| There is so much awful news and information out | | | | buying and eating organically grown food, filtering our |
| there about breast cancer. These days it seems that | | | | water, building powerful immunity, living wisely and |
| every magazine, newspaper, radio show, and piece | | | | vigorously, being in touch with our breasts, using |
| of mail has a headline declaring that every woman's | | | | natural remedies for menopausal problems.Try out |
| risk of developing breast cancer is increasing. There is | | | | the following tips:- Aerobic exercise 3-4 times a week |
| a numbing feeling of inevitability in all this information | | | | - Maintaining a positive mental attitude |
| we hear and read that more and more women tend | | | | - Breathwork and deepening body-awareness |
| to think about breast cancer as a 'when' rather than | | | | - Expressing your feelings to keep your energy |
| an if.There is so much frightening information about | | | | flowing |
| the disease out there. The stats available are horrible | | | | - Eating healthy foods and taking the "right" |
| and this bring one major question to mind; 'what can | | | | supplements |
| be done to prevent breast cancer?' The bulk of | | | | - Avoiding toxicityTry as much as you can to avoid |
| medical advancement in the area of breast and | | | | the following and you will be as far from breast |
| indeed most cancers, involves what should be done | | | | cancer as you humanly can:Any medication containing |
| after, and not essentially before, getting the disease. | | | | acetaminophenProducts such as Tylenol, Sudafid, |
| There is more to preventing breast cancer than the | | | | Bromo seltzer, vicodin, and many others which drive |
| ritual yearly mammogram. Of course this may help | | | | down the glutathione levels in the body. Glutathione is |
| detect the breast cancer at its early stage, but that | | | | an essential antioxidant and detoxifier.Aspartame (not |
| is about the best it can do. It won't prevent you | | | | to be confused with aspertate) has been proven to |
| from getting the disease. To prevent breast cancer, | | | | cause cancer in rats. It is a common ingredient in |
| we need to be more proactive, we need to take | | | | many no-sugar products such as yogurt, ice cream, |
| individual and collective action.The first step towards | | | | desserts and carbonated beverages. Splenda is also |
| proactively preventing breast cancer is to understand | | | | harmful.Toxins. Use toxin-free, organic products. |
| the causes and risk factors of breast cancer and | | | | Wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly with soapy |
| what decreases breast cancer risk. However, there | | | | water to remove chemical residues. Better yet, buy |
| are few conclusive answers to these queries, partly | | | | only organic products and non-GMO (non-genetically |
| because most research focuses on eliminating breast | | | | modified) foods. Read labels (veggies and fruit will |
| cancer after - not before - it occurs. Medical research | | | | have an 9 to indicate organic and an 8 for |
| has validated so few risk factors for breast cancer | | | | non-GMO).Active computer screens should be at least |
| that almost 70 percent of the women diagnosed | | | | 18 inches away from your body. You need to be at |
| with breast cancer are not associated with any clear | | | | least 36 inches from your active television screens.It |
| cut risk factor.To make matters worse, our sex, age, | | | | is obvious that several factors that are known to |
| reproductive history, family history, exposure to | | | | predispose someone to breast cancer are not |
| radiation (such as fallout from above-ground atomic | | | | completely within our control. It makes more sense |
| bomb tests), race, culture, and height are factors | | | | therefore, to be very keen about your breast. This |
| beyond our control. When we're told that these | | | | serves a dual function. Even when it does not |
| factors play crucial roles in the cause of breast | | | | completely protect you from cancer, it allows for |
| cancer, we can be left with feelings of hopelessness | | | | early detection of the cancer when it does occur. No |
| and panic. For instance, being a black woman or being | | | | one knows your body as well as you do. That's why |
| from a family with history of breast cancer, puts you | | | | it's essential to examine your breasts at the same |
| in the forefront of those at risk of breast cancer. | | | | time every month - so you can detect any changes |
| These are things we don't decide for ourselves.When | | | | that might occur. When you do the self-examination, |
| we include risk factors that are considered "not well | | | | you are reassuring yourself that your body is still in |
| substantiated", but which are clearly contributing to | | | | great conditionBreast Self Exams still remain the |
| breast cancer incidence, including ingestion of and | | | | number one method for detecting changes in breast |
| exposure to prescription hormones, | | | | health. Although, finding any symptoms does not |
| hormone-mimicking organochlorines, prescription | | | | really mean you have cancer but when you have it, |
| drugs, petrochemicals, and electromagnetic fields, as | | | | early detection means your survival probability is very |
| well as unwise lifestyle choices such as smoking | | | | high. Very high! It also means you have a broad |
| tobacco, drinking alcohol immoderately, wearing tight | | | | range of alternative and complementary treatment |
| bras, or not exercising, then we can find that there | | | | options.When we talk about breast cancer, the |
| are indeed many ways we can reduce our chances | | | | second worst killer after lung cancer, knowledge is |
| of getting breast cancer and in essence preventing | | | | not just power, it is your life! |
| it.Individually, we can prevent breast cancer by | | | | |