Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Executive Summary -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- Dietary Patterns and Components of Food -- Total Caloric Intake -- Lipids (Fats and Cholesterol) -- Protein -- Carbohydrates -- Dietary Fiber -- Vitamins -- Minerals -- Inhibitors of Carcinogenesis -- Alcohol -- Naturally Occurring Carcinogens -- Mutagens in Foods -- Food Additives -- Environmental Contaminants -- Contribution of Diet to Overall Risk of Cancer -- INTERIM DIETARY GUIDELINES
2 Cancer: Its Nature and Relationship to Diet THE NATURE OF CANCER -- The Control of Cell Division During the Growth and Replacement of Normal Tissues -- Various Abnormalities of Cell Behavior -- Cancer and Cell Heredity -- The Varying Incidence of Cancer -- Experimentally Induced Carcinogenesis -- THE CAUSES OF CANCER -- THE INFLUENCE OF DIET ON EXPERIMENTALLY INDUCED CANCERS -- The Early Stages of Carcinogenesis -- The Late Stages of Carcinogenesis -- REFERENCES -- 3 Methodology -- EPIDEMIOLOGICAL METHODS -- General Approaches
Methods For Determining Dietary IntakeOverall Assessment of Epidemiological Approaches -- LABORATORY METHODS -- Analysis of Molecular Structure -- Short-Term Tests -- Long-Term Bioassays -- Difficulties in Studying the Carcinogenicity and Mutagenicity of Food Constituents -- COMMITTEE'S APPROACH TO EVALUATION OF THE LITERATURE -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- SECTION A THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NUTRIENTS AND CANCER -- CHANGES IN THE FOOD SUPPLY -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 4 Total Caloric Intake -- EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
EXPERIMENTS IN ANIMALSSUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- Epidemiological Evidence -- Experimental Evidence -- REFERENCES -- 5 Lipids (Fats and Cholesterol) -- EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE -- Fats -- Cholesterol -- RELATIONSHIP OF FECAL STEROID EXCRETION TO BOWEL CARCINOGENESIS -- EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE -- Mammary Tumors -- Hepatic and Pancreatic Cancer -- Intestinal Cancer -- SUMMARY -- Epidemiological Evidence -- Relationship of Fecal Steroid Excretion to Bowel Carcinogenesis -- Experimental Evidence -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 6 Protein
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCEBreast Cancer -- Large Bowel Cancer -- Pancreatic Cancer -- Other Cancers -- EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE -- Spontaneous Tumors -- Chemically Induced Tumors -- Tumor Transplantation Studies -- An Evaluation of the Data from Animal Studies -- SUMMARY -- Epidemiological Evidence -- Experimental Evidence -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 7 Carbohydrates -- EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE -- EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE -- Sucrose -- Lactose -- Glucose -- Xylitol -- SUMMARY -- Epidemiological Evidence -- Experimental Evidence -- CONCLUSION
Summary
Based on a review of the scientific evidence, this book provides the assessment yet of the relationship between dietary and nutritional factors and the incidence of cancer. It presents dietary guidelines that are likely to reduce the risk of cancer as well as ensure good nutrition
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