Leonardo’s Legacy: The Science and Philosophy of Diet and Cancer Through the Ages
Serious inconsistencies and scientific gaps plague current dietary recommendations, especially when it comes to cancer. Moreover, these recommendations crash head on with many traditional, ethnic, and cultural practices around the world. Until we openly address what led to these recommendations, the overwhelming impact of philosophical and religious beliefs over science, and the fatal inconsistencies that lie within, we will be unable to have a candid conversation about what we should eat to fight cancer.
Did Leonardo, a poor shepherd from southern Italy, know this all along?
Leonardo’s Legacy is a first attempt to start this conversation.
“Dr. Champ’s book weaves together a fascinating family history with the shifting science of how diet and cancer are related. Add a foray into the roots of dietary ideologies buried in the teachings of Plato and you have a provocative meditation on why we believe the – sometimes foolish – things we do about food and health. It is a book that should appeal to clinicians, researchers, and anyone interested in eating wisely.”
Adele Hite, PhD, MPH, RDN
Misguided Medicine: Second Edition
Are you confused as to why the foods and actions of your grandparents are now considered unhealthy, yet they lived in health to an old age? Are you tired of being told that pills, as opposed to diet, exercise, and lifestyle provide you with health? Perhaps your confusion is insight into the many issues with current medical recommendations that often take you out of the picture when it comes to your health. Perhaps it is time to take your health back into your hands.
Colin Champ, researcher and practicing physician in the study of cancer, provides an accessible and authoritative insider story of the winding, perilous journey of how and why we got it wrong in several main areas of health. Deconstructing the crumbling diet-heart hypothesis and the supposed benefits of grains, the threat of salt and meat and other slow-dying myths, Dr. Champ explains what is wrong and how you can do it right. If, in the end, we are not all suffering the agony of Laocoon (the last chapter tells you the story), the misguided medicine of the title has caused much harm and this book will help us get back on the right path.
Dr. Richard D. Feinman, Professor of Biochemistry and Author of The World Turned Upside Down
Colin Champ has applied Occam s razor to the muddled and often wrong-headed world of nutrition and exercise by producing an irreverent, but actionable, guide to better health while having more fun along the way.
Dr. Kenneth Ford, Founder & CEO, Institute of Human and Machine Cognition
The ultimate reference for taking control of your health. The path to optimal health is not a direct one, but this book certainly provides the vital road map.
Mike McCandless, Founder and former CEO, Scivation