Colin E. Champ > Quotes

“Insulin binds to receptors on the kidneys, activates them, and signals to the kidney to release calcium in the urine, in turn, increasing calcium loss.234 Interestingly, a diet high in carbohydrates and similar to that advocated by mainstream medicine and the food pyramid leads to massive surges of insulin and increased calcium loss in the kidneys.235”
― Colin E. Champ, Misguided Medicine: The Truth Behind Ill-Advised Medical Recommendations and How to Take Health Back into Your Hands

“Beef, once again, is in stark contrast to foods like wheat, which are so severely nutrient-deficient, they must have synthesized vitamins added to enrich them, even though these vitamins have been shown to increase the risk of cancer and death.”
― Colin E. Champ, Misguided Medicine: The Truth Behind Ill-Advised Medical Recommendations and How to Take Health Back into Your Hands

“In Framingham, Massachusetts, the more saturated fat one ate, the more cholesterol one ate, the more calories one ate, the lower people’s serum cholesterol...we found that the people who ate the most cholesterol, ate the most saturated fat, ate the most calories weighed the least and were the most physically active.”23   –Dr. William Castelli, 1992,”
― Colin E. Champ, Misguided Medicine: The Truth Behind Ill-Advised Medical Recommendations and How to Take Health Back into Your Hands

“Studies have shown that supplementing elderly patients and postmenopausal women with protein increases bone density, reduces bone loss on x-ray, and improves clinical symptoms in patients with recent hip fractures.227-229 Increased protein consumption results in several anabolic (growth) processes, including bone formation, and is not just limited to muscle growth. It appears that when vitamin D and K are present with protein, calcium is pulled from the blood to stimulate bone formation. ”
― Colin E. Champ, Misguided Medicine: The Truth Behind Ill-Advised Medical Recommendations and How to Take Health Back into Your Hands

“The diet-heart idea – the notion that saturated fats and cholesterol cause heart disease – is the greatest scientific deception of our times.”   –Dr. George Mann, co-director Framingham Health Study”
― Colin E. Champ, Misguided Medicine: The Truth Behind Ill-Advised Medical Recommendations and How to Take Health Back into Your Hands

“Similar to CLA, grass-fed beef has four-times the omega-3s than confined and grain-fed cattle. Cream and cheese from these ruminants have more omega-3s as well.174 The same goes for fish175 and eggs;176”
― Colin E. Champ, Misguided Medicine: The Truth Behind Ill-Advised Medical Recommendations and How to Take Health Back into Your Hands

“Other studies compared CLA, linoleic acid, and olive oil. While olive oil had no effect on cancer induction, linoleic acid promoted it, and CLA was successful in fighting cancer.151 ”
― Colin E. Champ, Misguided Medicine: The Truth Behind Ill-Advised Medical Recommendations and How to Take Health Back into Your Hands

“The fact that humans have historically subsided on a diet much lower in calcium than is currently recommended is often ignored. Also forgotten, the largest nutrient provided in milk, and especially skim milk, is the sugar lactose.”
― Colin E. Champ, Misguided Medicine: The Truth Behind Ill-Advised Medical Recommendations and How to Take Health Back into Your Hands