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Breast Cancer? Breast Health!
By Susun Weed BREAST
CANCER? Things strongly implicated in the initiation, promotion,
or growth of breast cancer. Hormones, especially estradiol and
progesterone. - Sources: Your ovaries, commercial meat and milk, hormone
pills, progesterone creams, steroids, cortisone.
- Reduced by: Strenous
physical activity, pregnancy and lactation, menopause, wise lifestyle and food
choices, high levels of phytoestrogens in the diet.
Organochlorines,
pesticides, herbicides, bleach, plastics. - Sources: By-products of
bleaching paper, drinking and bathing in chlorinated water, use of bleached tampons,
chemical farming practices, water pollution.
- Reduced by: Eating organically-grown
food, filtering drinking and bathing water, using unbleached paper, using less
plastic, buying fresh (not canned) food.
Radiation, especially
when young. - Sources: Mammograms, fallout, x?rays, cell-phones.
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Reduced by: Avoidance. Doses are cumulative.
EMFs (Electromagnetic
Fields) - Sources: TVs, hair dryers, microwave towers and ovens, computer
monitors, all electrical appliances and lines.
- Reduced by: Distance; shielding
does little.
Vegetable oils, hydrogenated and partially-hydrogenated
fats. - Sources: Corn, sesame, canola, sunflower, soy, flax, and other
seed oils; margarine, commercial baked goods and snacks.
- Reduced by:
Avoidance; read labels. Use organic butter and olive oil exclusively.
Excessive
use of alcohol Excessive calories in the diet - Sources:
Easy availability, peer pressure, convenience.
- Reduced by: Wise food
choices, herbal infusions, hugs.
Growing older -
Source: Living long.
- Reduced by: Dying young. (Not worth it.)
BREAST
HEALTH! Things that counter and reverse the initiation, promotion,
and growth of cancer. Consumption of phytoestrogens
- Sources: Red clover infusion, lentils, miso, tamari, roots. A diet rich in
cabbage family plants, grains, and beans.
- Source: Semi-vegetarian diet.
High dietary intake of carotenes - Sources: Dark
leafy greens, orange and yellow produce.
High dietary levels of
vitamin C complex - Sources: Six to eight servings of fruits and
vegetables daily.
- Reduced by: Oxidation from washing, heating, aging.
High dietary levels of vitamin E - Sources: Olive
oil, nut butters, freshly-ground flax seeds.
- Reduced by: Heat, light,
time.
High dietary levels of selenium - Sources:
Organically grown garlic, onions, mushrooms.
Sufficient production
and absorption of vitamin D - Sources: Sunlight, 10 minutes daily;
sardines, tuna.
Adequate levels of melatonin production
- Sources: Darkness, low-calorie diet.
- Reduced by: Alcohol, beta-blockers,
lights on at night.
Regular, significant exercise throughout one's
life. - Sources: Active lifestyle, yoga, dance, moving!
Important:
Supplemental vitamin C and E are known to promote cancer. Avoid pills.
Get nutrients from whole foods, weeds, and herbs. Breast
Cancer? Breast Health! The Wise Woman Way copyright 2000, Susun S. Weed, reprinted
here with express authorization from the author.
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Susun Weed's books include: Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing
Year Author: Susun S. Weed. Simple, safe remedies for pregnancy, childbirth,
lactation, and newborns. Includes herbs for fertility and birth control. Foreword
by Jeannine Parvati Baker. 196 pages, index, illustrations. Healing
Wise Author: Susun S. Weed. Superb herbal in the feminine-intuitive mode.
Complete instructions for using common plants for food, beauty, medicine, and
longevity. Introduction by Jean Houston. 312 pages, index, illustrations. NEW
Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way Author: Susun S. Weed. The best book
on menopause is now better. Completely revised with 100 new pages. All the remedies
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Recommended by Susan Love MD and Christiane Northrup MD. Foreword by Juliette
de Bairacli Levy. 304 pages, index, illustrations. For more great info on menopause,
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Breast Cancer? Breast Health! Author: Susun S. Weed. Foods,
exercises, and attitudes to keep your breasts healthy. Supportive complimentary
medicines to ease side-effects of surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, or tamoxifen.
Foreword by Christiane Northrup, M.D. 380 pages, index, illustrations. http://www.breasthealthcancerprevention.com/
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