Healthy Diet and Lifestyle, Oncology

Grass-Fed Animal Agriculture

(In response to a reader's question concerning Dr. Mercola's views on The China Study)

I've seen the views of Dr. Mercola several times, and this is my response:
 
For background, it should be noted that Dr. Mercola's views, when he says that The China Study is...

Oncology

Leukemia

Overview and Types Leukemias are malignancies of the hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow. Although many varieties of leukemia exist, and can be distinguished by the affected cell type, four major categories are recognized. These are acute myeloid leukemia (AML), acute lymphoid leukemia...

Oncology

Colorectal Cancer

Overview and Risk Factors Colon cancer is the third most common malignancy worldwide and the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality. It accounts for 10% of cancer deaths in the United States. Although the disease is common and often lethal, risk is reduced with regular screenings and...

Oncology, Oncology

Genetic Seeds of Disease: How to Beat the Odds

How often these days do you read that genes cause cancer? Probably nothing in biomedical science deserves more attention. In my view, it even needs attention in nutrition newsletters. Why? Because there's a peculiar line of reasoning going around that goes something like this: If genes are...

Oncology, Oncology

Cancer Facts - Meat Consumption and Cancer Risk

The World Health Organization has determined that dietary factors account for at least 30 percent of all cancers in Western countries and up to 20 percent in developing countries. When cancer researchers started to search for links between diet and cancer, one of the most noticeable findings was...

Oncology

Diet during Cancer Treatment

There are no current evidence-based recommendations for diet therapy during cancer treatment, due in part to the heterogeneous nature of this disease. Because of the frequency of loss of appetite and severe weight loss (cachexia) in many cancer patients, clinical efforts often focus on increasing...

Oncology, Oncology

China Report: Cholesterol and Cancer

Most of us have heard a great deal about the link between high cholesterol and heart disease. But how many have heard that high blood cholesterol levels are also associated with cancer? In China, we found that those with the highest cancer rates also had the highest cholesterol levels. Among the...

Oncology, Healthy Diet and Lifestyle, Oncology

Dietary Fat is Only Partly Where It's At

The breast cancer/dietary fat relationship, once a key point in getting American women to switch their eating habits, has now been seriously challenged. A prominent Harvard study of nearly 90,000 American nurses, backed up by somewhat similar studies from other laboratories, has shown no...

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Professional Accreditation, Credentials and Licensure

by T. Colin Campbell, PhD

For almost 50 years, I have designed and directed large research projects in the areas of nutrition and health.  As a result of this experience, I have come to realize that most nutrition and health information is very misleading. It is no coincidence that we now have a health care crisis which is very expensive and which compromises the quality of life for millions of Americans and others living on a Western-style diet. . . READ FULL STATEMENT >>

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