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Abstract

There are foods that are healthy, and there are many that are not. Many forms of cancer can be prevented by dietary and lifestyle changes, and eating good foods can aid in recovery from cancer. A healthy person will do better than an unhealthy one. The foods we eat everyday have been formed largely by habit. Thus changes to eating patterns will take practice to form new habits. This chapter examines the evidence that diet does contribute to cancer, and about foods that may assist in preventing cancer, as well as assisting patients with cancer. This includes foods that may be added to diet and those which should be minimised or eliminated. It sets out thirteen dietary principles that may be discussed with the patient, and incorporated into a Wellness Plan.

Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food.

Hippocrates.

In Chinese medicine, diet therapy is the highest form of medicine .

Various Chinese medical texts.

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