Nutrition and cancer

Corporate Author: National Dairy Council (Great Britain). Nutrition Service
Other Authors: Gray, Juliet, Buttriss, Judy
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London: National Dairy Council Nutrition Service, 1992
Series:Fact Files on nutrition and health / National Dairy Council. Nutrition Service 12
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Summary
  • The origins and incidence of cancer
  • Associations between food and cancer
  • Causative and promotional dietary factors in cancer
  • Dietary energy and cancer
  • Dietary fat and cancer
  • Other dietary factors and cancer
  • Carcinogens present in food naturally, as contaminants, or arising from processing
  • Protective dietary factors: Non- starch polysaccharides ( dietary fibre) and starch
  • Micronutrients and protection against cancer
  • Non- nutrient dietary constituents and cancer protection
  • Milk and milk product consumption and cancer risk
  • Conclusions and recommendations on diet and cancer
  • Practical guidelines
  • Annex
  • Bibliography