Anticancer
Author:
David Servan-Schreiber
Publisher:
Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Publication Date:
31 December, 2009
ISBN:
9780670021642
Pages:
288
Subjects:
Biographies, Medical, Health and fitness, Cooking
Available as:
Trade Cloth, 978-0-670-02164-2
Trade Cloth, 978-0-670-02034-8
Trade Cloth, 978-1-4104-1056-6
E-Book - netLibrary, 978-0-7927-5903-4
Description:
The New York Timesand international bestseller-now updated with the latest research
Anticancerhas been a bestselling phenomenon since Viking first published it in fall 2008. Now, a new edition addresses current developments in cancer research and offers more tips on how people living with cancer can fight it and how healthy people can prevent it. The new edition of Anticancerincludes:
" The latest research on anticancer foods, including new alternatives to sugar and cautions about some that are now on the market
" New information about how vitamin D strengthens the immune system
" Warnings about common food contaminants that have recently been proven to contribute to cancer progression
" A new chapter on mind-body approaches to stress reduction, with recent studies that show how our reactions to stress can interfere with natural defenses and how friendships can support healing in ways never before understood
" A groundbreaking study showing that lifestyle modification, as originally proposed in Anticancer, reduces mortality for breast cancer by an astounding 68 percent after completion of treatment
" New supporting evidence for the entire Anticancer program
Anticancerhas been a bestselling phenomenon since Viking first published it in fall 2008. Now, a new edition addresses current developments in cancer research and offers more tips on how people living with cancer can fight it and how healthy people can prevent it. The new edition of Anticancerincludes:
" The latest research on anticancer foods, including new alternatives to sugar and cautions about some that are now on the market
" New information about how vitamin D strengthens the immune system
" Warnings about common food contaminants that have recently been proven to contribute to cancer progression
" A new chapter on mind-body approaches to stress reduction, with recent studies that show how our reactions to stress can interfere with natural defenses and how friendships can support healing in ways never before understood
" A groundbreaking study showing that lifestyle modification, as originally proposed in Anticancer, reduces mortality for breast cancer by an astounding 68 percent after completion of treatment
" New supporting evidence for the entire Anticancer program
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PW Publishers Weekly
Review Source:
Publishers Weekly
Review Date:
2008-06-09
Copyright:
(c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
After undergoing chemotherapy and surgery for brain cancer, Servan-Schreiber, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, asked his oncologist if any lifestyle changes would prevent a relapse; the answer was no. Certain this was wrong, Servan-Schreiber spent months researching a mass of scientific data on natural defenses against cancer. After a lucid introduction to cancer and its causes, he points out studies indicating that a poor diet, unhealthy habits (like smoking), some hormones, and environmental toxins increase risk. But as his advice grows more specific, evidence dwindles that these steps work. Eating organic foods, avoiding red meat and processed food, and eliminating household chemicals seem reasonable, but readers curious about how much turmeric or garlic to consume and how much it lowers their cancer risk will find no answers. Servan-Schreiber also advocates a positive, life-affirming attitude, illustrating with anecdotes of patients whose cancers disappeared when they attained inner peace. Servan-Schreiber underscores that his advice should be an adjunct to, not a replacement for, conventional treatments like surgery and chemotherapy, in this spirited mixture of good medical information, helpful suggestions and alternative medicine. (Sept. 22) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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