Breast Cancer Prevention

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer in women, yet lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in both men and women. Many people attribute cancers, particularly breast cancer, to hereditary causes. However, this is a very common and HUGE misconception. Heredity/genetics actually plays less than a 10% role in causes of cancer, whereas lifestyle and environment play a whopping 90%. Often, if we live and eat according to our ancestors who have been overcome with not only cancer but any chronic illness, we are as likely as them to acquire similar pathologies.

In Chinese Medicine, cancer is a form of excess; it is an uncontrolled, abnormal growth of cells that can be triggered by many different variables such as environmental toxins, polluted water, emotional imbalances, poor diet, birth control, pseudoestrogens (as is used in hormone replacement therapy), microwaves, heating plastic in microwaves, drinking from plastic water bottles/containers, inability to let go of past events, not knowing one's purpose in life, alcohol, cigarette smoking, poor sleep and staying up too late, to name a few. generally, a healthy immune system can fight off exposure to such circumstances, yet if one is exposed to many of these, especially over a long period of time, one's risk of cancer significantly increases.

This information is not being shared in an effort to put fear into the readers, our government, news teams, and cinema's do a good enough job of that already. This information is being given to you in an effort to spread the knowledge of how to prevent this disease and how to fight it off if one is overcome with cancer. There are cures for cancer, there are cures for almost all diseases, it starts with education and the power of belief. Cancer has been healed for centuries using diet alone. The American Cancer Society and Oncologists put fear into us about there being no cure for cancer and it being a deadly, hopeless disease. This is completely wrong and misleading. The worst thing you can do to a cancer patient is disempower them. Cancer is a calling for one to rise up and seek their true meaning and purpose in life. But you will never hear those words coming from a medical doctor because they are not taught that and if you choose to seek out non-western medical treatment they lose money.

Western medicine is great at treating many acute, emergency situations such as stitches, emergency surgeries, wounds, heart attack etc. Western medicine is very, very poor at treating chronic diseases. Cancer, crohn's, arthritis, IBS, high cholesterol, depression, insomnia, muscle/joint injuries, Lyme's disease, parasites, thyroid imbalances, psoriasis, etc. all chronic illnesses, chronic being the symptoms have been present for over two weeks, such incidences should not be handled by a western physician. These illnesses are very often healed by Naturopaths, Chinese medical doctors and body workers.

In Chinese medicine, breast cancer is seen as a disturbance between the pericardium (heart protector) and the liver. Most cancers involve a malfunction in the liver as it is our main detoxifying organ. It is also in charge of circulating the blood, a healthy liver allows one to plan, endure and have a vision it also allows us to keep growing and moving forward in life. Depression, a main cause of cancer in the eyes of Chinese medicine, is almost always caused by a sluggish liver. The pericardium protects the emperor/ess (heart), in a healthy state, it puts up clear boundaries and brings joy forth to the heart. Toxic emotions, lifestyles and diets all increase the risk of harming such organs ultimately increasing one's risk of disease.

Here are some simple ways on how to prevent/heal Breast cancer:
1) Go to sleep before 11pm and wake between 5-7am (the earlier to bed the better)
2) Find something healthy that brings you great joy and make a habit interact with it on a daily basis
3) Eat a healthy diet consisting of lots of vegetables, particularly cruciferous vegetables-->broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, cabbage
4) Decrease the amount of animal fat intake such as dairy, cheese, beef, chicken, eggs; if you eat such foods, it is healthy to do so in moderation 2-3 times per week when doing so, purchasing organic meat, dairy and eggs is extremely important. Chicken and beef are very poor choices, especially conventional brands as they tend to be fed diets high in fat, antibiotics, growth hormone and sorry to say but they are almost always fed in overcrowded lots where they sleep, eat and drink in each other's feces. What the animals are fed and what is injected into them gets transferred to us when we put it into our mouth's. The hormones and diets that these animals eat have been specifically linked to increases in cancer, particularly breast cancer and many other diseases as well.
5) Supplement with 1 tbs of Nordic Naturals Cod Liver Oil daily (store in fridge to keep fresh)
6) Take 1-3 tbs or gel caps of organic flax seed oil per day (store in fridge to keep fresh)
7) Find healthy ways to balance your emotions (yoga, qi gong, walking, art, music)
8) Stay off of synthetic hormones such as birth control and HRT (hormone replacement therapy). There are many, many other healthier, safer ways, especially with HRT!
9) Stop drinking alcohol. Drinking as little as 3 drinks per week significantly increases ones risk for breast cancer
10) No bras with underwire! Wearing bras with wiring blocks the flow of lymph and can block/clog the flow of lymph in the breast causing tumors to form.
11) Seek out your life purpose
12) No underarm deodorant. There are some organic brands that sell underarm deodorant made with natural ingredients, yet almost all, if not all synthetic brands of underarm deodorant contain aluminum which has been found to cause breast cancer.
13) Perform regular self-breast exams. These are best preformed a few days after your last menstrual cycle. If you palpate up to a couple weeks before menstruating, the breasts could be slightly more lumpy than usual.
14) The coffee culprit. I encourage quitting cold turkey. Coffee intake greatly increases one's risk of breast cancer. Seriously, stopping or greatly reducing can save your life.
15) Go to Thailand. Thailand has the lowest instance of breast cancer in the entire world. Maybe it's because the eat so many fresh vegetables and turmeric. I doubt they wear secret underarm deodorant and they're probably a lot more mobile than us American folk. Props to Thailand.