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A review by acesarrows
Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition by T. Colin Campbell
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.