Recent Cancer Prevention Articles
The Plants vs. Cancer Paradox: Lessons from 1.8 Million Lives
A landmark study of 1.8 million people reveals that while plant-based diets significantly lower the risk of certain cancers, the “pudding vegetarian” trap—replacing meat with ultra-processed foods—can actually increase the risk of others.
Cancer and the “AHA” of MAHA
American healthcare is defined by politics and economics—and cancer care is no exception. Although comprehensive cancer prevention is the ideal ‘cure’, our best defense in this complex and fraught landscape remains self-advocacy armed with knowledge. Why it Matters MAHA and its HHS benefactor are making noise—and moves. Some good, some bad, some yet-to-be-known. However, the […]
43 Life-Changing Lessons Since My Cancer Diagnosis
I’ve learned a few things over the 30 years since being diagnosed with cancer. These personal lessons, combined with what I’ve gleaned from 19 years as a cancer coach, greatly shapes my ever-growing understanding of cancer—and its prevention and control.
Not all Plant-Based Diets Reduce Cancer Burden
New epidemiological prospective study looking at incidence of pancreatic cancer shows that a plant-based diet can create a pro-cancer environment or anticancer environment, depending on quality of diet.
Glenn Sabin’s Anticancer Foods List
Glenn Sabin’s comprehensive anticancer diet list. Learn Glenn’s approach to buying produce and what definitely needs to be organic and what is okay to buy conventionally grown. Here’s Glenn’s perspective on animal protein choices, including select omega-3-rich cold water fish.
Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Problem
I promised myself I would never again write about Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot efforts in this blog. Then I read this briefing statement on the Moonshot’s relaunch.
U.S. Map of Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution
The current levels of cancer-causing industrial air pollution and its unimpeded trajectory should cause serious alarm for us all. Enter your address or zip code to see the hot spot(s) closest to you.
Taking Precautions Against Cancer-Causing Toxins
MD Anderson’s integrative medicine chief Dr. Lorenzo Cohen shares critical insights on the troubling environmental stew we live in, what we know about its impact on cancer, and how best to limit our exposure.
Cancer, Like COVID: A Public Health Failure
Ed Yong’s recent sobering piece in The Atlantic on the U.S.’s lack of preparedness for the next pandemic that’s inevitably “barreling toward us” hit my inbox with a ‘must read’ thud. Cogently written, it provides historical context for the myriad errors committed—and how the many lessons learned early on with COVID were somehow not actionable for the next episode of death: the Delta variant.
Carcinogenic, Hormone-Disrupting Fungicides Found on Citrus Fruit
A recent investigation commissioned by the Environmental Working Group identified imazalil and thiabendazole on nearly 90 percent of non-organic citrus fruit samples.
