Dubbed “An Apostle for Fitness” in her profile in the Wall Street Journal, Carole has been a featured guest on more than sixty radio and television shows, including NBC’s Today show, CBS’s Early Show, MSNBC’s Countdown, and CNN News. Carole has been featured in magazines such as American Fitness, Diet & Exercise Magazine, and Today’s Health & Wellness, as well as in newspapers such as the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Tampa Tribune, Sacramento Bee, Baltimore Sun and the Los Angeles Times. Carole’s book, From Fat to Fit, was named a finalist in the health and fitness category of the National Best Books 2007 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News.

Besides teaching and consulting, Carole has produced a weekly community television show, The Tipping Point and a reality show, Go Fat to Fit.

To Drink or Not to Drink?

That is the question—at least for those of us trying to lose weight. Should we indulge ourselves and then suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous guilt for consuming empty calories? Or should we abstain?

Last week, my girlfriend Deborah Wagner, a registered nurse, and I had an animated debate on this subject over a wineless lunch. Both of us work to maintain our weight between 128 and 132 pounds. Given our commitment, lunches inevitably begin with a self-assessment on how we’re doing, followed by the latest insights.

When the topic of wine came up, Deborah argued on behalf of the daily sip. As head of our community’s wellness program, Deborah is well informed, whereas my contrary point of view was strictly personal. Although my mind was made up, I was willing to listen.

Deborah asserted that her nightly glass of red wine is medically beneficial. She cited research claiming that a daily glass of red wine improves heart health, helps prevent tumors from growing and improves nerve function. Preventing or delaying heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer’s should be reason enough, Deborah said, to enjoy a glass of wine. However, the immediate benefit is the relaxing effect of wine. The nightly ritual makes the transition from work to home seamless.

Best of all, Deborah said, a glass of wine helps individuals maintain their weight. She based her assertion on research stating that people who consume a single drink a few times each week have a lower risk of obesity than teetotalers or heavy drinkers have. I could understand the connection between heavy drinking and surplus pounds, but I was surprised that a moderate amount of alcohol helped individuals stay trim.

My argument against indulging was not scientifically based but was nonetheless compelling to me. I seem incapable of drinking only one glass of red wine. If one glass tastes good, then the second glass tastes even better. I’ve also noticed that if I drink a glass of red wine with dinner, I crave sugar later in the evening. While the wine doesn’t cost too many calories, the sugared dessert I can no longer resist certainly does. In addition to consuming surplus calories, I feel less rested upon rising the following day. Throughout the day, my energy level is lower than usual even as my appetite is ratcheted up.

I’m 15 years older than Deborah, so our age difference might explain the different physiological reaction I reported. Or maybe I just have different body chemistry.

Had I been more prepared, I could have buttressed my antiwine argument by citing the dangers associated with drunkorexia, the latest eating disorder. This unofficial term describes individuals (mainly women) who starve themselves all day so they can indulge in alcohol later without feeling guilty about consuming too many calories. This abuse of alcohol leads to malnutrition, organ damage and weak bones. Treatment is complicated because the disorder is frequently part of a larger complex of dysfunctional behaviors, such as bulimia and anorexia.

Debbie and I ended our lunch without resolving our differing opinions on the value of a daily glass of red wine—we agreed to disagree. Like the good friends that we are, though, we had no problem agreeing on our next lunch date.

What’s your perspective?

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Book Review: Taking Care of Your “Girls”: A Breast Health Guide for Girls, Teens, and In-Betweens (Three Rivers Press, 2008) by Marisa C. Weiss, M.D. and Isabel Friedman

Marisa Weiss and Isabel Friedman call themselves a breast-doctor mom and teen daughter duo. Dr. Weiss is also the co-author of Living Beyond Breast Cancer, and 7 Minutes!: How to Get the Most from Your Doctor Visit. She is the founder of Living Beyond Breast Cancer, a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, has served on the National Cancer Institute Director’s Consumer Liaison Group (2000-2007), and is the founder of the nonprofit Breastcancer.org.

Taking Care of Your “Girls” is in part based on a survey of over 3,000 girls from both public and private schools, grades 6 through 12, and their mothers. Divided into 2 sections, the book includes illustrations, identification of breast parts, answers to tough questions (ex. Why do some boys get breasts?), and provides insight into the minds of teenagers through feedback from girls surveyed.

Taking Care of Your “Girls” covers:

• Breast development from before birth and into puberty (over the course of 10 years) addressing the effects of genes, hormones, nutrition on growth.
• Self examinations: when to begin, how, what to look for. Also noted here are the several types of tests physicians conduct on breasts for evaluation (really great reading, even for adults).
• Stretch marks, acne, rashes, chafing, birthmarks, yeast infections
• What’s up with nipples? Hair, bumps, inverted nipples.
• Normal changes—this is an important chapter regarding lumps, cysts, pain, and thick areas, and is especially important for the growing girl to read.
• Bras: Did you know that this idea began in Greece 6500 years ago!? Learn how to fit them, what kind to purchase, and know the need for wearing one.
• Surgical breast augmentation—explained but NOT condoned.
• Fears of breast cancer are faced and addressed: only 1 in 10 breast cancer diagnoses is a result of genes, it is more common in men than in women, older women are at higher risk, testing is available for those with gene abnormalities.
• Lesser risk factors are pointed out regarding smoking, lack of exercise, alcohol consumption, diet, hormone therapy, lack of breastfeeding, late pregnancy, etc..

The authors also explain how breast cancer is discovered and treated.

Did you know that about 90% of moms would like to discuss breast health with their daughters, but only 30% have done so? And did you also know that more than 20% of girls think that breast cancer could be caused by infection, tanning, drug use, stress, breast injury, or a bruise? None of these is actually a risk factor. Dr. Weiss and Ms. Friedman write, “Few girls know how to keep their breasts healthy.”

Taking Care of Your “Girls” is more than a book about girls, breast development, and health. It is a tool which mothers can use with their daughters, to pass on knowledge and the gift of womanhood from one generation to the next.

5 Stars

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Book Review: What Helped Get Me Through (American Cancer Society, 2008) by Julie K. Silver, M.D.

Edited by the award winning author, Julie K. Silver, herself a breast cancer survivor, the objective of What Helped Get Me Through is to provide stories, memories, and personal histories in the form of wisdom and hope by cancer survivors to others living with cancer. Dr. Silver surveyed hundreds of cancer survivors from around the world and interviewed medical experts and cancer leaders during her research for What Helped Me Get Through.

What Helped Get Me Through offers guidance, emotional support, and advice to those just diagnosed with cancer and those undergoing treatment. Cancer survivors have been in the same situation, and speak their own words about survival, pointing out the small details to the major discussions of the emotional, physical, and spiritual aspects of having the disease.

What Helped Me Get Through from cover to cover:

• How to manage fear, uncertainty, and speak with your young children. (Dr. Silver had to do this herself.)
• How to explore and decide upon treatment options.
• How to take care of yourself, spiritually, physically, and emotionally.
• How to interact with your family and friends, allowing them to make a difference.
• What would have helped, but was too difficult to ask for.
• What could have helped at the time of diagnosis.

Dr. Silver also has included short lists which are invaluable:

• 5 Things You Should tell Your Partner Who Has Cancer
• 5 Things To Tell Your Children About Your Cancer
• 5 Things For a Friend To Do
• 5 Things Your Oncologist Should Tell You
• 10 Tips to Help Children and Families

There are many survivors who participated in What Helped Get Me Through, including famous names, that are out on the front lines supporting cancer research today. You’ll recognize Lance Armstrong, Carly Simon, Scott Hamilton, Sharon Osbourne, Susan Vreeland, Elyse Caplan, retired Senator Edward W. Brooke, Lynn Eib, Hester Hill Schnipper, among many many others. Cancer knows no limits of age, race, gender, nor economic position. We are all affected, as What Helped Get Me Through testifies to.

On a personal note, I walked into the emergency room to hear my own father’s diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. We needed this book then. What Helped Me Get Through will encourage many families through diagnosis and treatment, offering hope. Sometimes those days are dark, but there is always hope.

BackStory Byte: Julie K. Silver, M.D. is celebrating her fifth year of breast cancer survivorship.  She is also the author of  more than a dozen books, including: After Cancer Treatment: Heal Faster, Better, Stronger (Johns Hopkins Press), chosen by Library Journal as a top twenty health book (2006) Life After Stroke (Johns Hopkins Press),and Super Healing (Rodale).  Dr. Silver has received the American Cancer Society's prestigious Lane Adams Quality of Life award  (2006) because she of her dedication to cancer care survivorship.  Dr. Silver is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and a practicing physiatrist in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and on the medical staff at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Silver also holds the title of Chief Editor of Books at Harvard Health Publications.

The American Cancer Society helps people facing cancer get through their treatment and recovery by providing a range of free and confidential programs and services for patients and caregivers, which help people learn about their disease and treatment options, receive everyday help for dealing with cancer challenges, and connect with others for emotional support.

5 Stars

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• Cigarette smoke and more than two alcoholic beverages per day
• Refined sugar and white flour
• Omega-6 fatty acids and trans-fats (corn, soybean, sunflower and safflower oils, hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils)
• A variety of chemical agents present in some foods and household products (parabens, phthalates, PVCs, pesticides and herbicides)
• Complete lack of physical activity
• Responses to stress that lead to feelings of helplessness and persistent despair rather than a sense that one can help oneself or count on the support of others
  

• Several phytochemicals contained in some fruits and some vegetables, some herbs and spices.
• Omega-3 fatty acids (fatty fish, canola and flaxseed oil, flaxseeds, walnuts, some green vegetables)
• Physical activity (at least 30 minutes of walking six times a week)
• The ability to manage stress so as to avoid helplessness (emotional management through meditation or yoga or good psychotherapy) or benefiting from the support of intimate relationships, or both.
  

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Dear Pharmacist--I take Vytorin for cholesterol and I heard that this drug may increase my risk for cancer. I had to have a lumpectomy in 1996 and so my fear is that the breast cancer will return. Should I continue the Vytorin or stop it? --L.P., Washington, D.C.

ANSWER: The final decision is between you and your doctor, but here's more information about Vytorin to help you both make this decision. First of all, other readers may not realize that Vytorin is a combination drug so you can take one convenient pill instead of two. It contains a statin called simvastatin, which is sold as a stand-alone drug (Zocor). The other drug is ezetimibe, which is also sold as a stand-alone drug (Zetia). Simply put, Vytorin is the marriage of Zocor and Zetia, except they don't live happily ever after together.

Combination drugs are useful when stand-alone drugs fail to produce desired results. But whenever you take two drugs (even if they are combined in one pill), you will face more side-effects from both components in the pill. A recent study on Vytorin showed a dramatic increase in risk of developing cancer. No one is sure if it's the "Zocor" component or the "Zetia" component of the drug, but some scientists lean to the Zetia component (ie ezetimibe). It may be both components, and it may be neither. That will be sifted out in further studies. To be fair, not all studies on Vytorin show a cancer connection. Now, FDA officials, pharmaceutical executives and congressmen are scratching their heads trying to determine if this study result is a fluke or not. Let's take a closer look:

1. Vytorin contains a statin component.

2. Statins are drug-muggers of Coenzyme Q10.

3. The nutrient depletion of CoQ10 by statins is well-documented by clinical trials. I have been warning you about this since the 1990s. It occurs because statins prevent production of cholesterol in your liver, and while doing so, they inadvertently also prevent formation of CoQ10. So statins lower your CoQ10. Are you with me?

4. CoQ10 is one of your body's most powerful antioxidants and it protects your brain, heart, liver, breast, prostate, lungs and kidneys from free radical damage.

Many scientific leaders say that antioxidants protect your cells from oxidative damage. When you run low on antioxidants, you have a greater risk of cell damage which could translate to a higher risk for cancer.

The study result may not be conclusive yet, but it doesn't surprise me. I believe the reason for dreadful side-effects of medications is due to their drug-mugging effect. Drugs steal nutrients, plain and simple. I've posted more information about this effect on if you CLICK HERE , which explains a little bit more about how various medications can slowly steal the life out of you.

Dozens of other medications deplete your CoQ10 stash, little by little. These include:

• Most diabetic drugs
• Estrogen-containing hormones like patches and shots
• Hormone Replacement Drugs
• Birth control pills
• Most blood pressure pills
• HCTZ
• Many tri-cyclic antidepressants and
• Some psychiatric meds
• Many many more (over 100 other medications)

If you are taking any of the medications that deplete CoQ10, it may be wise to supplement with 50 to 200mg CoQ10 each day, or use the active form of CoQ10 called "Ubiquinol."

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Book Review: Toxic Fat: When Good Fat Turns Bad (Thomas Nelson, 2008)

by Barry Sears

“If you have a chronic disease (diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, cancer, or a neurological disorder), it’s quite likely that a major underlying cause of your current condition comes from seemingly well-meaning governmental agricultural programs initiated more than 30 years ago.”—Dr.Barry Sears

Dr. Sears spent two years researching Toxic Fat. This new book may be a bit controversial, but it may also be groundbreaking as the general public begins to read about why our country’s citizens have physically changed during the last 25 years.

Dr. Sears mapped out Toxic Fat in 13 chapters covering: the obesity epidemic, nutrition, inflammation, good and toxic fat, toxic fat syndrome, back to his Zone Diet, fish oil benefits, anti-inflammatory meals and recipes.

The Toxic Fat Syndrome—What is it?

Dr. Sears writes that the condition occurs when obesity is viewed as inflammation-induced and is either benign or malignant. As malignant, the fat acts like a tumor, it quickly spreads to every organ in the body. The process begins with excess body fat, spreading through the blood, resulting with chronic disease—Alzheimer’s, allergies, asthma, Type-2 diabetes, cancer, heart disease. Signs of the silent inflammation are high triglycerides, low HDL, and high insulin.

Toxic Fat also includes several appendixes which should NOT be skipped over, but read thoroughly as they provide explanations from a doctor-researcher’s understanding, made comprehensible to the general public.

• Blood Testing For Silent Inflammation—an important section about what you need to do for yourself.
• Hormones—“While some hormones, such as estrogen, testosterone, and growth hormone, do decrease with age, others—such as insulin and pro-inflammatory eicosanoids—increase with age….Ultimately by controlling both insulin and eicosanoids, you will achieve the fountain of youth (improved wellness) by reversing Toxic Fat Syndrome.”
• Fish Oil—Covers usage, history of fish oil, problems with eating contaminated fish.
• Insulin Resistance—author explains that the problem begins in adipose tissue.
• Nutrigenomics—the diet affects the genes, mentions reservatrol (a wellness buzzword), fruits and vegetables as a necessity, aspirin usage.
• Zone Food Blocks—this idea is revisited from prior published books.

Key Points of Toxic Fat:

• Being overweight or obese is not necessarily your fault, but rather is a reflection of “adverse interaction of your genes with radical changes that have taken place in the American diet over the past 25 years.”
• “Everything you have heard about the ‘cause’ and the ‘cure’ for the current obesity epidemic is probably dead wrong.”
• Obesity is a form of cancer driven by inflammation.
• Some extra body fat can be good.
• Lean doesn’t always mean a person is healthy.
• Eating less and exercising more may not work.
• Toxic Fat Syndrome is caused by diet.
• Results from a changed diet will occur within 30 days.
• Diet must include low fat protein, low glycemic carbohydrates, and high dose fish oil.
• Super fish oil contains GLA and will slow the rate of aging.

Toxic Fat’s recipes are simple to prepare and utilize common ingredients—lean meats, low-fat dairy, beans, spices, herbs, vegetables, fruits. Each recipe is divided into a man’s or woman’s portion requirement. Examples:

• Crab Bisque—uses skim or 1% milk
• Taco Burger—bun free, prepared with 90% fat-free ground beef
• Apple and Cheese Melt—uses low-fat mozzarella

Key to this book, is the Bibliography, where Dr. Sears notes his numerous pages of research.

Toxic Fat is written from a doctor’s medical viewpoint, so that the typical reader can understand what the new research means, how it can be applied, and how weight can be lost. A controversial book, Dr. Sears writes that our obesity epidemic’s roots were planted back in the 1980s when refined carbohydrates (pop/soda, candy, processed foods), and some oils (soy, corn) became cheap. This paired with our dramatic decrease in the consumption of fish oil created what he calls the Perfect Nutritional Storm. Toxic Fat builds upon Dr. Sears’s past books—The Zone, Omega Rx Zone. Not just a do this and lose weight book, Toxic Fat follows the modern scope of wellness for the whole body—which includes weight loss as prevention of further disease. Toxic Fat puts real-time information in the hands of its readers and sets them on the road to recovery and wellness.

A BestSeller Review

5 Stars

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Book Review: The Migraine Brain: Your Breakthrough Guide to Fewer Headaches, Better Health (Free Press, 2008)

By Carolyn Bernstein, M.D. and Elaine McArdle

With the publishing of The Migraine Brain, a precedent has been set for better prevention and treatment of migraine  patients. Written by Carolyn Bernstein, herself a migraine sufferer, but also the Founder and Director of the Women’s Headache Center at Cambridge Health Alliance, Dr. Bernstein empathizes with those who are struck down by the mind-numbing pain of migraines.

Dr. Bernstein refers to those with the headaches as migraineurs, and as a neurologist on the faculty at Harvard Medical School, she has treated thousands of fellow sufferers.

The Migraine Brain seeks to express to readers how to:

• Prevent migraines
• Find their triggers
• Reduce pain and duration of the migraine
• Understand her/his own brain

Bernstein’s Points to ponder:

• One in every four households in the United States includes a person who get migraines. It is the ninth leading cause of disability among women, and is also one of the most painful conditions. Some women quoted in the book said that natural childbirth was not as easy as a migraine.
• Migraine costs the United States $1 billion a year in health costs and about $13 billion in loss of industry.
• Most migraine sufferers do not realize they have the condition as it is often misdiagnosed or underreported.
• Within the last 15 years, new medications have revolutionized migraine treatment.
• Alternative medical treatment, like yoga, ice massage, acupuncture, and biofeedback has been found to help.
• Even the famous get migraines. Recognize any of these? Terrell Davis, Troy Aikman, Serena Williams, Kareem Abdul-Jabar, Ben Affleck, Whoopi Goldberg, Carly Simon
• Foods like chocolate and red wine do not begin migraines, rather for some, foods set off abnormal brain chemistry, which begins the migraine.
• At a 3 to 1 ration, more women than men get migraines due to a difference in our brains. 1 in 20 elementary school children get migraines.
• Those with migraines are more likely to be depressed.

The Migraine Brain is divided into three large sections, each covering a different aspect of the migraine. Part one helps the reader decide if hers is a true migraine, learn how to find anything that triggers the condition ( Dr. Bernstein lists her own top ten), and covers how female hormones play a part throughout life. There is also a short but important section for men.

Part two discusses how to find the right physician to help you; explains the variety of medications—those that prevent, abort, and rescue; mentions in-hospital treatment; covers recent natural alternative methods for migraine relief.

Part three helps the reader set up her personal wellness plan. Topics covered are family, sex, mental health, travel, home environment, and work.

The Migraine Brain is the kind of book I really like, because it is written by a doctor who is also a researcher, but more important than this, she is a self-advocate—Dr. Carolyn Bernstein truly understands the disease. We all know someone who suffers, sometimes needlessly because of lack of information. By reaching out to both her patients and other readers, Dr. Bernstein has handed them a tool which will empower their lives. I highly recommend The Migraine Brain, and will pass my copy along to my aunt who has suffered her entire life with migraines.

5 Stars

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Book Review: Younger You (McGraw-Hill, 2007) by Eric R. Braverman, M.D.

Don’t we all wish to not just appear younger, but to also feel younger?

Younger You promises to help the reader unlock the hidden power of your brain to look and feel 15 years younger. The  author, Eric R. Braverman, M.D. is the director of the Place for Achieving Total Health (PATH) Medical Center in New York. Younger You has received positive comments from notable doctor-authors: Nicholas Perricone, Isadore Rosenfeld, and David Perlmutter.

Younger You is broken into 6 parts:

1. Your ageprint—you’re only as old as your oldest part. Disease occurs in stages so catch problems early with suggested ultrasounds for proper treatment. Braverman recommends the usage of bioidentical hormones; supplementation—zinc, fish oil, and others; follow a diet rich in fruits and vegetables; exercise. This section includes ageprint quizzes to help the reader identify problems within the body and begin him on the path to wellness.
2. Your brain as the key—lack of dopamine, a brain-produced chemical, lowers energy, affecting the rest of the body. Braverman explains the correlation between the brain and obesity, offering several possibilities of solution. The seven stages of cognitive decline, the loss of GABA, and the relation of Serotonin to happiness are pointed out and effective methods to counter undesirable conditions are discussed.
3. The overworked cardiovascular system—referred to as “cardiopause” by Braverman, it is the slowing and aging of the heart. An estimated 700,000 Americans will have a heart attack this year. Braverman asserts that the condition can be reversed. The top five risk factors include family history, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol.
4. The modulating systems—includes thyropause (the weakening of metabolism), immunopause (the inability to fight infection)
5. Aging Sexuality—relates to, hormones, menopause for women and andropause for men.
6. Your Aging Frame: Bones, Muscles, and Skin—bone and muscle loss are not inevitable, but must be addressed instead.

Key concepts of Younger You:

• Conventional medicine is equivalent to an assembly line, only viewing parts of the body for treatment, rather than using an integrative whole-person approach.
• Virtually all illness and disease can be detected from the outside.
• When one part of the body fails, it signals an aging code to the rest of the body, which responds in kind.
• Each part of the body has markers for aging. These are the warning signs.
• Diagnostic testing pinpoints the aging code of every organ.

Throughout Younger You, Braverman shows the reader which natural supplements and their dosages will help for each condition/disease. He also suggests new research to support testing. A good example from p. 166 “Minor leaks of protein in your urine (albuminuria) is an early indicator of stroke or heart attack." Interspersed, Braverman also refers to various types of food, explaining how certain foods benefit or harm the body.

Considered to be a book about wellness, Younger You is also about antiaging. It represents recent discoveries in research which can be directly applied for life-saving benefits. Younger You helps the reader find out what his/her real bodily age is and understand how to act on this knowledge.

Just released as a paperback, Younger You has been made more affordable for everyone to reap the benefits of Dr. Eric R. Braverman's knowledge.

5 Stars

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Book Review: Anticancer: A New Way of Life (Viking, 2008) by David Servan-Schreiber

Both an informational book and an autobiography, Anticancer begins with the premise that all of us have cancer in our bodies, but not all of us will develop the disease. The author, David Servan-Schreiber tells his story of how he discovered his own brain cancer while testing an MRI machine, how he felt about his diagnosis, and what issues he faced. This autobiography is truly fascinating as Servan-Schreiber lowers the privacy walls surrounding his life, to allow us in. He has been a cancer survivor for 16 years.  David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD, is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and cofounder of the Center for Integrative Medicine.

As a physician who has also been a patient himself, Servan-Schreiber wants the West to know what the recent discoveries in the world of cancer research are and how they can benefit us. The major points of Anticancer:

• The Western diet creates conditions for the disease.
• Our bodies are making defective cells all of the time.
• Each of us also has a body designed to fight the process of tumor development.
• Sugar and stress do feed cancer.
• There are physical effects from feelings of helplessness and unhealed wounds which affect our ability to restore our health.

Benefits of reading Anticancer: Servan-Schreiber explains:

• How to find the right blend of traditional and alternative care
• How to minimize environmental toxins
• How to reap the benefits of exercise, yoga, and meditation
• How to learn about ways to achieve life balance and good nutrition to combat it
• How to develop a science-based anticancer diet

Servan-Schreiber places a major emphasis on our food. Many cancer patients, relying on their oncologists’ advice, believe that they can eat whatever they wish, thinking it will have no bearing on their wellness. Servan-Schreiber states that this simply isn’t true. He outlines the importance of food and its synergy with the body showing the research behind eating well. Key topics include refined sugars, red meat, fats, organic, garlic, turmeric, and toxins.

Also included within the book’s middle is an Anticancer Action Plan, for quick reference. The Plan highlights foods to eat regularly and is well designed. (The number one vegetable is garlic.)

Anticancer also discusses how to avoid toxins, the need for exercise, how our mind and body works together, how to overcome fear, talking about death, and notes the recent research into cell phone risks.

Anticancer should be read by everyone. It is a tool for cancer prevention, and a wellness guide for those living with the disease. Anticancer offers considerable scientific-backed research to support its lifetime living plan.  The only negative--it wasn't published quickly enough.  I have personally recommended this book to others who live with cancer.

5 Stars 

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He is the author of The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: What Treatments Work and Why, the Amazon best-seller The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth, and his latest, The Healthiest Meals on Earth, books that have been endorsed and acclaimed by such luminaries as Mehmet Oz, MD, Christiane Northrup, MD and Mark Victor Hansen and a virtual who’s who in the field of integrative medicine and nutrition. For more information about products, services and coaching as well as a free newsletter and audiocourses, please visit him at www.jonnybowden.com

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