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Carbohydrate and Cancer

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Cancer and Nutrition

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As noted by the Committee on Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer (1982), dietary intake of carbohydrate in relation to cancer has received much less attention than intake of fat and protein, the two other macronutrients of the diet.

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, The University of Western Ontario Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C1

    Kenneth K. Carroll

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  1. Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Roslyn B. Alfin-Slater

  2. The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    David Kritchevsky

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Carroll, K.K. (1991). Carbohydrate and Cancer. In: Alfin-Slater, R.B., Kritchevsky, D. (eds) Cancer and Nutrition. Human Nutrition, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9561-5_4

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