Summary of T. Colin Campbell & Nelson Disla's The Future of Nutrition

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#1 The health of our society is in critical condition, and the main cause is lifestyle-related diseases. If so much suffering and its attendant costs could be prevented through better nutrition, then why haven’t we done so.

#2 The United States has become very fixated on magic pills, which does not suggest health, but rather the normalcy of disease.

#3 The economic costs of preventable disease are unsustainable. And they are rising: in 2020, health care costs occupy nearly 18 percent of our national budget, more than three times greater than in 1960.

#4 The increase in life expectancy since the 1960s is not due to improved health, but to improved strategies for responding to disease events. More and more people are able to live longer with their diseases than before, but our overall health has not improved significantly.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669388142

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The health of our society is in critical condition, and the main cause is lifestyle-related diseases. If so much suffering and its attendant costs could be prevented through better nutrition, then why haven’t we done so.

#2

The United States has become very fixated on magic pills, which does not suggest health, but rather the normalcy of disease.

#3

The economic costs of preventable disease are unsustainable. And they are rising: in 2020, health care costs occupy nearly 18 percent of our national budget, more than three times greater than in 1960.

#4

The increase in life expectancy since the 1960s is not due to improved health, but to improved strategies for responding to disease events. More and more people are able to live longer with their diseases than before, but our overall health has not improved significantly.

#5

Despite some improvement in the management of disease, the struggle to treat disease remains elusive. We continue to depend on drugs to treat symptoms, without addressing their lifestyle roots. These drugs are also causing a health crisis of their own.

#6

The use of pharmaceuticals is still prevalent in today’s society, and the profit motive continues to influence public and professional perceptions of their usefulness. Unless we do something about it, the health of our society will continue to worsen.

#7

The answer isn’t more or better drugs, but understanding and addressing the primary culprit behind many of these diseases: malnutrition. Malnutrition is a word I use advisedly. It is not just about dieting, but about the dietary patterns of excess that are present in many American poor communities.

#8

The prevailing cultural narrative tells us that malnutrition and disease are only partially connected. We do not consider malnutrition to be the primary cause of most disease, and prefer to cure it with pharmaceuticals.

#9

The National Cancer Act of 1971 was the first strike in the war on cancer, but it is not the result of bad intentions. It updated and retooled the National Cancer Institute to its current form, and established new cancer research centers. But the faulty premise underpinning it is that the