Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer

Portada

Based on a thorough review of the scientific evidence, this book provides the most authoritative assessment yet of the relationship between dietary and nutritional factors and the incidence of cancer. It provides interim dietary guidelines that are likely to reduce the risk of cancer as well as ensure good nutrition.

 

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1
ITS NATURE AND RELATIONSHIP TO DIET 17
METHODOLOGY 30
SECTION A THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NUTRIENTS AND CANCER 51
TOTAL CALORIC INTAKE 66
LIPIDS FATS AND CHOLESTEROL 73
PROTEIN 106
CARBOHYDRATES 123
SECTION B THE ROLE OF NONNUTRITIVE DIETARY CONSTITUENTS 217
NATURALLY OCCURRING CARCINOGENS 234
MUTAGENS IN FOOD 277
ADDITIVES AND CONTAMINANTS 304
INHIBITORS OF CARCINOGENESIS 358
PATTERNS OF DIET AND CANCER 371
THE RELATIONSHIP OF DIET TO CANCER AT SPECIFIC SITES 391
CONTENTS xi

DIETARY FIBER 130
VITAMINS 138
MINERALS 162
ALCOHOL 202
ASSESSMENT OF RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH 430
GLOSSARY 447
INDEX 457
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