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Whats New 2003
Preventing and treating breast
cancer
I’ve already dealt with this
topic on the July 15th 2002 edition of
What’s new updates but I thought it would be a good
idea to provide a little refresher and some new
management techniques as detailed in the April 2003
edition of ‘Alternative and Complementary
therapies.’ To prevent breast cancer reducing fat,
maintaining optimal weight and reducing alcohol
consumption to four alcoholic beverages per week are
considered mandatory.
The avoidance of weight gain and the prevention
of obesity are vitally important. Excessive consumption
of foods that are high in refined flour and pasta might
lead to a condition known as insulin resistance, which
spells trouble as far as cancer prevention is concerned.
This is a condition that I evaluate in my
patients as this type of metabolic imbalance can lead to
adverse health consequences and can make the job of
managing cancer that much more difficult.
Vegetables such as broccoli,
cabbage and cauliflower, vitamin D from sunlight,
flaxseed or fish oil and regular exercise contribute to
reducing the risk of developing breast cancer.
For further information read the
chapter on ‘ Preventing Cancer’ in ‘Eternal
Health.’
For those who are concerned about
taking antioxidants concurrently with chemotherapy and
have been warned off such a practice by their
oncologists American cancer specialist Dr Charles Simone
indicates that taking antioxidants not only reduces the
side-effects of chemotherapy but also enhances the
efficacy of this treatment.
Apparently cancer cells thrive on oxidative
stress, which means that they like free radicals. Once
antioxidants, which are known to neutralise free
radicals deprive them of these delights then cancer
cells become more vulnerable.
Another vitamin called folic acid can also be
taken at the same time as a chemotherapeutic agent
called methotrexate claims Dr Simone.
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