推荐序一 这是一本救命书
This book can save your life
科林·坎贝尔博士（T. Colin Campbell, PhD）
康奈尔大学终身教授
上海交通大学顾问教授
中国预防医学科学院名誉教授
《救命饮食》作者
（此文为坎贝尔先生为《How Not to Die》中文版出版而作，由余力博士翻译。）
The science of nutrition, among the professionals and public alike, worldwide is not respected as it should be. Medical practitioners are seldom, if ever, taught nutrition during their training and, in many instances, they do not receive adequate compensation for their services. The public has a widespread interest in nutrition, but are confronted with too much controversy and confusion.
无论是对专业人士还是百姓大众来说，营养科学都没有得到本来应有的尊重。大多数医务人员在其职业培训期间极少涉猎过营养医学。许多情形下，即使能提供相关服务，他们也无法得到充分报偿。大众对营养的兴趣广泛，但却迷失在过多的争论和困惑中。
In spite of this confusion and ignorance, however, we now have compelling scientific evidence that a proper understanding of nutrition can both prevent and treat (i. e., cure) many serious diseases and ailments. Heart disease, even its advanced stages, can be cured by food alone. A whole food, plant-based (WFPB) diet, practiced as a lifestyle—has a remarkable ability to resolve a broad array of diseases and ailments and to do so remarkably quickly. A composite of the most commonly used pills and procedures of contemporary "Western" medicine cannot compete with the ability of the right kind of food to maintain and restore human health.
尽管存在困惑和无知，我们现在还是有了令人信服的科学证据，即充分认识并重视营养可以预防和治疗许多不适甚至重疾。即使在心脏病的晚期，也可能通过食物来治愈。全蔬食（WFPB）作为一种生活方式，具有非凡的能力来处理一系列不适和疾病，且效果立竿见影。在维持和恢复人体健康上，现代西医中最常用的药物和疗程组合在一起，也无法和正确饮食背后的治愈能力相提并论。
If this information were made available and properly used, evidence shows that at least two-thirds of health care costs could be spared (at least for those populations using the Western diet), that environmental catastrophes could be substantially averted, and that violence against humans and other sentient beings would be greatly reduced.
如果这些信息能够被接受并恰当使用，证据表明，医疗费用可以减少2/3以上（至少对深受西方饮食习惯影响的人群而言是这样）。同时，减轻对环境的破坏，而且对人类和其他生灵的暴力也将大大减少。
This book, How Not To Die by Dr. Michael Greger is unusually informative as to what are the scientific facts that support the use of a whole food, plant based diet. I have had an unusually productive career with many medical colleagues in China since 1981 and have always been convinced that the Chinese people, because of their amazing history in the health and medical sciences, are in an excellent position to adopt this dietary lifestyle and to show the world what is possible. The information in this book is high quality and can save your life.
迈克尔·格雷格医生撰写的《救命！逆转和预防致命疾病的科学饮食》这本书，信息量巨大，从科学数据的角度支持推广全蔬食。自1981年以来，许多中国医疗的同事见证了我不寻常高产的职业生涯。由于中国在健康和医学上令人难以置信的历史，在接受该饮食方式，并向世界展示其成果方面，中国人具有巨大优势，对此，我心悦诚服。本书非常有价值，是你的救命书。