| Description |
168 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Tell me what to eat |
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Tell me what to eat.
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| Note |
First published in 2000. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-159) and index. |
| Note |
Everything you ever wanted to ask your doctor about breast cancer -- The diet and breast cancer connection -- Everything you ever wanted to ask a dietitian about preventing breast cancer -- The 10 food steps to freedom -- The joy of eating -- The recipes you cannot live without -- Navigating the supermarket -- Restaurant rules to live by. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Being cautiously optimistic -- There is some good news -- Turn your fear into action -- Chapter 1 Everything You Ever Wanted to Ask Your Doctor About Breast Cancer . . . -- Questions about getting breast cancer -- Questions about finding breast cancer -- Questions about breast cancer tumors -- Chapter 2 The Diet and Breast Cancer Connection -- Why is finding the "proof" so difficult? -- Fat and cancer -- Selenium and cancer -- Tea polyphenol and cancer -- It's all in the estrogen? -- Produce and breast cancer -- What is an antioxidant? -- Antioxidant vitamins, carotenoids, and breast cancer -- Beans (lignins) and breast cancer -- Flaxseed and breast cancer -- Fat and breast cancer -- Amount of fat -- Types of fat -- Fat on our bodies -- Fiber and breast cancer -- Fiber helps you eat less -- Alcohol and breast cancer -- Weight gain and breast cancer -- Soy, phytoestrogens, and breast cancer -- Vitamin E food sources -- The bottom line -- Chapter 3 Everything You Ever Wanted to Ask a Dietitian About Preventing Breast Cancer . . . -- Do you have another question? -- Chapter 4 The 10 Food Steps to Freedom -- Food Steps 1 and 2: Enjoy more fruits and enjoy more vegetables -- How many fruits and vegetables? -- 10 sure-proof ways to do it -- The great salad experiment -- Some salad suggestions -- Do potatoes count? -- Food Step 3: Work a carotenoid-rich food into your day -- Calling all antioxidants -- If you ate these 3 foods every day . . . -- Go for the garlic and onions -- Food Step 4: Eat more fiber, especially from wheat -- So how much fiber are we talking about? -- Where do you find fiber? -- 5 steps to fiber -- There's more to beans than fiber -- But beans give you gas . . . -- But beans take too much time to soak . . . -- Beans and selenium -- Tofu or not tofu, that is the question -- If you are new to the fiber scene . . . -- The high-fiber icing on the cake -- Flaxseed: the "oat bran" of the new millennium -- Food Step 5: Keep fat, saturated fat, and animal fat moderate -- Eat red meat in moderation -- If you do decide to grill, marinating or microwaving will help -- Food Step 6: Switch to monounsaturated fats -- More on monounsaturated fats -- What's better: olive or canola oil? -- Bigger fish to fry: omega-3 fatty acids -- Food Step 7: Drink no alcohol -- Food Step 8: Emphasize variety in food choices -- Food Step 9: What are you "weight" ing for? -- Are you wearing the fat gene? -- Calories in = calories out -- So what can we do about this? -- High-fat doesn't help -- Attitude is everything -- Is there still a place for dessert? -- Food Step 10: Get bitten by the fitness bug -- New developments to keep an eye on -- Chapter 5 The Joy of Eating -- Is it my imagination, or is my body changing its shape? -- Maintaining your muscle mass -- Why start strength training? -- Stop diets and start getting fit -- Minimizing weight gain by being in a "health" mindset -- Foods to maximize -- Maximize your calorie burning -- I' m eating healthful and exercising, so why am I not losing weight? -- Making the switch -- Stages of change -- The "M" word: motivation -- If at first you |
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| Summary |
This book presents some common-sense lifestyle steps for young adults to use in helping to prevent breast cancer. The text presents ten food and lifestyle steps that readers will be able to follow, looking at the nutrition evidence that exists to date. The author is a nutritionist who presents the important facts about breast cancer, including how to find it and what are tumors. She also gives diet and cancer links and provides the foods that are healthy choices. Readers learn about the various types of fats, including saturated, animal, and monounsaturated fats. The book also includes nutritious recipes and supermarket shopping tips. |
| Subject |
Breast -- Cancer.
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Breast -- Cancer -- Nutritional aspects -- Juvenile literature.
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Breast -- Cancer -- Prevention -- Juvenile literature.
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| ISBN |
9781404218390 library binding |
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1404218394 library binding |
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