What to eat if you have cancer
Subtitle: healing foods that boost your immune system
By: Maureen Keane and Daniella Chace ; foreword by John A. Lung.
Contributors: Chace, Daniella.
Edition: Updated 2nd ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780071473965
Subjects: Cancer -- Diet therapy.; Cancer -- Nutritional aspects.; Neoplasms -- diet therapy -- Popular Works.
Genres: Popular Works.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-314) and index.
Table of contents: title: The body, cancer, and nutrition; title: The microscopic world inside you; title: Organs and organ systems; title: Cancer: when good cells go bad; title: The body strikes back; title: Carbohydrates and cancer; title: Lipids, fats, and cancer; title: Protein and cancer; title: Vitamins and cancer; title: Minerals and cancer; title: Antioxidants, phytochemicals, and cancer; title: Diet plans: developing your nutritional therapy regime; title: Friendly fire: the nutritional side effects of treatment; title: Prediet preparation; title: Counting calories, carbs, and fat: making your diet plan work for you; title: Higher carb, lower fat diet; title: Lower carbohydrate diet; title: Meal planning when you need to gain or lose weight; title: Meal planning when you are undergoing chemotherapy and radiation; title: Recipes.