Prevention Key In Fight Against Breast Cancer – Part 1

 

Prevention is really the answer to winning the war on breast cancer. What you are about to read are the scientifically proven methods of dramatically reducing your risk of breast cancer.

Recent studies have identified a superstar of breast cancer prevention – vitamin D.

Women with higher levels of vitamin D have a reduced cancer risk of 50% or more for most cancers including breast. Vitamin D protects against cancer by helping the body regain control over genes that regulate cellular proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis (death of defective cells). These three types of processes: proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis are key factors in the development of cancer. Without a sufficient level of vitamin D the expression of the genes that regulate these processes become defective and cancer can develop.

 

Numerous studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of vitamin D.

There are many studies that demonstrate women with higher levels of vitamin D have significantly lower rates of breast cancer. In 2007, a double-blind, placebo-controlled study was published that showed after four years of vitamin D supplementation with calcium a 60% decrease in all cancers was attained, compared to the placebo group. On further analysis of the data, eliminating those diagnosed in the first year of the study (since they already had the cancer before taking vitamin D), the reductions were 77%. These are absolutely astounding numbers!

Vitamin D is known as the sunshine vitamin because our skin converts sunlight to vitamin D. If you regularly sunbathe or use a tanning bed you may have enough vitamin D. If not the only way to get an adequate amount is to take vitamin D supplements. And the only way to know if you’re taking enough vitamin D is to be tested. The blood test for vitamin D is 25, hydroyvitamin D. An optimal level is 60 to 80 and some say 60 to 100. Getting to those levels is likely to take 5,000 to 10,000 iu’s a day. Some of us, me included, don’t absorb vitamin D well and need a special form called sublingual vitamin D3. My favorite comes from Superior Source and can be found in nearly any health food store. Bottom line…supplement with vitamin D and get your levels checked at least once a year.

 

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There are additional strategies that lower our risk of breast cancer-exercise.

A study published in a major cancer journal, February, 2007 determined you can reduce your risk of invasive breast cancer by 23% by doing six hours of strenuous exercise a week. Exercise is also known to lower risks of heart disease, likely by the same mechanism – lowering insulin and leptin levels.

Taking active steps to prevent breast cancer does not completely protect you – you should also be screened regularly.

Implementing all these strategies would dramatically reduce your risk of breast cancer. Taking active steps to prevent breast cancer does not completely protect you.

Get Tested!

 

Janice Salmon, Director of OC Breast Wellness, Fountain Valley, CA

Janice Salmon has been a serial entrepreneur for 37 years.  OC Breast Wellness is her sixth start-up company. Janice is responsible for bringing this company’s vision to a national audience. Launching in Southern California, she is creating a model for a multi modal approach to the early detection of breast cancer, using the SureTouch digital palpation imaging and breast thermography exams. These state-of-the-art, life-saving technologies will be the key to peace of mind and empowerment for women of all ages.

 

Janice is also a mother of three, a US Open Swing dance champion, the Toastmaster Speaker of the Year for 2010, 2012, 2014 and a volunteer with the Orange County Chapter of SCORE, helping other small businesses grow.

 

www.ocbreastwellness.com

www.suretouch.us

 

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