The China Study

I have just finished reading the China Study, hailed as The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted. It is not an easy read but I read it like you would a thriller as I felt the book held the key to living my twilight years on my two feet, something that is the one dream I have for myself. The question was: what was I willing to do to fulfil my dream or should I say how much was I willing too give up!

Over the past years, being what they call a high cancer risk as both parents succumbed to the crab, I have been trying to find alternatives as just like my mom, cutting, burning and poisoning - surgery, radio therapy and chemotherapy - were, are and will be a big NO NO! I found myself changing my eating habits but not drastically as I would have quite a few cheat or indulging days. In July 2013, when Ranjan got diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, I went ballistic in my research - God bless Aunty Google as I do not know how I would have done it otherwise  - and saw myself adding strange brews into our day to day eating. But there were still some elements that we found hard to give up though I knew that we would when the penny dropped.

And the proverbial penny dropped when I finished, or rather began to read the China Study. Nutrition was the only way out and nutrition in this case meant going Vegan all the way. When I closed the book I knew I would never touch any dairy product in my life again. Yes you heard right. Even my favourite French cheeses. Bye bye Camembert, Brie, Roquefort etc etc. Bye butter on the bread which was my comfort food till now! Bye bye eggs. Bye bye smoked salmon my peche mignon that still graced the table on special occasions.

As you read the China Study you realise how nutrition is not only the best preventive medicine you can ever get but can also reverse health problems as severe as cancer, diabetes, heat attacks, strokes and many of the auto immune diseases. You also learn why the secret was never revealed and may never be revealed to you. Just imagine what would happen if milk was declared toxic! The reality however is that cow's milk is not good for you or for your children. Animal proteins trigger what is called disease of abundance and which are the ones I have mentioned above.

Before getting a knee or any other joint replacement, please read the China Study. You will be surprised to learn that the good old glass of milk we women are often urged to drink to prevent osteoporosis is actually the culprit that sets it off.  And please do not fall for by the drama enacted when you reach a hospital with a loved one that has symptoms of a heart attack. The surgery that is almost forced on you is not the solution at all. The book explains what heart tracks are and how to deal with them. You guessed right: nutrition.

The book is treasure trove of information about how to love a healthy and full life without much ado. Ok it means giving up some of the things you like or are being forced on you as panaceas for all ills. The bottom line is that ANIMAL BASED PROTEIN INCLUDING CASEIN WHICH IS THE PROTEIN IN MILK are bad for you and are the causes of our poor health.

Yes it sounds a bit like a fairy tale, but trust me it is worth reading and hopefully getting seduced. Come on we fall in the honey traps that are laid by men in white and accept to be poisoned and burned and mutilated, so why not give the other end a chance. It definitely will not kill you!

I will be writing more about this but till you get the book here is  cheat sheet!

I am off to my scrumptious vegan meal.