Dietary Approaches and Components and Quality of Life in Cancer Patients
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 September 2023) | Viewed by 6555
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nutrition plays a role in many aspects of cancer development and treatment. Good nutritional practices can help cancer patients to maintain or improve weight according to the treatments they are subjected to, offering concrete help in the management of some symptoms, and improving overall quality of life. Epidemiological and clinical research indicate the relationship between nutrition and the development or progression of certain cancers, including colon, breast, and prostate cancer, therefore classifying these tumors as diet-related cancers. The relationship between what we eat and the effect on health is based above all, considering other factors such as the genetic characteristics of an individual and lifestyle, on a delicate balance between an adequate supply of protective factors and a limited contribution of negative factors through food choices. Diet and its components can modify the risk of developing a disease. Indeed, some compounds contained in food can communicate with our genetic heritage and positively or negatively influence our state of health. Numerous bioactive elements in the Mediterranean diet have been found as protective factors against various illnesses. The epigenome has been identified as the principal target of gene expression modulations associated with these molecular nutrients. In fact, they may alter the epigenome and can be included into the "epigenetic diet," which refers to a dietary regimen that can be utilized therapeutically or preventatively for health reasons. Recent developments in the knowledge of the mechanisms behind nutrigenomics, nutrigenetics, and nutraceuticals have led to the identification of superfoods capable of positively regulating gene expression.
Dr. Rosa Divella
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nutrition
- oncology
- obesity
- nutrigenetics
- lifestyle
- epigenetics
- diet
