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Cancer Monthly (www.cancermonthly.com) Research is revealing
that diet can help prevent cancer and may help treat it too.
When will we see the clinical trials? Today, most people know
that lifestyle choices can affect the risk of getting cancer.
While many authorities are quick to argue that lifestyle choices
are wholly responsible, this is not true. We cannot control the
pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and other carcinogens that we
are exposed to on a daily basis from the food we eat, the water
we drink, and the air we breathe. Yes, smoking can lead to lung
cancer, but what about the diesel fumes we breath as we drive
behind an 18-wheeler? The arguments about the causes of cancer
are as much political as they are scientific. Once a cancer
cause has been accepted by science and law there is an immense
and dramatic change in fortunes. Take for example, the asbestos
industry. Asbestos was manufactured and used by some of
America’s largest corpor