If you could rate the quality or the value of animal protein, what number would you get that?

I'd give it about an increase in between 8 and 10 for a different animal proteins.

What about in terms of human health and how would that number shift?

Uh, something between 0 and 1.

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This is episode 20 of season 5, number 319 overall.

And we're going to call today an Exam Room Express.

The episode certainly shorter than usual, but perhaps even more impactful than our hour-hour

long episodes. Because today we will be joined by a man who has contributed more to our collective

understanding of health than almost anyone else in history. The China study alone has earned him

a spot on the Mount Rushmore of nutrition, but it is his continued efforts and lifetime of studies

that have made him a legend. Dr. T. Colin Campbell is my guest. And today is all about protein.

And you know the knock on protein. Plant protein is not as powerful as animal protein.

It is inferior and if you don't eat meat, you just can't get what you need.

So today with Dr. Campbell, we are going to do a little head-to-head comparison.

He will be examining the quality of both forms to see if it's possible to crown a protein

champion for your nutritional needs. And judging by the little T's at the top of the show,

you can probably get a sense for how this is going to shake out.

And we're not stopping there either because the plant-based boom has brought

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