Nutrition and cancer prevention : from molecular mechanisms to dietary recommendations /

Cancer is a major global public health problem. Among different environmental and lifestyle factors contributing to cancer risk, diet is a key one. On the one hand, obesity and increased consumption of red and processed meat, ethanol, sugar and saturated fatty acids are associated with increased can...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Moreno, Fernando Salvador (Editor), Ong, Thomas Prates (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020.
Series:Food chemistry, function and analysis ; no. 21.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to Diet, Nutrition and Cancer; Bioactive Compounds from Fruits and Vegetables and Cancer Prevention; Vitamin D in Obesity and Cancer Prevention; Selenium and Cancer Prevention; Zinc and Cancer Prevention; Red and Processed Meat Consumption and Cancer Risk; Alcohol Intake and Cancer Risk; Fatty Acids and Cancer Risk; Obesity and Cancer Risk; Dietary Patterns and Cancer Risk; Nutritional Genomics and Cancer Prevention; Nutrition, Epigenetics and Cancer Prevention; Maternal and Paternal Nutrition and Developmental Origins of Breast Cancer; Eating Habits and Their Impact on Aging and Cancer; Nutrition, the Gastrointestinal Microbiota and Cancer Prevention; Nutrition, (Cancer-)Stem Cells and Cancer Prevention; Nutrition and Colorectal Cancer Prevention; Nutrition and Liver Cancer Prevention; Nutrition and Breast Cancer Prevention; Nutrition and Prostate Cancer Prevention