-preaching audiobook is just another useless book that tells you to ditch all other books.

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thank you for sharing your life's work.

great analysis of the current understanding of nutrition and health. Also excellent exposition of the reductionist method in the scientific world and how most regulatory bodies have been captured by industry.

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eye opener

solid info and background look at big pharma wnd food industrys ways of directing public consumption of their products for profits. lets face it, if theres no profit theres no point to doing it now a days right?

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