Breast Cancer - Nutrition

Breast cancer is a malignant tumor that originates in the breast tissue. It’s the most common type of cancer in women (other than skin cancer) and is sometimes found in both breasts. The cells in your body normally reproduce on a need basis, but sometimes they grow out of control. This abnormal growth creates a tissue mass or tumor that may be either benign or malignant.

The cause of breast cancer, despite years of research, is unknown. Your age, personal health history and diet are all considered as risk factors.

Here are some things you can do to help prevent breast cancer:

Clean up your lifestyle

Stop smoking

Use only deodorants (not anti-perspirants)

Decrease stress

Exercise regularly

Drink plenty of clean water

For younger women, studies have shown that breast feeding your children greatly decreases your risk

Avoid processed foods, sugars, alcohol, caffeine products, etc.

Change your diet to a whole food program. Eat organic whole grains, free-ranging meats and lots of colorful fruits and vegetables high in carotenoids, flavonoids and cruciferous compounds.

Keep your fat consumption below 30% of your diet. For more information see A Chat About Fat.

Even when you do the best you can, you can’t always get everything you need from the foods you eat. See Fact or Fiction: You can get everything you need from the food you eat.

Natural Vitamin E with mixed tocopherols and mixed tocotrienols is a powerful antioxidant and is very beneficial for healthy breast tissue.

Look for Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acid supplements from human food sources.

Choose antioxidant supplements that contain full spectrum carotenoids, flavonoids, cruciferous and phytosterols. Only use a multiple that comes from human food sources.

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Note: The information contained on this website is not intended to be prescriptive. Any attempt to diagnose or treat an illness should come under the direction of a physician who is familiar with nutritional therapy.

	Moss Greene BellaOnline's Nutrition Editor