The X-rays generated by mammograms have always been
controversial.  How can you best protect yourself from Breast Cancer?

What you should know:  Eat Foods that Help Prevent Disease!
Cruciferous vegetables powerfully prevent breast cancer (Broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, collard greens, chard, etc.)
Vitamin D powerfully protects against breast cancer. (You get vitamin D from the sun.  Morning sun is best.)

This is summarized from an article by Dr. Fuhrman.

www.drfuhrman.com

Mammograms cause some breast cancers, reduce deaths by almost the same
number of deaths they cause and overall do very little to extend lives.
A new study reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute
reports that women who are at high risk of breast cancer who are
advised to start getting mammograms as early as age 30, are at even
higher risk for breast cancer from the additional radiation exposure.
They reported that due to the risk of radiation-induced breast cancer,
mammographic screening may have a net harmful effect.

What to do…
Be proactive and adjust your diet and lifestyle to achieve a high level of health, so that any abnormal cells never can overcome your body’s powerful immune defenses.  Early, pre-cancerous changes in the breast can be normalized by nutritional excellence.  Women can prevent breast cancer, and even if they have cancer they can significantly increase their survival with nutritional excellence.   Read Eat For Health, by Dr. Fuhrman to understand nutritional excellence.

The best way a women can protect themselves from breast cancer is:

1. Do not drink alcohol and of course do not smoke anything
2. Do not take any type of estrogen, and avoid drugs (especially antibiotics).
3. Have babies and nurse them as long as possible,
4. Eat a high nutrient, vegetable-based diet, with loads of greens as described in my book, Eat For Health.
5. Take sufficient Vitamin D supplementation to drive the blood level to 35 – 50 ng/ml.
6. Use one tablespoon of ground flax seeds daily.
7. Don’t grill or fry foods.  Steaming vegetables or vegetable soups should be the primary modes of cooking.
8. Exercise at least 3 hours a week, and maintain a lean body with little body fat.

Green vegetables are the most powerful anti-breast cancer food. Take note that a vegetarian diet does not show protection against breast cancer as much as a diet rich in green vegetables, berries and seeds. Lot of vegans eat a high glycemic, nutritionally poor diet, and do not take sufficient Vitamin D. leaving themselves at high risk of cancer. It is the phytochemical nutrient density and diversity of the diet that offers the most dramatic protection against cancer, not merely the avoidance of meat or fat.  Close to 300 case-controlled studies show a protective effect of vegetable consumption against cancer and that cruciferous vegetables are the foods with the most powerful anti-cancer effects of all foods.  While eating fresh fruits, beans, vegetables, seeds and nuts have been all been shown in scientific studies to reduce occurrence of cancer, cruciferous vegetables are different.  Instead of a 1 to 1 relationship they have 1 to 2 relationship with a wide variety of human cancers.  In other words, as plant food intake goes up 20% in a population, cancer rates typically drop 20%, but as cruciferous vegetables go up 20%, cancer rates drop 40%.⁷

Bottom line, eat lots of greens and don’t forget to get your Vitamin D every day.

Read Dr. Fuhrman’s Book Eat For Health, to understand nutritional excellence; spread the
word and help change and start protecting yourself today.