October 10, 2023

Diet and Lifestyle for Cancer Prevention and Survival

Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM, | By NutritionFacts.org | NUTRITIONFACTS.ORG is a science-based nonprofit organization founded by Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM,

Dr. Greger will release his new book How Not to Age in December 2023. His next book to follow with be about cancer survival. Dr. Greger says, ” Even if I work on it full-time, I don’t expect my cancer survival book to be out until 2025 at the earliest. In the meanwhile, I must have hundreds of videos on cancer available now.”

Breast cancer is the most common female internal cancer diagnosis in the United States and the second leading cause of female cancer death after lung cancer.

Recommendations for cancer prevention from the prestigious American Institute for Cancer Research include maintaining a healthy weight; exercising; eating a diet rich in whole grains, vegetables, fruits, and beans; and limiting the consumption of fast food, processed junk, meats, soda, and alcohol.

Adherence to these cancer prevention recommendations isn’t just associated with higher survival in cancer patients and lower risk of dying from cancer, but lower risk of dying overall. That’s the beauty of eating a more plant-based diet. The same diet that’s anti-cancer is also anti-heart disease and apparently even anti-lung disease.

Doctors Notes:

Dr. Michael Greger forthcoming book is How Not to Age, and then my next will be on cancer survival. Even if I work on it full-time, I don’t expect my cancer survival book to be out until 2025 at the earliest. In the meanwhile, I must have hundreds of videos on cancer available now. Here are a few to get you started, and, if you want to see them all, check out the cancer topic page:

Did you know Dr. Michael Greger now has an audio podcast? You can subscribe to it on your favorite “pod-catcher” or listen to it at NutritionFacts.org/audio.

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