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All of us have cancer cells in our bodies. But not all of us will
develop cancer.
When David Servan-Schreiber, a dedicated scientist and doctor,
was diagnosed with brain cancer, his life changed. Confronting what
medicine knows about the illness and the little-known workings of his
body's natural cancerfighting capacities, and marshaling his own
will to live, Servan-Schreiber found himself on a fifteen-year
journey from disease and relapse into scientific exploration and,
finally, to health. Combining memoir, concise explanation of what makes
cancer cells thrive and what inhibits them, and drawing on both
conventional and alternative ways to slow and prevent cancer, Anticancer is revolutionary. It is
a moving story of a doctor's inner and outer search for balance;
radical in its discussion of the environment, lifestyle, and trauma;
and compelling and cautionary in its proposal that cancer cells lie
dormant in all of us -- and that we all must care for the "terrain" in
which they exist. Advocating a sea change in the way we understand and
confront cancer, Anticancer is
a radical synthesis of science and personal experience, an inspiring
personal journey, and certainly a guide to "a new way of life."
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
pub date: 2008-09-04 | hardcover | 9780670020348 |
