Cancer and Nutrition: A Ten-point Plan to Reduce Your Risk of Getting CancerPenguin, 1992 - 338 páginas Examines the influence of nutrition on the development of cancer and recommends a diet program designed to reduce the risk of cancer. |
Contenido
Introduction | 1 |
Part One Cancer Today | 7 |
The Scope of Cancer | 9 |
Risk FactorsAn Overview | 15 |
Self Test | 27 |
Part Two The Bodys Defenses | 33 |
The Backbone of Nutrition | 35 |
Nutrition Immunity and Cancer | 43 |
Pesticides | 148 |
SmokingA Slow Suicide | 151 |
Alcohol and Caffeine | 165 |
SexualSocial and Hormonal Factors | 171 |
Environmental FactorsAir Water and Electromagnetism | 199 |
Stress | 211 |
Breast Cancer | 219 |
Gastrointestinal Cancers | 231 |
Free Radicals | 51 |
Vitamins Minerals and Other Nutrients | 59 |
Disease Prevention and Treatment Using Nutrients | 95 |
Part Three The Risks | 112 |
Nutritional Factors | 113 |
Obesity | 133 |
Food Additives and Contaminants | 139 |
Other Cancers | 243 |
Part Five | 259 |
Diet Plan to Modify Risks | 277 |
Afterword | 289 |
About the Author | 328 |
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