Sunday, July 18, 2010

A thorough rebuttal of The China Study

The China Study is a pro vegan book that uses masses of data comparing the dietary intakes of different Chinese regions. Its primary conclusion is that any animal protein intake correlates positively with western diseases.

And it is thoroughly and elegantly rebutted here:

Raw Food SOS: The China Study: Fact or Fallacy

Careful now! It's a lengthy article which dispassionately investigates the statistics; with hardly a mention of foods we evolved to eat. However, in much the same way as Good Calories, Bad Calories it shows that epidemiological studies are so prone to confirmation bias they are practically useless.

2 comments:

  1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRSLQu-d6ZQ

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  2. I read this last week. Excellent. Denise Minger (I do wonder if she liked growing up with that name) has my full respect.

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