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Breast Cancer
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How Angelina Jolie was duped by cancer doctors into self mutilation for breast cancer she never had
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
(NaturalNews) In a New York Times op-ed explaining her decision to have both of her breasts surgically removed even though she doesn't have breast cancer, Angelina Jolie cited risk numbers as key to her decision. She said that doctors told her she had an "87% risk of breast cancer." Her solution? Undergo three months of surgical procedures and have her breasts cut out.
Problem solved, right? With her breasts removed, she says her risk of breast cancer is now reduced to a mere 5 percent. The same bizarre logic can also be applied to men who cut off their testicles to "prevent testicular cancer" or people who cut out their colons to "prevent colorectal cancer." But that would be insane, so nobody does that, because one of the most basic principles of medicine is that you don't subject patients to the considerable risks and costs of surgery and anesthesia to remove organs that have no disease!
But the really sad part about all this is that Angelina Jolie was lied to. She didn't have an 87% risk of breast cancer in the first place. All the women reading her NYT op-ed piece are also being lied to. Here's why...
How cancer doctors lie with statistics and use fear to scare women into high-profit procedures
The very idea that breast cancer is a "percent risk" is a complete lie. In reality, everyone has cancer micro-tumors in their bodies, including myself. Cancer is not a disease you just "get" like being randomly struck by lightning. It's something you must "manage" or "prevent" day by day, meal by meal, through a lifestyle choice that involves vitamin D supplementation, nutrition, superfoods, vegetable juices and avoidance of cancer-causing chemicals and radiation.
So when a doctor says you have a "chance" of getting cancer, what he's implying is that you have no control over cancer, and that's an outright lie. Cancer quackery, in other words.
Even Jolie with her BRCA1 gene that's linked to breast cancer can quite easily follow a dietary and lifestyle plan that suppresses BRCA1 gene expression. It's not rocket science. It's not even difficult. It can be done with simple foods that cost a few dollars a day. Those foods include raw citrus, resveratrol (red grapes or red wine), raw cruciferous vegetables, omega-3 oils and much more. Those same foods also help prevent heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's and other chronic diseases.
Indole-3-carbinol (I3C), by the way, a natural chemical found in cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and cabbage, offers powerful prevention against BRCA1 gene expression. But you don't hear cancer doctors telling women to "eat more cabbage" because that doesn't make the cancer industry any money. You can buy I3C as a potent nutritional supplement from a variety of sources. It's literally cancer prevention in a capsule.
So the whole "chance" argument is pure quackery. There is no chance involved in whether you get cancer. It's all cause and effect. You are either living a pro-cancer lifestyle and therefore growing cancer, or you're living an anti-cancer lifestyle and keeping cancer in check so that it never becomes a problem. Cause and effect is what results in either the growth of cancer tumors or the prevention of cancer tumors. There is no "luck" involved.
It's fascinating, isn't it, that medical doctors don't believe in luck or voodoo on any topic other than cancer. But when it comes to cancer, they want all women to be suckered into the victim mentality that cancer is purely a matter of "luck" and therefore women have no control over their own health outcomes. How dis-empowering! How sick! How incredibly exploitive of women!
If you really want to be informed about breast cancer and the corrupt, dishonest cancer industry, read my related article 10 Facts about the Breast Cancer Industry You're Not Supposed to Know. Or listen to our upcoming FREE Cancer Solutions Summit broadcasting this coming Monday, May 20th.
Why doesn't the cancer industry empower women with a sense of control over their own health?
I find it astonishing that the cancer industry doesn't believe in cause and effect. They would rather scare women with "risk" statistics that imply people have no control over cancer. Empowering women with a sense of control over their own health is the last thing the cancer industry wants to do, because that would cause them to lose customers and lose money.
It's far more profitable to scare all women into a state of such irrational panic that they agree to the most insane things imaginable such as chopping off both their healthy breasts even though they have no cancer. Such women are then convinced they've literally saved their own lives by agreeing to be mutilated by cancer surgeons.
"My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent," says Jolie. "I can tell my children that they don't need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer."
Will she also tell her children they should mutilate themselves, too, as a form of medical disease prevention? And what happens if she learns she has a risk of brain cancer? Does she chop off her head and call it a cure?
The scam of making women believe there is only ONE way to reduce your "risk" of breast cancer
The other enormous scam in all this is the idea that there's only one way to reduce your "risk" of breast cancer. Even if you believe the fictitious number of "87% risk," why does everyone automatically assume there is one and only one way to lower that risk?
"For any woman reading this, I hope it helps you to know you have options," writes Jolie in the NYT. Yet she utterly fails to offer women any options other than the one she took: check in to a cancer center and let them play "cut-poison-burn" on your body. Jolie's op-ed piece, which reads as if it were written by the public relations department of the Pink Lotus Breast Center, offers nothing in the way of nutrition advice, lifestyle choices, holistic therapies, wellness, alternative medicine... nothing! What an incredible disservice to all the women of America...
In the world of health, nutrition and cancer, there are thousands of ways to prevent cancer and suppress the expression of BRCA1 genes. But Jolie and the cancer industry seem to imply no options exist other than chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery. Three options only. Nothing else exists in their world, not nutritional prevention, not vitamin D therapy, not vitamin C potentiated micro-chemotherapy, not ozone therapy, sauna treatments, acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, stress reduction or anything else. You are supposed to believe that none of these things exist!
And why? Because the cancer industry wants to funnel women like cattle into their slash-poison-burn system of quack treatments. And Angelina Jolie is their new cheerleader. Scarred and no doubt experiencing the chest and armpit numbness that almost always accompanies mastectomy surgery, she now seeks to "inspire" other women to exercise their own sick "choice" and have their breasts removed, too!
It is the sickest invocation of women's power that I've ever witnessed. This is not empowering women, it's marching them into self-mutilation. And the "risk" is a complete fraud. In truth, Angelina Jolie had a higher risk of dying on the operating table than dying from breast cancer if she simply followed an anti-cancer lifestyle.
Don't be tricked into self-mutilation by cancer industry
In summary:
• The claim that you have a "percent risk" of breast cancer is a big lie which implies you have no control over cancer.
• BRCA1 genes can be kept quiet (suppressed) through proper foods and lifestyle choices. A gene is not a death sentence.
• The implication that there is only ONE way to reduce breast cancer risk is a complete lie. There are thousands of options and strategies for preventing cancer. Never be cornered into surgery by a group of surgeons pushing irrational fear.
• Cancer micro-tumors exist in everyone. Cancer must be "managed" in everyone to keep it in check and avoid the growth of tumors.
• The cancer industry tricks women using unethical fear tactics to scare women with false statistics into high-profit cancer procedures that only cause them harm.
• The claim that cutting off healthy breasts somehow "empowers" women is sick and demented. Women are far more empowered by honest information on nutrition and healthy living that allows them to keep their bodies intact rather than being sliced up by dishonest cancer surgeons.
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Study shows that walking can lower breast cancer risk in women by at least 14 percent
by John Phillip
(NaturalNews) As the incidence of breast cancer in American women continues to escalate at an unacceptable rate, millions of unsuspecting individuals remain fully unaware that they are able to dramatically mitigate the risk of this devastating illness by making any number of small lifestyle changes that could potentially save them from an early demise. The American Cancer Society provides statistics that show more than a quarter of a million women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, and 40,000 will die from the disease. Changes to diet and cosmetics use, limiting exposure to environmental toxins and more physical activity are all documented to dramatically lower the lifetime risk of developing breast cancer.
Publishing in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention researchers from the American Cancer Society have found that walking at least 7 hours per week is associated with a 14% lower risk of developing breast cancer after menopause. This finding is consistent with many other studies that show regular exercise and a host of other lifestyle modifications can help women lower their risk of breast cancer. Interestingly, this study found the exercise helped women whether or not they were overweight and helped them even if they gained weight during the study.
Walking seven hours each week alters hormone activity and insulin levels to slash breast cancer risk
To conduct their study, scientists looked at breast cancer status and exercise levels in 73,615 postmenopausal women taking part in the CPS-II Nutritional Cohort Study. During the seventeen year study, 4,760 of the women were diagnosed with breast cancer. When the women were queried as to their physical activity, those who reported walking for seven hours per week as their only form of exercise experienced a 14 percent decrease in breast cancer incidence, as compared to those who only walked 3 hours each week.
The study leader, Dr. Alpa Patel, commented, "Our results clearly support an association between physical activity and postmenopausal breast cancer, with more vigorous activity having a stronger effect." The team found that exercise reduced the risk of both estrogen receptor positive and estrogen receptor negative cancers. This study did not provide a reason for the risk-lowering results that the study yielded, but researchers believe that physical activity regulates hormones including estrogen and insulin, which can fuel breast cancer growth.
Dr. Patel concluded, "Our findings are particularly relevant, as people struggle with conflicting information about how much activity they need to stay healthy. Without any other recreational physical activities, walking on average of at least one hour per day was associated with a modestly lower risk of breast cancer. More strenuous and longer activities lowered the risk even more." Exercise physiologists recommend at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity activity weekly, preferably spread throughout the week to dramatically lower the risk of breast cancer and virtually all chronic diseases.
Sources for this article include:
http://cebp.aacrjournals.org
http://www.eurekalert.org
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com
http://www.sciencedaily.com
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Pomegranate may inhibit metastatic breast cancer
by Ethan Evers
(NaturalNews) Pomegranate juice is already known to be active against several cancers, but a new study out of California has just shown for the first time that it potently inhibits three key processes involved in breast cancer metastasis. The researchers were so impressed, they remarked that pomegranate juice is "potentially a very effective treatment to prevent cancer progression in general."
Pomegranate juice for cancer - Current status
Pomegranate juice has already shown cytotoxicity to a variety of cancer cell lines in lab studies. This has been further validated by pre-clinical studies on lab animals showing that oral feeding of pomegranate extract inhibits the growth of lung, skin, colon and prostate tumors. So compelling is the lab evidence that 10 clinical trials have been registered with the NIH to use pomegranate extract against cancer (nine trials on prostate cancer, one on follicular lymphoma). Clinical success has already been demonstrated in a Phase II trial for prostate cancer: PSA doubling time was significantly increased for those patients taking a pomegranate extract in pill form which is equivalent to eight ounces of pomegranate juice. Now it appears that pomegranate juice may also be effective against breast cancer.
Breakthrough results on breast cancer - Metastasis and inflammation
Researchers at the University of California Riverside applied two different concentrations of pomegranate juice (one and five percent) to ER+ and ER- breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7 and MD-MBA-231) as well as to healthy cells (MCF10A). The result: one percent juice completely stopped cancer cell growth in both cancer cell lines, while five percent juice stopped growth and also killed significant portions of the cancer cells. More importantly, even the one percent juice stimulated the expression of genes that suppressed the metastatic process in several ways. First, cancer cell adhesion was significantly increased, which is important in keeping the cancer cells clumped together so they don't invade neighboring tissues. Second, the ability of the cancer cells to migrate was significantly suppressed. Third, the chemical attraction of the cancer cells towards bones (chemotaxis to SDF1-alpha) was markedly decreased (thereby inhibiting bone metastases). Most impressive of all was that none of these effects were seen on the normal breast cells.
In addition to the above effects, the pomegranate juice potently suppressed pro-inflammatory cytokines/chemokines while increasing the levels of anti-inflammatory cytokines. This is important, as increased inflammation is now understood to accelerate the metastatic process, and cancer patients with increased inflammation markers usually have a worse prognosis.
Boost your pomegranate with soy
Achieving the one percent concentration of pomegranate juice as used in this study might not be easy since it would translate into a 165 lb (75 kg) woman drinking 24 ounces (three cups) of pomegranate juice, and that's assuming all the active phytochemicals (ellagic acid, luteolin, pucinic acid) are absorbed intact and distributed evenly throughout the body (pharmacokinetic studies tell us that isn't the case). However, the success in treating prostate cancer with just one cup daily of pomegranate juice (or equivalent pill) indicates that some level of protection is also likely for breast cancer. If you choose to use pomegranate to fight or avoid breast cancer, you may want to consider adding soy (which contains genistein), or a genistein supplement. That's because a recent study showed that the combination of pomegranate juice and genistein inhibited growth of, and killed, MCF-7 breast cancer cells better than either agent alone.
Sources for this article include:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23065001
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2989797/
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22689129
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16379557
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Re: Breast Cancer
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Alcohol Consumption is Directly Related to Breast Cancer: Latest Scientific Facts
by Arpana Sagwal Chaudhary, Ph.D.
(NaturalNews) The International Agency for Research on Cancer has collected updated evidence and data from recent scientific studies (2009-2013) to investigate the link between breast cancer and alcohol consumption. Interestingly, the analyses found a linear correlation between alcohol intake and breast cancer occurrence, as summarized in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine article (published 2014).
This latest article compiled and statistically analyzed the experimental and numerical data from various research articles, and the conclusion reinforces that alcohol consumption leads to higher rates of breast cancer. The main cause is "ethanol oxidation" and the resulting byproduct acetaldehyde. In the case of breast cancer, ethanol reaches the breast tissues via the bloodstream, where its metabolism generates various carcinogens such as acetaldehyde, free radicals and peroxides which increase cell proliferation.
Some interesting facts are also brought forward. For example, the side effects of alcohol can be enhanced or diminished by various factors such as age, hormonal status, nutrition and drinking frequency and pattern. These are discussed below:
Age/Hormones:
Hormones greatly affect the alcohol metabolism, and vice versa. Early-age drinkers (younger adults and adolescents) are at a greater risk of developing cancer. This is because the alcohol-related carcinogens have a greater impact on the human body during development or tissue-growth phases. In the case of breast cancer, early-age female drinkers are at a greater risk during mammary development. However, pre- and post-menopausal status in women did not show noticeable differences toward cancer risk.
Folic acid/Folate/Vitamin B9:
Folate is a vitamin required for normal DNA synthesis in the human body. A review on nutrition was done by the World Cancer Research Fund, and it was found that vitamin B, or folate, can be a preventive factor for breast cancer caused due to alcohol consumption. The fact also remains that all heavy drinkers have been reported to be deficient in folate due to either decreased absorption or increased excretion. Consuming foods that are rich in folate, such as asparagus, romaine lettuce, spinach turnip greens, lentils, collard greens and parsley, is important for heavy drinkers.
Binge drinking:
By definition, "binge drinking" refers to a one-time consumption of about 60 grams of pure alcohol at least once in a week. The study concluded that binge drinkers are at a higher risk of breast cancer. This may be due to a sudden accumulation of excessive carcinogens in the body.
Type of alcohol:
There was a lack of a consistent trend between different types of alcoholic beverages and related breast cancer risk, which led to the understanding that the major culprit is ethanol. No conclusions were drawn for cancer risks associated with particular alcohol types such as vodka, beer or wine. However, alcohols containing higher percentages of acetaldehyde and nitrosoamines pose a greater risk. On the other hand, it was confirmed that spirits like red wine which contain phytochemicals/phenolic compounds, which are cancer-combating by nature, show decreased relative risk.
However, the most important question as to whether there are any known safe levels of alcohol intake is believed to be difficult to answer, according to the authors of the study. The recommendation is that women should not exceed 1-2 drinks/day. In any case, it would be wrong to believe that consuming 1-2 drinks/day is a totally harmless practice. Alcohol consumption is invariably associated with numerous damages to the human body. This study has brought to the forefront of public consciousness some of the latest relevant information on alcohol-associated risks.
Sources for this article include:
http://www.ajpmonline.org
http://www.ajpmonline.org
http://www.ajpmonline.org
http://science.naturalnews.com
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Vitamin D May Double Chances of Surviving Breast Cancer
by J. D. Heyes
(NaturalNews) The benefits of vitamin D have long been known, and there is no better way to get it than to let the sunshine provide it to you. Vitamin D has been linked to lowering blood pressure and treating or preventing Crohn's disease, and it can alleviate symptoms of fatigue and multiple sclerosis, among other health problems.
That said, vitamin D has been particularly successful in helping women combat breast cancer, say scientists [http://www.naturalnews.com]. And now, new research says that higher levels of vitamin D can actually double a breast cancer patient's chances of survival.
The study was recently published in the journal Anticancer Research.
Prof. Cedric F. Garland, with the University of California-San Diego's School of Medicine, told Medical News Today that past studies had shown an association between low levels of vitamin D and an increased risk of premenopausal breast cancer. Those findings led his team to see if increasing vitamin D levels would have any positive effect on breast cancer rates.
'Vitamin D receptors are not lost until a tumor is very advanced'
To do so, Garland and his team analyzed the link between 25-hydroxyvitamin D, a metabolite that the body produces from consuming vitamin D, and survival rates.
The team found that participants with high levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in their blood had about a 50 percent less chance of dying from breast cancer, when compared with women who had lower levels.
"As long as vitamin D receptors are present, tumor growth is prevented and kept from expanding its blood supply," Garland said, hinting that vitamin D worked to inhibit tumor growth by halting aggressive cell division.
"Vitamin D receptors are not lost until a tumor is very advanced. This is the reason for better survival in patients whose vitamin D blood levels are high," he added.
[Read: Obesity can cause vitamin D deficiency: http://www.naturalnews.com]
Vitamin D can be obtained via natural sources like sunlight, of course, but also from mushrooms, GMO-free eggs and omega-3s, as Natural News has reported.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) says that the body makes vitamin D when it is exposed to direct sunlight. Even on cloudy days, the government health agency says, being outside will still help the body produce vitamin D.
Per the NIH:
Because vitamin D can come from sun, food, and supplements, the best
measure of one's vitamin D status is blood levels of a form known as
25-hydroxyvitamin D. Levels are described in either nanomoles per liter
(nmol/L) or nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL), where 1 nmol/L = 0.4
ng/mL.
In general, levels below 30 nmol/L (12 ng/mL) are too low for bone or
overall health, and levels above 125 nmol/L (50 ng/mL) are probably too
high. Levels of 50 nmol/L or above (20 ng/mL or above) are sufficient
for most people.
Here are some other conditions related to vitamin D deficiency:
Worsens your depression. A study published last year found that chronically depressed people are vitamin D deficient [http://www.naturalnews.com].
Can't lose that gut? Part of the problem may be due to an insufficiency of vitamin D in your system. Boost your intake (naturally) and see what happens. [http://www.naturalnews.com]
Protect your joints. Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to the development of rheumatoid arthritis [http://www.naturalnews.com].
Read more here about the benefits of vitamin D: http://www.naturalnews.com.
More studies on vitamin D and its role in health can be found here: http://science.naturalnews.com.
Sources:
http://voxxi.com
http://time.com
http://www.naturalnews.com
http://www.naturalnews.com
http://ods.od.nih.gov
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High-fat Diet Linked With Increased Breast Cancer Risk, Study Suggests
by Luke Jones
(NaturalNews) A new study published on April 9 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggests that high total and saturated fat intake are linked with a greater risk of oestrogen receptor- and progesterone receptor-positive breast cancer, as well as an increased risk of human epidermal growth factor 2 receptor-negative disease.
Sabina Sieri, Ph.D., and colleagues studied a heterogeneous cohort of 337,327 women from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study in 10 different European countries. The study examined dietary fat intake, along with alcohol consumption, smoking, education, pregnancy and breast cancer as co-variables. Breast cancer hazard ratios were calculated using Cox proportional hazard modelling.
After an 11.5-year period, 10,062 incidences of breast cancer were recorded. To correct the dietary questionnaire data for measurement errors, intake data were calibrated with standardized 24-hour dietary recall interviews, administered to a random sample of the cohort.
The study suggests that high total and saturated fat intake was linked with a greater risk of ER+PR+ disease, and high saturated fat intake alone was significantly associated with a greater risk of HER2-.
The authors conclude, "a high-fat diet increases breast cancer risk and, most conspicuously, that high saturated fat intake increases risk of receptor-positive disease, suggesting saturated fat involvement in the etiology of receptor-positive BC."
Although the results from the study are certainly interesting, further investigations may be needed before definite conclusions can be drawn.
The study would perhaps be more valuable if the predominant sources of dietary fat were noted, or if the percentage of calories from fat were recorded. Information such as this may give us more of a complete picture and allow us to form better recommendations in terms of eating health-promoting foods.
Sources for this article include:
http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org
http://science.naturalnews.com
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Lignans: The Gentle Way To Prevent Breast Cancer
by Dr. Veronique Desaulniers
(NaturalNews) What are lignans and how might they help prevent breast cancer? Lignans are natural plant compounds, or phytochemicals, that are locked in the cell matrix of certain seeds, beans, legumes, fruits and vegetables. They bear a strong resemblance to estrogen in shape, structure and functionality to a certain extent. The main difference - and it's a big one - is that lignans are much gentler to the body than estrogen. This is very good news. By replacing more aggressive estrogens with lignans in the body,the risk of cell mutations, and of breast cancer, is significantly reduced.
What are the risks of too much estrogen?
Estrogen is a naturally-occurring substance in the body and certainly has a positive place in the life of every woman when the proper ratios are maintained. In today's world, however, the heavy use of preservatives (especially BPAs in food), toxic chemicals found in certain deodorants and household cleaners, environmental contaminants and hormones found in meats and dairy have created "foreign estrogens," or "xeno-estrogens," that are difficult to assimilate. Estrogen has even been found in city tap water supplies because of the widespread use of oral contraceptive pills.
The overload and malabsorption of foreign estrogens can lead to a buildup of more "aggressive" proliferative forms of estrogen in the body. And when this happens, a whole host of health complications can ensue, including breast cancer. A recent study published in the Journal of Applied Toxicology revealed high concentrations of parabens (preservatives in cosmetic and pharmaceutical products) in the breasts of post-mastectomy patients. These parabens were present even in the breasts of women who had never used underarm deodorant (the most common cosmetic source of parabens), indicating that the toxins were acquired through the environment. The level of parabens in the breast tissue studied was 1 million times higher than the normal estrogen levels in unaffected breast tissue.
Lignans: The gentler way to breast health
It is within the estrogen receptor sites in breast tissue cells that more aggressive estrogen may cause cancerous mutations in DNA. When taken in sufficient quantities, lignan plant compound molecules can block this form of foreign-created estrogen from locking on to estrogen receptors. Once displaced, the "bad" estrogen can be properly metabolized and flushed from the body as waste. This is also why it is important to make sure that methylation and liver detoxification pathways are working effectively. With the added presence of foreign and more aggressive estrogens in the system caused by toxins in the environment and by unhealthy lifestyles choices, the use of lignans for hormone balancing is more important than ever. Most women do not get the right amount of lignans in their everyday diet to make a significant difference. Flax seeds, sesame seeds and certain varieties of kale contain the highest amounts. However, lignans usually pass through the system within 24-48 hours. In order to absorb enough lignans through food, it is important to ingest sufficient amounts on a consistent basis every day.
A study conducted at the [I]University of Toronto[/] found that women who ate muffins with 5 teaspoons of flax seeds per day were able to lower their tumor markers from 30 to 71 percent. A major component of The 7 Essentials ™ System, an evidence-based approach to heal the body and prevent breast cancer naturally, is to let food be your medicine. Ingesting high amounts of lignans through food or supplementation can very well be a vital part of every woman's breast cancer prevention protocol.
Sources:
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Light Alcohol Consumption Tied To Increased Risk Of Breast Cancer In Women
by Amy Goodrich
(NaturalNews) In 1987, a working group of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) – an agency of the World Health Organization (WHO) – listed cancers of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, esophagus and liver as "causally related to the consumption of alcoholic beverages." After a review of scientific data in 2007, the IARC added breast cancer and colorectal cancers to the previous list.
The connection between various forms of cancer and excessive drinking is nothing new. However, recent evidence suggests that even light alcohol consumption may result in a higher risk of breast cancer, both pre- and postmenopausal.
These new findings, by Dr. Kevin D. Shield from the IARC in Lyon, France, and his team, were published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research earlier this year. The results shine a new light on the long-standing debate about whether or not light alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer.
Relationship between drinking alcohol and developing breast cancer
Dr. Shield and his team pooled the data of 15 meta-analyses on breast cancer risk and alcohol. They found that alcohol affects the risk of breast cancer in three different ways: Alcohol consumption alters hormone levels, produces highly reactive DNA-damaging free radicals, and may block folate absorption, which can increase the risk of developing breast cancer.
Furthermore, they found a dose-response relationship between alcohol consumption and the risk of breast cancer – even at low levels of consumption.
Dr. Shield and colleagues noted: "All levels of evidence showed a risk relationship between alcohol consumption and the risk of breast cancer, even at low levels of consumption. Due to this strong relationship, and to the amount of alcohol consumed globally, the incidence of and mortality from alcohol-attributable breast cancer is large."
Global impact of light alcohol consumption on breast cancer incidence and mortality
About one in eight U.S. women (or about 12 percent) will develop invasive breast cancer at some point during their lives. According to the WHO, alcohol kills approximately 3.3 million people worldwide, with as many as 60 different diseases associated with alcohol use, breast cancer included.
To assess the global impact of alcohol on breast cancer, the researchers used data from the GLOBOCAN database and the Global Information System on Alcohol and Health, which record alcohol consumption and cancer incidence and mortalities.
Using this data and an analyzing tool called Population Attributable Fraction (PAF), Dr. Shield's team calculated that in 2012, some 144,000 breast cancer diagnoses and 38,000 breast cancer deaths worldwide were the result of alcohol use.
Additionally, they report that in 18.8 percent of the diagnoses, and more than 17 percent of the deaths, the women were likely only light drinkers or people who drank less than one and a half alcoholic beverages per day.
While these new findings give us an idea of how alcohol, even in moderation, can affect a woman's health, there are a few caveats to this review. A population analysis is not 100 percent reliable, as women could be wrongly classified. Also, the fact that women who abstain from drinking are usually in better health is not taken into account.
The U.S. government suggests that people who decide to drink should do so in moderation, and individuals who do not drink any alcohol should not start or be encouraged to do so. According to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, women can drink up to one alcoholic beverage a day, while men can drink up to two glasses a day.
However, before you reach for that daily glass of wine or bottle of beer, you may want to consider the long-term effects that even moderate alcohol consumption may have on your health.
Sources for this article include:
AICR.org
MedicalNewsToday.com
IARC.fr
OnlineLibrary.Wiley.com
BreastCancer.org
Health.gov
Science.NaturalNews.com
-Suzanne-
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