Food is vital in battling cancer

 
By Jeff Raymond
Published: April 6, 2008

Food is one of the best medicines for battling cancer, doctors and dietitians say.

A proper diet can mean the difference between a tolerable experience and a horrible one.

Eating too little protein and too few calories is the most common nutritional problem for cancer patients, according to the National Cancer Institute .

Study of the roles food, nutrition and physical activity play in cancer survival is at...


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