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sophiemadgwick's review against another edition
5.0
This is an incredible book with such straight forward, irrefutable common sense evidence and suggestions. Would recommend to everyone.
fscott's review against another edition
3.0
True rating between and three and a four. Once again, the thesis of eat whole foods and a lot of plants is great! But all the stories about how everyone was responding irrationally to the authors protests against the system made me believe that maybe he’s not that easy to get along with? I don’t know, but the ideas in this book are good! Just a little cynical for me.
kristianawithak's review against another edition
3.0
This book comes off a little bit paranoid, but it also comes with a lot of interesting facts and ideas. This look at what Americans eat and how a healthy lifestyle leads to a better life is a good encouragement to think before you eat, and to not assume large companies and pharmaceuticals are out for your best interest.
davidpc83's review against another edition
5.0
This could be considered a sequel of sorts to The China Study. I enjoyed it, but between the two would prefer The China Study, which focused more on how a Whole Food Plant Based (WFPB) diet affects one's health, while Whole focused more on the obstacles we face as a country due to government, medical industry, "Big Pharma," and being stuck in the reductionist Science mind set and dismissal of wholistic science. I would recommend The China Study first and if you're still interested in learning more on the subject then reading Whole. Full of research references to back up points made.
Opened my eyes more on the supplement business as well as on organizations most feel are altruistic in nature such as the American Cancer Society as just one example. Makes you think, and forces you to see things most people don't want to know about or take responsibility for.
Opened my eyes more on the supplement business as well as on organizations most feel are altruistic in nature such as the American Cancer Society as just one example. Makes you think, and forces you to see things most people don't want to know about or take responsibility for.
acesarrows's review against another edition
2.0
2.5-3 stars
Somewhere, buried under all of the angst Campbell has brought to this book, is a great book. Unfortunately the overall messages get lost amid poor writing, a penchant for talking down to the reader, and a woe-is-me, david/goliath complex that doesn't do any favours to the topics at play here.
And they are great topics - the ideas of subtle (and obvious) industry influence in government, universities, academic journals, and scientific experiments and how that leads to a discounting of alternate ideas is a necessary conversation to have. The discussion of reductionist science, thinking and policy making and how that has done a disservice to the health of modern western civilization is fascinating and, again, necessary reading.
It's just that this book doesn't do those things. And that's unfortunate.
Somewhere, buried under all of the angst Campbell has brought to this book, is a great book. Unfortunately the overall messages get lost amid poor writing, a penchant for talking down to the reader, and a woe-is-me, david/goliath complex that doesn't do any favours to the topics at play here.
And they are great topics - the ideas of subtle (and obvious) industry influence in government, universities, academic journals, and scientific experiments and how that leads to a discounting of alternate ideas is a necessary conversation to have. The discussion of reductionist science, thinking and policy making and how that has done a disservice to the health of modern western civilization is fascinating and, again, necessary reading.
It's just that this book doesn't do those things. And that's unfortunate.
obstinateheadstrongcurl's review against another edition
slow-paced
1.0
Found the crossover book for people who are interested in food (myself) and science deniers. Campbell rants about being ostracised from academia while also constantly referencing panels, reviews, boards, etc that he’s been a part of (all while teaching at Cornell), so his claims of blacklisting seem disingenuous. His website also offers courses on nutrition to become Campbell-certified, which makes it hard to see him as anything other than a grifter. Lots of better books about food out there, definitely give this one a skip.
ger_c_s's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Thought this would be about nutrition like The China Study. This one is however much more about society as a whole (pun intended), which was an interesting read nonetheless, but it stayed quite superficial because it covers so much ground in a relatively small book.
jeffbrimhall's review against another edition
Audio Book
Extended discussion about reductionist science with focus on whole food plant based diet.
Extended discussion about reductionist science with focus on whole food plant based diet.