Top Ten Ways to Lower Your Risk for Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is at an all time high in the twenty-first
century, especially for women. Listed below are ten preventable causes
for breast cancer along with methods to help you reduce your risk.
1- Avoid exposure to carcinogenic radiation (x-rays).If
you must be x rayed, either at the dentist or other healthcare providers,
be sure to use a lead plate on areas not being x-rayed.
2- Avoid all types of synthetic hormones: Hormone
Replacement Therapy, fertility drugs, birth control pills, and hormones
in meat, eggs and dairy. Synthetic hormones become stored in the fat
cells and cause abnormal cell growth, and neo-angiogensis. Neo-angiogensis
is the blood supply that specifically feeds cancerous or malignant
tumors.
3- Avoid toxic environmental pollution in water, air,
soil and food. Eat organic food and drink pure water, available everywhere.
Purified water cleanses the kidneys and lymphatic system and aids
the immune function of your body.
4- Avoid carcinogenic chemicals found in household
cleaning products and cosmetics. The most common toxic ingredients
are ammonia, isopropyl alcohol, fluoride, petroleum, chlorinated bleach
and aluminum. Find healthy substitutes in Samuel Epstein's book, Safe
Shoppers Bible.
5- Avoid prolonged exposure to electrical magnetic
fields, power plants and electrical appliances. Move your electric
clocks from near your bed to the other side of the room. Spend as
little prolonged time as possible in front of your computer screen.
Take frequent breaks away from your computer and turn off appliances
when not in use.
6. For you women out there, avoid wearing your bra
for more than eighteen consecutive hours. Prolonged wear restricts
lymphatic flow. If you can, wear all cotton bras instead of underwire
bras and massage your breast after removing your bra.
7. Lymphatic or dry brush massage will increase circulation
and help keep your breasts and liver healthy.
8. Some of your favorites have to go or used sparingly:
alcohol, coffee, chocolate and other products with caffeine. Read
all your food labels. A good method is to not consume any chemical
with names you cannot pronounce!
9. Reduce stress as much as you can. Distress affects
your immune system functions, so take it easy and walk in nature or
practice yoga or deep breathing exercises.
10. Substitute Thermography for your annual breast
exam. Thermography eliminates radiation and harmful pain from compression
of the breast. The error rate for Thermography is nine per cent; with
mammograms it is forty percent.
Start taking care of your health and your breasts
now.
Copyright 2005 All Rights Reserved
Nancy Gardner, Ph.D., has a Master's in Nutrition
from Northfield University as well as Doctorate in Clinical Research.
She is the owner of Optimum Health Clinic in San Rafael, CA and the
CEO of Preventative Medicine Foundation.Visit: www.healthybreasts.net
or contact Dr. Gardner toll free at: 866-766-2468.
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