On the China Study…

Denise Minger, a former vegan, reviews the most often vegan cited study, the China Study. I always get questions about this one, “What about the China Study????”. Most who cite it have never read it, mostly because it’s just a huge data set compiled in a communist country. It appears to be sold as meticulous because of the social order used to derive it. When it’s mentioned in conversation, in the worst case, someone heard something about it, having been featured in Forks Over Knives. Best case the other party has actually read Campbell’s book on it, which by all accounts is an extremely biased take. I have not looked at the data myself, nor have a read Campbell’s book. I’ve relied on reasonable short-takes like those from Denise to know more about the study. Therefore, I present…

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