Getting to Know Cancer:  scientific information about the characteristics of cancer and how environmental factors can contribute to its growth  gettingtoknowcancer.org

Google Scholar:  offers scholarly literature from research papers, thesis, books and credible websites such as universities and hospitals  scholar.google.ca

Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University:  nutritional research for healthy living and healthy aging  lpi.oregonstate.edu

Natural Medicines:  offers objective and evidence based information about conventional medicine as well as complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine. The pharmacist at my husband’s chemo clinic told me about this resource and I purchased a student subscription. I used the site to review my husband’s drugs and alternative therapies (such as nutrients, acupuncture, etc.) that were proven to enhance the effectiveness of the drugs  naturalmedicines.therapeuticresearch.com

Pubmed:  contains information from the latest published medical journals and includes foods and nutrients that are being studied to suppress cancer.   You can search any medical topic – i.e. “cancer suppressive foods” and it will list studies related to your search. Often the names of food extracts are in a scientific language which is foreign to me so I also used Google to search for food sources that contain the extracts. For example phenethyl isothiocyanate extract is found in brassica, which is another word for cruciferous (broccoli, cabbage, etc.).  I also find Pubmed useful to verify if a food can and/or should be included in my husband’s diet. Just because you read that something is good for you doesn’t mean that it is. The way that a mouse metabolizes food may be very different than how you will be affected by the same item. If in doubt please check with a dietitian  ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed

Understanding Nutrition Research:  excellent article in Today’s Dietitian Magazine about critically analyzing nutrition research  Communicating Nutrition Research

USDA National Nutrient Database:  USDA’s nutrient database which includes information about flavonoid content of selected foods  ndb.nal.usda.gov

What is Epigenetics:  scientific information about epigenetics and how it can promote or reduce the likelihood of various diseases  whatisepigenetics.com

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