This is an Approachable empowering Guide to staying healthy and fighting disease . Would it surprise you to hear that one in four people are affected by cancer If you knew that simple lifestyle changes could significantly reduce your chances of developing the disease. would you take advantage of your natural defences’ I had cancer. I was diagnosed for the first time 15 years ago. I received conventional treatment and the cancer went into remission. but I relapsed after that. Then I decided to learn everything I could to help my body defend itself against the illness. I’ve lived cancer free now for seven years.