@Bogdel Both Hyman and Fuhrman are more similar than different. I think they have both had some quick weight loss gimmicks which I see as a marketing tool, everything else seems to be well researched. I think Fuhrman's plan about how to eat long term makes sense and nothing else I've read that is well researched disagrees with that. I am mostly trying to eat healthy and hope weight loss is a result of that. I don't want to do anything to lose weight that isn't healthy enough to stick with long term. I try to focus on nutrition, not weight loss gimmicks. He has a newer book "Eat Fat Get Thin". I saw the program on PBS and it looks like more of the same, but emphasizes eating healthy fats primarily, as opposed to the days when we tried fat free everything. I think he is a bit more lenient about meat than Fuhrman, but I think (if I remember) that it still should be organic and grass fed. They are both on PBS a lot.
I a very sorry to hear your friend is struggling with cancer. It shocks me how common that has become and that there is no outrage over the causes.
The main book I read is about preventing cancer. "Anti-Cancer: A New Way of Life" by David Servan-Schreiber. He was a physician and neuroscientist. It has been a best seller. It's all very researched - he listed his sources and it's all medical and nutrition journals. He wrote about food, exercise, stress, the environment, the home, etc.
From the things I have read:
I no longer use plastic food containers at all (do not ever heat them). I try to keep plastic use of any kind to a minimum, including no bottled water.
I do organic dry cleaning
I try to be as chemical free as possible, including my lawn care, insecticides, makeup, food, cleaning products, paint (low vox) etc.
I wear a dermatologist approved sunblock.
Food is local, fresh picked, only organic (look up the dirty dozen list).
I filter my drinking water.
I should probably be doing more, but...well..haven't gotten there yet.
I have not yet gotten involved in environmental issues, which is critical.
The author of "Anti-Cancer" believed (proved?) that his brain tumor and the other cancers in his family came from the insecticides used on grapes when they were children playing in the vineyards. Every chemical is considered safe until proven otherwise - kind of backwards, isn't it?
From what I've read (I'm certainly no expert), the cancer prevention ideas work just as well for preventing auto-immune diseases, diabetes, and a range of other serious problems.
Sorry for the length of this.
The activity that seems impossible today, will soon be your warm-up
