Summary & Study Guide - Anticancer Living: Transform Your Life and Health with the Mix of Six

By Lee Tang

DELAY AND PREVENT CANCERS
IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE

This book is a summary of “Anticancer Living: Transform Your Life and Health with the Mix of Six,” by Lorenzo Cohen, PhD and Alison Jefferies, MEd.

Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the United States. One-third of American women and one-half of American men can expect to develop cancer.
A cancer diagnosis was once a death sentence. But this has changed over the past 20 years. Recent research shows changing our lifestyle choices can (1) improve the quality of life, (2) increase the chances of survival, and (3) aid in the healing process for cancer patients.

This book provides a prescriptive guide to wellness based on the latest scientific findings and clinical trials. It introduces the concept of the Mix of Six —the six key lifestyle factors that work together to promote an optimal environment for preventing and healing cancer. These six lifestyle factors are social connectedness, stress, sleep, exercise, diet, and exposure to environmental toxins. The synergy created by these six factors can delay or prevent many cancers, support conventional treatments, and significantly improve the quality of life for cancer patients.

Read this book and apply the Mix of Six anticancer lifestyle changes to prevent and heal cancers, live longer, and improve your quality of life.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: LMT Press
• Release date: Sep 12, 2018
• ISBN: 9781988970165

Lee Tang

Lee Tang is a retired executive of a major global insurance company. Prior to his retirement, he has worked as an actuary, a risk officer and a chief financial officer for several major insurance organizations in the United States, Canada, and Taiwan. To learn more about Lee and his work, visit his website and blog at https://lmtpress.wordpress.com. You can reach him by email at [e-mail].

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Delay and Prevent Cancers

Improve the Quality of Life

This book is a summary of Anticancer Living: Transform Your Life and Health with the Mix of Six, by Lorenzo Cohen, PhD and Alison Jefferies, MEd.

Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the United States. One-third of American women and one-half of American men can expect to develop cancer.

A cancer diagnosis was once a death sentence. But this has changed over the past 20 years. Recent research shows changing our lifestyle choices can (1) improve the quality of life, (2) increase the chances of survival, and (3) aid in the healing process for cancer patients.

This book provides a prescriptive guide to wellness based on the latest scientific findings and clinical trials. It introduces the concept of the Mix of Six—the six key lifestyle factors that work together to promote an optimal environment for preventing and healing cancer. These six lifestyle factors are social connectedness, stress, sleep, exercise, diet, and exposure to environmental toxins. The synergy created by these six factors can delay or prevent many cancers, support conventional treatments, and significantly improve the quality of life for cancer patients.

Read this book and apply the Mix of Six anticancer lifestyle changes to prevent and heal cancers, live longer, and improve your quality of life.

This guide includes:

Book Summary—helps you understand the key concepts.

Online Videos—cover the concepts in more depth.

Value-added from this guide:

Save time

Understand key concepts

Expand your knowledge

Important Note About This Guide

This guide is a summary and not a critique/review of the book. The summary may not be organized chapter-wise but summarizes the book’s main ideas, viewpoints, and arguments. It is NOT meant to be a replacement, but a supplement to help you understand the book’s key ideas and recommendations.

Title: Summary & Study Guide - Anticancer Living

Subtitle: Transform Your Life and Health with the Mix of Six

Author: Lee Tang

Publisher: LMT Press (lmtpress.wordpress.com)

Copyright © 2018 by Lee Tang

All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

First Edition: October 2018

Issued in print and electronic formats.

ISBN 9781988970165 (ebook)

ISBN 9781725859104 (paperback)

ISBN 9781987063899 (paperback)

Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: The publisher and author make no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy or completeness of these contents and disclaim all warranties such as warranties of fitness for a particular purpose. The website addresses in the book were correct at the time going to print. However, the publisher and author are not responsible for the content of third-party websites, which are subject to change.

To my wife, Lillian, who is the source of energy and love for everything I do, and to Andrew and Amanda: watching you grow up has been a privilege.

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Part One: The Anticancer Age

1. The Anticancer Revolution

2. Our Healing Powers

3. What Causes Cancer

4. A Cell’s Quest for Immortality

5. The Epigenetics of Prevention

6. Synergy and the Mix of Six

Part Two: The Mix of Six

7. Pillar 1 - Building Social and Emotional Support

8. Pillar 2 - Stress Reduction

9. Pillar 3 - Better Sleep

10. Pillar 4 - Exercise

11. Pillar 5 - Nutrition

12. Pillar 6 - Minimizing Exposure to Environmental Toxins

Appendix A: Eating by Food Groups

Appendix B: Environmental Toxins Hit List

Appendix C: Staying Healthy on the Road

Index

About the Author

Part One

The Anticancer Age

Chapter 1

The Anticancer Revolution

Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the United States. 33 percent of women and 50 percent of men can expect to develop cancer. Although most cancers strike when we’re older, some are affecting people at younger ages. The medical establishment responded to this uptick in cancers in the young by calling for earlier screening. But early detection isn’t always the best or only answer. Sometimes, early detection can lead to overtreatment with no survival benefits. A better way is to prevent or delay the onset of cancers, especially the types that strike young people.

In the early 1960s, the United States faced a public health crisis brought on by cigarette smoking. Surgeon General Luther Terry showed that cigarette smoking is the primary cause of lung cancer and the 70 percent higher rates of mortality for smokers versus nonsmokers. Since then, publicized lawsuits against tobacco companies have kept up public awareness of the causal link between tobacco and cancer. Yet today, 15 percent of the U.S. population still smokes and the percentage of smokers remains high in many