Food Matters.

#readwithharpercollins CANCER is now the 4th leading cause of death in India. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO LOWER YOUR RISK?

FOOD MATTERS by Dr. Shubham Pant.
The Role Your Diet Plays In The Fight Against Cancer.

💢 Personal Experience:
My mil was the fittest in our family, that’s what I thought until she got diagnosed with breast cancer. It came as a shock and we stumbled to deal with it. She went ahead for the treatment with medications & surgery & we thought finally its over.
But..
Around 1.5 years later, it resurfaced & she again had to go for surgery & medications & even chemo this time. Although we were better prepared w.r.t the know- how now but still it was a shock.
Thereafter, it was a emotionally, physically & mentally draining process. She is a bold woman & faced everything with utmost valour & grace.
From hairloss to loss of muscle mass, to lethargy & no taste in mouth, to constipation & diarrhea..it is a tedious process.
Eventually she is returning to normal life with;
– proper nutritious diet,
– small & frequent meals,
– proper rest
&
– exercise like daily walks.

💢 The reason why I am sharing all this is, because I felt the book talks exactly what we went through & more.
Everyone doesnot need to go through it to learn.
PREVENTION IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN CURE. Although the exact cause if cancer cannot be ascertained but it is assumed to be a lifestyle disease.


📕 HOW DOES THIS BOOK HELP?
This book is written by Dr. Shubham Pant who is well versed with this field.
He focuses on some mundane sol.ns to PREVENT cancer. He explains the link between diet & cancer & also provides some easy recipes to inculcate in our diet.

This ~ 200 pg book is divided into 3 broad parts;
1 Diet & Cancer Prevention.
2 Eating Healthy during Cancer Therapy.
3 Surviving Cancer.
The before, during & after of cancer care.

💢 genre: health/ non- fiction.
It adds great value, has insights from real life experiences, easy language, simple changes which we can make in our diet & lifestyle, gives data & stats plus busts some myths like superfoods & forwards/ messages which go viral w/out proper authentication about cancer/ diet & much more.

💢 Worth your time 4.5/5.

In Food Matters: The Role Your Diet Plays in the Fight Against Cancer, Dr Shubham Pant asks you to ‘focus on the mundane solutions’. Oncologist at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, he recommends eating a good diet, staying a healthy weight and other lifestyle interventions to keep cancer at bay. Citing case studies, Dr Pant also suggests how patients diagnosed with and recovering from cancer can best manage their nutritional needs.

Intensively researched and featuring simple and delicious recipes, Food Matters tells you everything that you need to know about cancer and diet.

About the Author

Dr Shubham Pant is a professor at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. 

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