Breast Cancer Prevention

     Breast cancer is a disease that everyone has been touched by. People either know someone who has had breast cancer or they have had it themselves. In Canada alone, this year 23,400 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. There is a both a lifestyle and genetic component to this disease. Luckily there is an 88% survival rate if cancer is found in time. There is some interesting research about breast cancer and the genetic markers for this disease. These studies that have shown there is a weakness in those with the breast cancer marker gene and with their lack of ability to filter toxins as readily as someone without this marker.

Environmental factors that contribute to breast cancer:

• Weight
• Alcohol consumption
• Smoking
• A diet low in fibre and high in saturated fats

     There is some control that one can have over the development of breast cancer. By eating a diet high in fibre, focusing on whole grains (brown rice, quinoa, steel cut oats etc), fresh fruits and vegetables (especially the brassica family), moderate amounts of nuts, lean proteins (especially fish like salmon because omega 3's have been shown to reduce breast cancer incidence) and legumes. This diet also helps with weight loss, detoxification of harmful compounds by supporting the liver and colon by keeping it moving and in turn hormone health. Ground flaxseed or chia seeds have also been found to contain lignans that help to bind up negative estrogens.

     Alcohol consumption is something that should be limited to one to two glasses per week for women. Even moderate consumption has now been linked to breast cancer. A recent study published in the JAMA cited this fact. Smoking is a no brainer, quit immediately. Smoking creates an oxidative stress on the body which overloads detoxification enzymes and leads in turn to wild cells that contribute to cancer.

    If you have breast cancer in your family, you may have a genetic weakness for liver detoxification. There are some excellent nutritional supplements that your practitioner can recommend to you. Other than supplements some dietary interventions that help to improve this detoxicification are eating plant foods that are members of the brassica family that contain sulforophane and diindolymethane and aid in cytochrome P450 detoxification and in turn prevent breast and prostate cancer. These vegetables are cauliflower, brocolli, cabbage, kale, bok choy, brassica and chinese cabbage. 

     Caruso Homeopathic Clinic has a few tests that can help with proper hormone balance and better determine your course of treatment such as:

• hormone testing
• estrogen metabolism
• cortisol balance / adrenal panel

Please contact the clinic to book an appointment if you would like to be set up on a program to help prevent breast cancer nutritionally. Call today 519 827 9237

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Family Feeling as Well as They Should?

We know you want your friends and family to be healthy and some of them just don't feel as well as they should. For the month of December, if you refer a friend to the clinic for an initial appointment, you will receive a free live cell test with your next visit (coupon value of 70.00). We will email or mail you a coupon after your referral has had their appointment.

Packages for Regular Clients

For a few months we have offered coupons for live cell tests and visits. We now have new packages that save you even more money on your visits, live cell tests and your supplements. For more information click here.