Keane, Maureen, 1950-

What to eat if you have cancer : healing foods that boost your immune system / Maureen Keane and Daniella Chace. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c2007. - p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The body, cancer, and nutrition -- The microscopic world inside you -- Organs and organ systems -- Cancer: when good cells go bad -- The body strikes back -- Carbohydrates and cancer -- Lipids, fats, and cancer -- Protein and cancer -- Vitamins and cancer -- Minerals and cancer -- Antioxidants, phytochemicals, and cancer -- Diet plans: developing your nutritional therapy regime -- Friendly fire: the nutritional side effects of treatment -- Pre-diet preparation -- Counting calories, carbs, and fat: making your diet plan work for you -- Higher carb, lower fat diet -- Lower-carbohydrate diet -- Meal-planning when you need to gain or lose weight -- Meal-planning when you are undergoing chemotherapy and radiation -- Recipes.

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Cancer--Diet therapy.
Cancer--Nutritional aspects.

RC271.D52 / K435 2007

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