" A handy book to have around . . . a common-sense blueprint for healthy living." -The Chicago Tribune

"In presenting the science of cancer, Servan-Schreiber offers clear and vivid descriptions. . . . [And his] writing offers much more than science. It is full of passion for his topic and compassion for his patients" -The Seattle Times

The New York Times bestseller takes us on an empowering journey and changes the way we think about fighting cancer

David Servan-Schreiber's story of his journey from cancer patient to health combines memoir with a clear scientific explanation of what makes cancer cells thrive and what inhibits them. Anticancer is filled with easy to understand charts and diagrams and a sixteen-page color "Anticancer Action" insert that enables readers to make small but essential changes in lifestyle and diet.

Your body knows how to fight cancer, says Servan-Schreiber, and you have to help it with nutrition, physical exercise, stress management, and avoiding environmental toxins. Anticancer enables people living with cancer to adopt a proactive attitude to living, even thriving, with cancer and helps healthy people prevent it.

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ANTICANCER: A NEW WAY OF LIFE
DAVID SERVAN-SCHREIBER, MD, PHD

Hardcover: 304 pages
Author: David Servan-Schreiber, M.D., Ph.D
Publisher: Viking Adult; 1 edition (September 4, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0670020346
ISBN-13: 978-0670020348

Escaping Statistics
Stephen Jay Gould was a professor of zoology at Harvard University and a specialist in the theory of evolution. He was also one of the most influential scientists of his generation, considered by many the “second Darwin” for his more complete rendition of the evolution of species.

In July 1982, at the age of forty, he found out that he was suffering from a mesothelioma of the abdomen—a rare and serious cancer attributed to exposure to asbestos. After his operation he asked his doctor, “What are the best technical articles on mesothelioma?” Whereas until then she had always been very frank, the oncologist answered that “the medical literature on the subject contains nothing really worth reading.” But trying to prevent an academic of his caliber from going over the literature on a subject that concerns him or her is, as Gould would later write, a little like “recommending chastity to Homo sapiens, the sexiest primate of all.” ...

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A radical synthesis of science and personal experience that advocates a sea change in the way we understand and confront cancer

"I truly liked this book. I am interested in maintaining good health and helping my family do the same. If you are ready for a change or at the very least - looking in a new direction for health tips - then this book is for you." --Celeste51

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Anticancer tells us:

• Why the traditional Western diet creates the conditions for disease and how to develop a science-based anticancer diet
• How and why sugar and stress feed cancer—and ways to achieve life balance and good nutrition to combat it
• Why the effects of helplessness and unhealed wounds affect our ability to restore health
• How to reap the benefits of exercise, yoga, and meditation
• How to minimize environmental toxins
• How to find the right blend of traditional and alternative health care

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David Servan-Schreiber, M.D., Ph.D., is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and cofounder of the Center for Integrative Medicine. He is a founding member of the organization Doctors Without Borders and continues to work in international crisis intervention.

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