T. Colin Campbell

American biochemist

Thomas Colin Campbell (born March 14, 1934) is an American biochemist. He works in the effect of nutrition on long-term health. He is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University.

T. Colin Campbell
Campbell speaking in 2013
Born (1934-03-14) March 14, 1934 (age 90)
EducationB.S. (1956), pre-veterinary medicine, Pennsylvania State University
Veterinary school, one year, University of Georgia
M.S. (1958), nutrition and biochemistry, Cornell University
Ph.D. (1961), biochemistry, nutrition, and microbiology, Cornell University
OccupationNutritional biochemist
Notable workThe China Study (2005)
RelativesThomas M. Campbell and Nelson Campbell (sons)
WebsiteT. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies

Career change

Campbell has become known for his advocacy of a low-fat, whole foods, plant-based diet. He is the author of over 300 research papers and three books, The China Study (2005, co-authored with his son, Thomas M. Campbell II), which became one of America's best-selling books about nutrition), Whole (2013) and The Low-Carb Fraud (2014).[1] Campbell featured in the 2011 American documentary Forks Over Knives.

His works change

  • Diet, Life-style and Mortality in China (1991)
  • The China Study (2005)
  • Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition (2013)
  • Campbell, T. Colin, and Caldwell Esselstyn, Jr, MD. "Forks Over Knives: How a Plant-Based Diet Can Save America". Huffington Post, May 13, 2011.
  • Campbell, T. Colin. "Nutrition: The Future of Medicine", The Huffington Post, October 25, 2010.
  • Campbell, T. Colin. "Low Fat Diets Are Grossly Misrepresented". Huffington Post, September 28, 2010.
  • Campbell, T. Colin, PhD, with Jacobson, Howard, PhD. (2014) The Low-Carb Fraud. BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1-940363-09-7

References change

  1. Interview with T. Colin Campbell Archived 2013-09-06 at the Wayback Machine, author of "Whole", philly.com.

Other websites change