Preventing Breast Cancer

There are many steps you can take to decrease your risk of contracting breast cancer, according to Dr. Burton Goldberg, noted alternative medicine authority, in his ground-breaking documentary video Cancer Conquest (click our post title to view a preview).

• Avoid high-fat, high-calorie diets which increase your cancer risk dramatically. Fat is a source of estrogens, free radicals, and pesticides, all of which can promote breast cancer. The ideal fat content is 10-20% of your diet's total calories, the balance achieved in a predominantly vegan diet.
• Estrogen Replacement Therapy (ERT), often recommended for postmenopausal women, can significantly increase the risk of developing breast cancer. The use of estriol, a relatively harmless form of estrogen, and natural progesterone can help relieve symptoms without exposing women to the increased cancer risks of ERT.
• Buy organic foods, available these days in most local grocery stores. Chronic low-level exposure to pesticides and other organohalogen compounds is prevalent in the general population. High concentrations of PCBs , DDE and DDT in the breast tissue of some cancer patients has been traced to food. Pesticide use represents a hidden killer because these chemicals not only directly promote tumor growth, but can suppress the immune system, thereby increasing susceptibility to disease.
• Minimize exposure to low-level ionizing radiation.
• Increase intake of dietary antioxidants (from fruits, vegetables, and vitamin supplements).
• Exercise regularly but in moderation. Engage in regular aerobic exercise that strengthens the heart and burns fat.
• Have a baby (pregnancy reduces a woman's lifetime estrogen exposure).
• Breastfeed your baby (lactation helps discharge pesticides and other toxins from the breast.
• Avoid magnetic fields from power lines, electrical appliances, computers, and geopathic lines as these electromagnetic fields may alter the brain's ability to heal and repair, as well as hampering protein synthesis and melatonin production. Melatonin appears to help prevent against breast cancer.

Much more information on what causes of cancer, how to decrease your risk, and how to combat cancer are covered in Burton Goldberg's information dense, highly acclaimed video, Cancer Conquest. Visit Dr. Goldberg's website to find out more about what you can do to prevent breast cancer.