Enjoy Your Food! Improve Your Diet…Reduce Your Risk
This Diet Toolkit supports the information and guidance you receive in the Diet Module of the Anticancer Lifestyle Program. The resources on this page will give you tools you can use to make informed (and delicious!) food choices.
Plant-based diet a boon for men with prostate cancer
A plant-based diet, low in dairy and meat but rich in fruits, vegetables, grains, and nuts, can improve sexual and urinary health in patients treated for local prostate cancer, new research showed.
The serious health effects of BPA and its chemical “cousins”
From the National Geographic, March, 2024, by Sharon Guynup: Products that don’t contain bisphenol A may still contain “cousin” chemicals that can also harm the brain, liver, and reproductive sy…
Food additive emulsifiers associated with higher breast and prostate cancer risk
In a large prospective study published on PLOS Medicine, researchers observed associations between higher intakes of carrageenans and mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids with overall, breast and pro…
Effect of diet and exercise on women treated with chemotherapy before surgery
In a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, patients on a diet and exercise regimen after chemotherapy but before surgery, were found to have dramatically higher complete response when t…
Mindfulness training helped adherence to DASH diet
In a study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers found that a mindfulness program adapted to improving health behaviors to lower blood pressure improved interoceptive awareness (ie, being more a…
Greater Survival After Breast Cancer in Physically Active Women With High Vegetable-Fruit Intake Regardless of Obesity
In a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, researchers found that the combination of consuming five or more daily servings of vegetables-fruits, and accumulating 540+ metabolic equivale…
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