Very recently someone near and dear to me had a breast cancer scare. My entire family rejoiced when her biopsy results came back benign -- but had she not been so fortunate this would have been her second battle with breast cancer.
As the buzz of the good news subsided I began to think of my own breast health. I'm still a ways off from the age when the majority of breast cancer cases occur (50+) -- and there are factors that up my risk of breast cancer that I can't control, like family history, getting older and (ahem!) being a woman -- but there are lifestyle changes I can make now to tip the odds in my favor in the years ahead.
Staying lean and moving more are at the top of my list, because one of the most important ways to reduce breast cancer risk is to avoid gaining weight, according to a review article in the journal Cancer. And other research has found that regular, strenuous exercise may help lower risk too. (Start losing weight today with this 28-Day Diet Meal Plan to Lose 8 Pounds This Month.)
But what I eat plays a role, too, as Holly Pevzner reported when she interviewed Cheryl L. Rock, Ph.D., R.D., professor of family and preventive medicine at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, for the current issue of EatingWell Magazine: "A woman can cut her chance of cancer by as much as two-thirds with good nutrition and weight management," says Rock. "Even a woman who carries the BRCA1 or 2 gene [two genetic mutations that up a woman's risk] can reduce her risk."
I'll be adding these foods to my grocery cart:
What are you doing -- or eating -- to lower your risk of breast cancer?
By Brierley Wright, M.S., R.D.
Brierley's interest in nutrition and food come together in her position as nutrition editor at EatingWell. Brierley holds a master's degree in Nutrition Communication from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. A Registered Dietitian, she completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Vermont.
Follow EatingWell on Twitter: www.twitter.com/eatingwell
Lisa Ling: Being Active About Your Health Is a Year-Round Priority
Marcia G. Yerman: Lifetime Presents FIVE: Exploring the Impact of Breast Cancer
http://www.affordablemedicaldental.com
But they did miss listing mushrooms like maitake mushrooms and shitake mushrooms that are great for the immune system. Reishi mushrooms fight cancer. They prevent tumor growth and are anti-inflammatory. Cordyceps mushrooms are also good at fighting cancer and helping the immune system to recognize tumors.
This is why it's best to pay your farmer, then later paying the doctors.
Good nutrition is expensive, eat less but better quality foods and then your health will thank you.
http://www.lovingfit.com/nutrition/my-top-list-of-healthiest-foods/
http://www.lovingfit.com
Japanese eat a lot of seaweed and it is a very sustainable food since it grows like weeds. Of all the countries the Japanese are the longest living people. But I would say that vitamin D is the most important nutrient (your comment brought up nutrients) to prevent cancer. Moores Cancer Center proposes that cancer is a vitamin D deficiency. http://bit.ly/q284WS Dr Oz has a Youtube video about vitamin D preventing breast cancer. Webmd.com has an article about this also.
Christiane Northrup M.D. has best selling books on women's health. She has an article on the Oprah Winfrey website about vitamin D preventing thousands of cases of breast cancer if more women got enough of it. It's RDA was tripled in December 2010!
Olive Oil reduces cholesterol, reduces breast cancer risk, reduces pain, increases sex drive according to these lists.
XP Is it REALLY true?
Eat healthy, don't smoke, get the appropriate amount of rest, exercise and avoid stress. That's really about it. No hysterics, just a healthy lifestyle. COMMON SENSE.
I have no clue where you get any of the information you posted but it's detrimental to an accurate snapshow on HRT replacement. I think it's simply your own opinion.