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How to Reduce Your Cancer Risk

Download this free chart containing four important steps to building a defense against cancer.

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Cancer is complex and tenacious, and thus a multidimensional, varied approach is needed to help defuse its energy. Although genetic factors play a role in some cancers, food and lifestyle choices play a much bigger role.

Only 5 percent of cancer is related to family history, and just because you are genetically predisposed for cancer doesn't mean you have to get cancer. Research tells us as much as 90 percent of all cancers can be prevented.

Download and then print the How to Reduce Your Cancer Risk chart »

 

"How To Reduce Your Cancer Risk" was written and produced by the editors at ELDR Media and reviewed by ELDR Media's Senior Medical Advisor Dr. Frederic Vagnini (vagnini.com).

It is intended as information only, and not intended as a substitute for advice from your medical professional. Early detection of cancer could save your life, and we urge you to follow your doctor's advice and get all recommended screenings, mammograms, colonoscopies, and other tests.

Information in this poster is based on the following sources:

The World Cancer Research Fund [WCRF] and the American Institute for Cancer Research Report (November, 2007)

Healthy Eating for Life to Treat and Prevent Cancer by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (2002, John Wiley and Sons, New York)

Alternative Medicine Magazine's Definitive Guide to Cancer: An Integrative Approach to Prevention, Treatment, and Healing (Alternative Medicine Guides) by Lise N. Alschuler and Karolyn A. Gazella (June 2007, Ten Speed Press, Berkeley)

The Secret History of the War on Cancer by Devra Davis (2007, Basic Books, New York)

Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products by Mark Schapiro (2007, Chelsea Green Publishing, Vermont)

 

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