- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Piatkus Books (25 Mar 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0749919531
- ISBN-13: 978-0749919535
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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A much expanded and updated edition that reflects the latest information on the connection between cancer and diet/lifestyle - and what you can do to reduce your risk of the disease
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Cancer is on the increase. It is predicted that, within twenty years, half the population will be affected at some point in their lives. The single greatest cause of cancer - even greater than smoking - is now know to be the modern diet. The good news is that you can reduce your risk by more than half. By improving your diet and taking the right nutritional supplements you really can Say No To Cancer.
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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
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Whilst not the latest `nutrition for cancer' book on the block, Say No to Cancer is still an excellent starting point for anyone wishing either to tackle cancer head on with every resource at their disposal, or who simply wants to do all they can to avoid this most fearsome `lifestyle' disease of our era.
Patrick Holford is one of our foremost crusaders for nutritional revolution. His starting point is a certainty of the enormous part that poor nutrition plays in the explosion of cancer over the 20th century and his faith in the preventive and restorative powers of high quality nutrition. Furthermore, he is convinced that it is simply no longer sufficient to avoid junk food and to eat well, since it is now virtually impossible to obtain food with high nutritional value that is free from toxins. Add to this the increasing levels of carcinogens we are constantly exposed to every day from plastics, exhaust fumes, cleaning products etc, as well as radiation, and you reach his rationale for eating the best and then supplementing with essential selected vitamins and minerals. By the time you finish this book you will be in no doubt that we now live in a war zone - to stay healthy in our hostile environment, we need to fight back.
Holford describes in layman's terms, current understanding of the ways in which cancer is caused, and goes on to look at the major `dos and don'ts' of eating, in relation to this. He then tackles the lifestyle choices that can limit your exposure to carcinogens - this will be an eye-opener to anyone still under the illusion that governments are keeping us safe from harmful chemicals. Holford goes to lengths to dispel the media scare story `myths' cooked up around certain supplements and cancer, before devoting attention to the benefits that careful supplementation with well targetted nutrients can bring, and importantly to clarifying the synergistic manner in which they operate.
Included is a short chapter entitled `Herbs and Natural Cancer Remedies that can provide a useful, but necessarily lightweight starting point for looking into other alternative methods of tackling cancer. Example recipes and menus are followed by summaries of supplement regimes and lifestyle changes. The book ends with excellent sections detailing specific nutritional support for orthodox treatments - damage limitation, immune system recovery, minimisation of side effects and enhancement of treatment action - as well as for each of the main cancer types.
Say No to Cancer is well-researched and referenced. Many chapters end with a helpful bullet-point summary and useful tables are included showing, for example, which nutrients are specifically know to be useful for each cancer type. An easy read and excellent value for money.
Patrick Holford is one of our foremost crusaders for nutritional revolution. His starting point is a certainty of the enormous part that poor nutrition plays in the explosion of cancer over the 20th century and his faith in the preventive and restorative powers of high quality nutrition. Furthermore, he is convinced that it is simply no longer sufficient to avoid junk food and to eat well, since it is now virtually impossible to obtain food with high nutritional value that is free from toxins. Add to this the increasing levels of carcinogens we are constantly exposed to every day from plastics, exhaust fumes, cleaning products etc, as well as radiation, and you reach his rationale for eating the best and then supplementing with essential selected vitamins and minerals. By the time you finish this book you will be in no doubt that we now live in a war zone - to stay healthy in our hostile environment, we need to fight back.
Holford describes in layman's terms, current understanding of the ways in which cancer is caused, and goes on to look at the major `dos and don'ts' of eating, in relation to this. He then tackles the lifestyle choices that can limit your exposure to carcinogens - this will be an eye-opener to anyone still under the illusion that governments are keeping us safe from harmful chemicals. Holford goes to lengths to dispel the media scare story `myths' cooked up around certain supplements and cancer, before devoting attention to the benefits that careful supplementation with well targetted nutrients can bring, and importantly to clarifying the synergistic manner in which they operate.
Included is a short chapter entitled `Herbs and Natural Cancer Remedies that can provide a useful, but necessarily lightweight starting point for looking into other alternative methods of tackling cancer. Example recipes and menus are followed by summaries of supplement regimes and lifestyle changes. The book ends with excellent sections detailing specific nutritional support for orthodox treatments - damage limitation, immune system recovery, minimisation of side effects and enhancement of treatment action - as well as for each of the main cancer types.
Say No to Cancer is well-researched and referenced. Many chapters end with a helpful bullet-point summary and useful tables are included showing, for example, which nutrients are specifically know to be useful for each cancer type. An easy read and excellent value for money.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Ten years ago, Patrick Holford's slim volume Say No to Cancer was an excellent resource for people with cancer, opening up avenues of self help and self determination to a British public almost totally unaware of any options other than lying back and passively enduring some of the most gruelling treatments the health service has on offer. His new and totally revised edition of the same name is a huge step forward, completely rewritten and significantly expanded and reflecting the significant steps taken over the last ten years to establish the validity and effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as a means of controlling cancer.
Ten years on, the British public is still largely unaware of just how much is on offer in the field of CAM for cancer, as the fear of cancer still generates such widespread aversion to knowing anything much about cancer, even what chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatments are, let alone anything else. But as the statistics for cancer incidence continue to rise relentlessly, there are fewer and fewer of us who have the luxury of avoiding an encounter with cancer firsthand. Meanwhile the willingness to consider CAM options for health has grown considerably, particularly for chronic conditions, creating an increasingly receptive environment for this new edition.
As probably the leading British writer in his field, with this new book, Patrick is pushing the agenda forward for taking what is now termed an `integrative' approach - one that combines the best of both orthodox and complementary & alternative approaches. Say No to Cancer is both informative and well grounded in evidence, meeting the usual criticism levelled against CAM head on, with thirty pages of scientific references.
As it progresses, the book arms readers with an understanding of cancer itself, the factors in our lifestyle and environment that can accumulate and trigger a malignancy, and the specific roles of a wide range of nutrients in protecting against and containing the spread of cancer and in preventing a recurrence.
The later sections become very specific in giving advice on integrating CAM strategies alongside conventional treatments in order to maximise recovery, to reduce unpleasant and damaging side effects and to avoid a recurrence. A short section is dedicated to each of the main cancer types containing cancer-specific advice.
If I have one reservation, it is that the book begins with a chapter entitled `What is Cancer' that quickly embraces some fairly complex language and concepts, not to mention some heady diagrams, that may possibly be challenging enough to dissuade some readers from going further. This would be a sad state of affairs as the remainder of the book contains so much straightforward and enormously useful information. Many people will be content to know what to do, without wanting to know quite this much about the `whys and hows'.
Aside from this one slight reservation, I think this is an excellent new resource, and, coming from the enormously popular Patrick Holford, it will happily have a widespread effect in raising public awareness of the choices available to people with cancer.
Robin Daly, Founder & Chairman, Yes to Life
Ten years on, the British public is still largely unaware of just how much is on offer in the field of CAM for cancer, as the fear of cancer still generates such widespread aversion to knowing anything much about cancer, even what chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatments are, let alone anything else. But as the statistics for cancer incidence continue to rise relentlessly, there are fewer and fewer of us who have the luxury of avoiding an encounter with cancer firsthand. Meanwhile the willingness to consider CAM options for health has grown considerably, particularly for chronic conditions, creating an increasingly receptive environment for this new edition.
As probably the leading British writer in his field, with this new book, Patrick is pushing the agenda forward for taking what is now termed an `integrative' approach - one that combines the best of both orthodox and complementary & alternative approaches. Say No to Cancer is both informative and well grounded in evidence, meeting the usual criticism levelled against CAM head on, with thirty pages of scientific references.
As it progresses, the book arms readers with an understanding of cancer itself, the factors in our lifestyle and environment that can accumulate and trigger a malignancy, and the specific roles of a wide range of nutrients in protecting against and containing the spread of cancer and in preventing a recurrence.
The later sections become very specific in giving advice on integrating CAM strategies alongside conventional treatments in order to maximise recovery, to reduce unpleasant and damaging side effects and to avoid a recurrence. A short section is dedicated to each of the main cancer types containing cancer-specific advice.
If I have one reservation, it is that the book begins with a chapter entitled `What is Cancer' that quickly embraces some fairly complex language and concepts, not to mention some heady diagrams, that may possibly be challenging enough to dissuade some readers from going further. This would be a sad state of affairs as the remainder of the book contains so much straightforward and enormously useful information. Many people will be content to know what to do, without wanting to know quite this much about the `whys and hows'.
Aside from this one slight reservation, I think this is an excellent new resource, and, coming from the enormously popular Patrick Holford, it will happily have a widespread effect in raising public awareness of the choices available to people with cancer.
Robin Daly, Founder & Chairman, Yes to Life
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an easy to follow no nonsense guide to what to eat for avoiding or living with cancer. Sometimes the health officials don't always know, or forget to tell you what foods to avoid or what to eat when you are worried about cancer. Basically a healthy regime that is easy to implement is sometimes all that is needed for peace of mind. For someone who is living with cancer, this book is invaluable to read so that you feel as if your life is under your control more. A HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BOOK.
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I found this book informative about possible causes of cancer. It is easy to get frustrated, though, as one realises how hard is to follow all its advice in real life. Read more
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This book is very well written and informative. It has all the science but all also an easy to read 'bottom line' which is concise and very helpful. Read more
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Awaiting for Patricks more recent book (2010). Although dated this book has some relevant points in regard to nutrition and cancer.
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