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Eat To Beat Cancer: A Research Scientist Explains How You and Your Family Can Avoid Up to 90% of All Cancers

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My copy is out on loan (as it often is) so I went on Amazon to get the publication details for including this book in the recommended reading section of my own new book, Younger by the Day (HarperSanFrancisco, December 2004). I was shocked to see only four reviews and that they weren't all 5 stars. This book is fabulous, truly the only guide you'll ever need for disease prevention, nutrition---even weight loss, since if you eat all the health plant foods Dr. Hatherill recommends, you'll lose weight while you protect yourself from cancer and other degenerative diseases. Not only is Eat to Beat Cancer comprehensive and packed with valuable information, it is useful and practical: you can take its ideas to the grocery store and the restaurant and use them in real life every day. When I first read this book three years ago, I typed up Dr. Hatherill's list of the 8 cancer-fighting food groups and put it on my refrigerator. To this day, I know what to include in my diet on a daily basis; so do my husband and daughter. Please: Do yourself a favor and buy this book. And I should buy another one---one for me, one as a loaner.

This is a wonderful Book. The Author clearly knows a great deal about diet, preventing cancer, and how to simply eat more sensibly--and importantly, he is able to convey this message in a clear and convincing way. Notably, he recommends the sorts of foods and preparation methods that are not only better in a health sense, but that are also quite tasty to boot. Since reading this book, I have adopted a better diet--Thank You, Dr. Hatherill!! I look forward to reading the next book you write on this subject . . . and hopefully, you will do so soon!

I found this book not only informative, but easy enough for a layperson to understand so that you are motivated to embrace the theories. Reading this book has had a very positive impact on my eating habits in that I now incorporate soy milk and tofu into not only my diet every day, but also my husband's. I've also impacted the eating habits of relatives and friends who now practice good eating habits also because of this book. I highly recommend it to anyone who cares about not only living longer, but their quality of life.

General Content: Cancer is one of leading causes of death in our world and contrary to what many people believe, most cancers are preventable. Proper diet plays a key role in preventing cancer and this title by Dr. Hatherill is one of the best resources I've seen for building a cancer-fighting diet. The beautiful part about the recommendations in this audiobook is that they won't just help you to prevent cancer. They'll also help prevent heart disease, strokes and a whole host of other maladies in addition to helping you to shed excess weight. Perhaps most importantly the book contains information on helping to reduce the likelihood that your children will contract cancer.

One of the things that I liked best about this book was that it drew upon information from a number of different countries around the world. Certain countries have very low rates of certain types of cancer so it makes a lot of sense to study them in an attempt to determine what they are doing right. For example, the Japanese have a low rate of lung cancer despite high rates of smoking which seems unusual. However, Dr. Hatherill points out that factors in their diet such as their increased use of soy and consumption of green tea helped to ward off lung cancer. Information like this makes this title a goldmine for anyone looking to reduce their chances of contracting cancer.

Audio-Specific Content: "Eat to Beat Cancer" is read by the author who does a great job. I listened to the abridged version which contained two cassettes and lasted approximately 3 hours. The abridgement was fine but given the amount of excellent information in the audiobook, I'm tempted to go out and buy the book to see what else is in there.

One of the most telling points that Dr. Robert Hatherill makes in EAT TO BEAT CANCER is that there is no such thing as a Universal Panacea for cancer. Cancer has so many facets, causes, and potential cures that he urges readers to view cancer as a spectrum, upon which they can correctly judge where they stand. Once readers know what cancer is, what causes it to grow and mutate, and how to treat it, then they are well on the "safe" side of that spectrum. Hatherill defines cancer as cells that mutate uncontrollably, causing the body's immune system to degrade. The causes he notes are legion--some of which are beyond our control and some not. Our environment is a huge ungodly mass of toxic chemicals, but even here he wisely cautions about taking common sense precautions. We might not be able to filter out the noxious air as we walk abgout the street, but we can certainly ensure that seemingly harmless toxins in our homes are exposed as not harmless after all. His book is full of matters that we probably already know, but to see them listed in neat rows and columns motivates us to action. I found especially helpful his handy "Super Eight Food Groups," which not only lists what they are but how they interact synergestically to protect us. He has other useful chapters on vitamin and amino acid supplementation. Although he warns us about the evils of tobacco and alcohol, he does not preach and thunder against their use. Rather, he understands that bad habits die slowly and he includes a specific regimen for those who cannot live without either. Hatherill also zeroes in on the gender specific issues of cancer, namely breast cancer for women, and prostate cancer for men. In both cases, he notes that a natural approach may not only be cheaper than surgery or chemo, but also far safer and more effective. Finally, he concludes with a series of recipes that are easily prepared, nutritious and, inexpensive. What one takes away from EAT TO BEAT CANCER is a plan not to get cancer in the first place, or failing that, what to do after your doctor drops the dreaded "C" word on you. The inner message here is that cancer is both avoidable and manageable, two terms that we must keep in mind as we make our life's daily choices.

Don't wait until you or someone in your family has cancer! Now is the time to REALLY understand how our food and environment affect our chances of being diagnosed with cancer.

"Eat to Beat Cancer" is an easy to understand book about how we can PREVENT cancer. Who knew? Follow this book with "To Buy or Not to Buy Organic: What You Need to Know to Choose the Healthiest, Safest, Most Earth-Friendly Food" and you will be armed with the info you need to make the right choices for your health.

This book is an eye-opener. Lots of very interesting information and a good tool to eat healthier, and glean an understanding into eating properly.

This book contains good basic information and practical advice, though it is lacking in-depth explanations. So if you are fine with taking this author's advice at face value without scientific explanations, this book may be useful to you. However, I do not think it is very well-written; perhaps the researcher should have hired a real writer to edit his manuscript. I recommend Anti-cancer: A New Way of Life, by David Serban-Schreiber, instead. This book contains most of the same recommendations, with some additional updates from more recent research, and it is a MUCH better read.