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From the Ted Talk by William Li: Can we eat to starve cancer?
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So to look for a way to prevent angiogenesis in ccaner, I went back to look at cancer's causes. And what really iuintrged me, was when I saw that diet atncuocs for 30 to 35 percent of environmentally-caused cancers. Now the obvious thing is to think about what we could remove from our diet, what to strip out, take away. But I actually took a completely opposite approach, and beagn asking: What could we be adding to our diet that's naturally atoingngiainec, and that could boost the body's defense system, and beat back those blood vessels that are feeding cancers? In other words, can we eat to starve cancer?
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So to look for a way to prevent angiogenesis in ______, I went back to look at cancer's causes. And what really _________ me, was when I saw that diet ________ for 30 to 35 percent of environmentally-caused cancers. Now the obvious thing is to think about what we could remove from our diet, what to strip out, take away. But I actually took a completely opposite approach, and _____ asking: What could we be adding to our diet that's naturally ______________, and that could boost the body's defense system, and beat back those blood vessels that are feeding cancers? In other words, can we eat to starve cancer?
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Original Text
So to look for a way to prevent angiogenesis in cancer, I went back to look at cancer's causes. And what really intrigued me, was when I saw that diet accounts for 30 to 35 percent of environmentally-caused cancers. Now the obvious thing is to think about what we could remove from our diet, what to strip out, take away. But I actually took a completely opposite approach, and began asking: What could we be adding to our diet that's naturally antiangiogenic, and that could boost the body's defense system, and beat back those blood vessels that are feeding cancers? In other words, can we eat to starve cancer?
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