Stephen Jelbart

What do you need to do to avoid cancer?
Whatever it is it's a much better than ever getting cancer!

What should you focus on to improve your diet?

Doll and Peto in 1966 published a study that suggested that 35% of all cancers are associated with poor nutrition. In October 2004 in a review article Michael Donaldson stated that 30% to 40% of all cancers can be prevented by dietary and lifestyle measures alone. The “free radical” theory of disease and ageing reinforces their findings.

Rhetorical question really! Everyone is interested their own health aren’t they? So what are you doing to look after yourself? Importantly, do you know how to look after yourself?

Robyn Williams:

Do you know, I'm old enough to remember that shocking book called Pure, White and Deadly, written by Dr John Yudkin in the 1970s. I had him on The Science Show back in 1977, all about sugar and why it's very bad for you.

Hormones are the chemical messengers of the body. They help to keep all our physiological systems in balance. The messages are relayed in the form of chemical reactions. For these reactions to work properly many different vitamins and minerals are needed.