Do Some Foods Cause/prevent Cancer? Flashcards

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1
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No food or dietary pattern directly _

A

Causes/prevents cancer

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2
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Diet can _ side effects of cancer

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Decrease

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3
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It isn’t true that eliminating _ foods can cure cancer

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Acidic

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4
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Acidic/alkaline is a

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Myth

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5
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Diet doesn’t effect body ph because

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Lungs and kidneys maintain PH behind the scenes

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6
Q

No link between _ and cancer

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Eating acidic foods

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7
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Another myth (j)

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Juicing

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8
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Juicing def

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Juices derived from alkaline Can purge body of acid, curing cancer

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9
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Juicing deprives body of _ vital for recovery and repair

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Esencial nutrients

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10
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Juicing deprives body of (p,f)

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Protein

Fiber

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11
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Juicing deprives body of (c,hf)

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Calcium

Healthy fats

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12
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Avoiding _ due to breast cancer is a myth

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Soy

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13
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Fasting is a

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Myth for cancer cure

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14
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Vitamin B12 helps

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Keep blood cells healthy

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15
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Some supplements may interfere with

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Cancer treatments

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16
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PH in blood cannot

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Greatly fluctuate

17
Q

Body keeps blood pH in

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Tight range

18
Q

Mechanisms for controlling pH have nothing to do with

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Digestión

19
Q

Brain controls removal of

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Acidic carbon dioxide

20
Q

How brain controls removal of acidic carbon dioxide

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How quickly and deeply you breathe

21
Q

Blood maintained at pH (range)

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7.36-7.44

22
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Blood pH maintained through a system of

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Acid-based homeostasis

23
Q

Carbon dioxide is an

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Acid waste product

24
Q

Lungs expel carbon dioxide carried by blood from

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Cells to lungs

25
Q

Stomach pH range

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2-3.5

26
Q

Stomach is acidic due to _ for breaking down food

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Hydrochloric acid

27
Q

Because kidneys excrete acidity

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Urine can be more acidic

28
Q

Kidney acidic states don’t get into our (3)

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Blood

Brain

Muscles

29
Q

Cancer cells create

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Acid environment

30
Q

Cancer cell growth rate increases in

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Acid environment

31
Q

Cancer cells in their acid environments

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Create the acid