October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Another prime example of how women get abused in this country. There is no debate about the fact that women should be aware of breast cancer since it is approaching epidemic proportions. At the turn of the last century, the incidence of breast cancer was about 1 in every 94 women. It is now 1 in every 8 women.
My contention about devoting a month to breast cancer awareness, is that it emphasizes the wrong approach to this problem. Few people can argue that it would be a lot more beneficial to promote a different concept and proclaim this month as Breast Cancer Prevention Month. Oh excuse me, I forgot, they do not allow preventive medicine in this country. I do not make this statement lightly. If you consider that there has been no decrease in the incidence of cancer, heart attacks, diabetes, obesity, etc., in this country over the last 60 years, it is fairly safe to say we are not preventing disease.
And by the way, flu shots do not prevent the flu, they are more likely to cause it.
When speak to a woman with a pink ribbon promoting breast cancer awareness, it is very likely that she will recommend mammograms as part of the awareness program. However, we all know that mammograms do not prevent breast cancer, and as many people realize, the radiation actually increases a woman’s chances of getting breast cancer.
It does not take a genius to realize that the most valid and worthwhile approach to breast cancer is to prevent it in the first place. At the same time, it is not difficult to encompass the idea that breast cancer is an extremely lucrative proposition to the medical community, especially if you include the cost of breast biopsies, surgery, hospitalization, chemotherapy, radiation, anesthesia, post-op care, reconstructive surgery, cat scans, MRIs, blood tests, plus I am sure many other modalities. I am not suggesting that breast cancer is good for the business of medicine, I will leave that idea for the reader to decide.
There are actually two very easy and effective modalities that women can incorporate to prevent almost 100% of breast cancers – which I will get to in a bit, I promise. But first, the question has to be asked, what accounts for this tremendous insurgence in the incidence of breast cancer. The answer is that it can very likely be attributed to the omnipresence of the hormone called estrogen. Estrogen is a known carcinogenic agent, and is known to cause at least six different cancers in women.
Is it possible that the widespread use of BC pills can be blamed on the higher incidence of breast cancer? It is not so much that they contain estrogen and often a synthetic progestogen that is also known to cause breast cancer, but more importantly they prevent a woman from ovulating. It is during ovulation that a woman releases a hormone called progesterone, which protects women from getting estrogen-induced cancers.
In addition, estrogen is the most commonly replaced hormone after the menopause, a fact that is actually scary. Women often subject themselves to incredibly high doses of estradiol, the strongest estrogen, in the form of pellets inserted beneath the skin. The only need for this would be if a woman is trying to get pregnant – not a likely scenario after the menopause. It is extremely rare that these pellet pushers ever protect women with the right type of progesterone.
In addition, you have to add into the equation that estrogen is used in chickens and cattle to fatten them. I have always found this fact interesting because it is illegal to inject anything into an animal that will be used for human consumption that is a known carcinogenic agent. (Not to mention incidence of BPA and estrogen in plastics). Is it possible that economics has a greater priority than human health?
As I alluded to before, there are two things a woman can do to prevent breast cancer (and many other cancers, as well). The first is to utilize progesterone cream and the second is to supplement with high-dose vitamin D3 – at least 10,000 IU per day of a powdered preparation, not a gelcap. You will also need to take about 180 mcg of vitamin K2 to prevent vitamin D3 from putting calcium into blood vessels. You can get all these products on my website: http://www.plattwellness.com. Those women wondering what to do about the menopause, please read my book The Miracle of Bio-identical Hormones.
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