BREAST CANCER:
In 1940’s women had a one in 22 chance of getting breast cancer. Today it is one in 7.
Male breast cancer has increase 25% in the last 25 years.
Studies have shown that environmental factors play a huge role: electronics, chemicals, pesticides, fuels, plastics, cleaning products, cosmetics etc. Many chemicals accumulate in body fat and do not leave the body. This overwhelmes the body with toxins, compromises the immune system, and does radical damage. The Breast Cancer Fund recommends the following preventative steps:
1) Don’t buy or use toxic chemicals: oven cleaner, bug and weed killers, bleach. Find safe, natural alternatives: Vinegar, baking soda, borax soap. Eat pesticide free organic produce. Refuse genetically modified food. Read labels and if something has an ingredient you don’t know what it is, don’t buy it.
2) Many brands of shampoo, deodorant, face cream etc contain dangerous chemicals. Find alternatives. Do not use anti-persperants. Your lymphatic system carries toxins out of your body via sweat. Eliminate toxic food, reduce dead animal intake and take chlorofil to deodorize internally to decrease smell of sweat. Clogging your sweat glands leads to serious health issues.
3) Avoid plastics. They leach hormone disrupting chemicals called phthalates into whatever they touch. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) releases carcinogens into the ari and water during production and are especially dangerous in toys that children put in their mouths. Never ever use plastic with heat (microwave, hot drinks.) (in fact never use microwaves: see link)
4) Breathe deep, clean air. If that means moving away from factories, having a no smoking policy in your house or business, or buying an air filter, so be it. Avoid second hand smoke at all costs.
5) Radiation damage to genes is cumulative. That means just because it’s been a long time since your last dental xray doesn’t mean you can get another one now without damage to your body. Mammograms also expose you to radiation higher than a chest exray and they have proven unsuccessful at early lump detection. Fatality rate for those who had mammograms and those who did not is the same. So why expose yourself to a known cell damager and cancer causer like mammogram radiation? Ask for an alternative such as thermography and do your own home exams once a month after your period when breasts are not as tender. http://www.westonaprice.org/women/mammography.html
6) Prolonged exposure to estrogen will put you at a higher risk for cancer. Avoid hormone replacement therapy called HRT . Look for natural alternatives. Birth control pills are biologically damaging. They impose synthetic hormones on your natural cycle. Many birth control pills contain high levels of estrogen that effectively convince your pituitary gland that you are pregnant and that you don’t need to ovulate. Because your body thinks you are pregnant, the uterine lining thickens. 150 million women worldwide take birth control pills.
They have been linked to breast, cervical and liver cancer in women, with breast cancer rates alone showing a 20 to 30 percent increase that can continue for up to 10 years even after the woman stops using hormonal birth control. Cervical cancer risk doubles after 10 years of hormonal birth control treatments, with a 50% increase in risk coming after just five years. A recent British study showed that unspecified cancer rates increased after eight years of use.
They have three to six times more risk of suffering from blood clots, , which increases if the woman smokes or is over 35. Internal clotting is a serious matter, and can lead to deep vein thrombosis, or even heart attacks and strokes. The new third generation of birth control pills, ones containing desogestrel can double the already increased risk of blood clots. The pill also leads to increased risk of fractures by interfering with bone formation, this is important as recent studies show that peak bone density is not achieved until age 25. Birth control pollutes the water, releasing synthetic steroids into waterways which contaminates drinking water and reduces numbers of male fish.
