SUPPORT FOR THE BREASTS
Reviewed 2009 Breast cancer is so
widespread in the West now, that women must do all they
can to protect their breasts. And there is a lot they can
do.
For one thing - avoid unnecessary operations.
Being over-concerned with the size and shape of your breasts is
clearly not healthy - psychologically if not physically. Much
has been made in the press recently, of teenage girls being
given gifts of breast shaping or sizing.
This is mainly a vanity issue. Unless there is an actual need
for alteration, it's much healthier if you can just accept them
as they are. You are important whatever the size of your
breasts.
December's Alternative HealthZine article about milk (available
from the article archives on our website) included the story of
Jane Plant, and highlighted the involvement of dairy food
consumption in the development of breast cancer.
Cancer is the most common form of breast problem in the West.
So you should know that there is another factor involved in
this life-threatening disease which is often overlooked - the
bra.
Bras and Breast
Health Countries where bras are worn have four times the
cancer rate of those where they tend not to be
used.
A study by Singer and
Grismaijer (see their book, Dressed to Kill or visit their
website www.SelfStudyCenter.org
) found that if you wear a bra for more than twelve hours a
day, you have 20 times the chance of developing breast
cancer.
Worse, women who wear a
bra for 24 hours a day (why?) have a 125-fold increase in the
disease.
Get Properly
Fitted... If you are going to wear a bra, then at least
make sure it fits well. Most women have never had a bra
properly fitted by a lingerie expert. Proper support without
pinching is important.
...Or Buy a Metal-Free
Bra If you cannot find, or do not have the time to
search out, a shop which can give you a proper fitting, it may
be worth you looking at a new design from a UK design
company.
Seymour Powell excel in picking a product which functions
badly, and turning it around to function well and look
attractive. Their Bioform bra is said to be extremely
comfortable.
Its support is provided not by wire - which practitioners say
criss-cross the acupuncture meridians on the breast - but with
polypropylene and glass derivatives. It is said to provide
comfortable lift.
This may be an option for you to consider; but the best advice
is, if you must wear a bra - get it properly fitted; and wear
it as little as possible.
Mammograms "Well," you may say; "at least I
have a regular mammogram."
Sorry! - don't feel so comfortable so
fast.
"What Doctors Don't Tell You" magazine provide a sensible
path between flakey liberal, and narrow minded, conventional
medicine. For years they have warned against automatically
assuming that medical tests are good.
For example, in March 2000 they published an article entitled:
"It's Official: Mammograms Don't Save Lives". In it, they
report the findings of a Danish meta-study (study of
studies).
The uncomfortable conclusion was that out of the half million
women studied, one in 1000 who had a mammogram avoided cancer,
BUT - six out of that thousand died - of something else. So the
total death rate of the study group actually increased,
compared to the death rate of women who had not had a
mammogram! Not a good sign.
It may be difficult for you to question the value of the
mammogram - it was for me. And if you know someone who's caught
a breast lump 'early' - or if you have yourself - your emotions
will obviously tell you to go for a mammogram regularly.
But I do want to say that the case for mammograms - and for
other medical tests - is not as open and shut as you would
first think.
You must read the information for yourself - but one question
to pique your interest is: "Is it good to squash the breast,
and then pass x-rays through it?" Maybe not.
"What Doctors Don't Tell You" have a book on medical tests. See
their website at: www.wddty.co.uk
I know this is a very emotive issue. Having
a mammogram or not is a very personal decision. I just
recommend you find out the facts from both sides - and then
decide.
Healthy Breasts There
is little doubt that for good breast health, and avoiding
breast lumps,
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Have a bra fitted by a
trained person;
-
If you can't do that,
consider a wire-free
bra;
-
Wear a bra for as little
time as
possible;
-
Cut down dairy foods as
much as you possibly
can.
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Links At
www.all-natural.com/bras.html
the
author, a scientist, looks at the 'compelling' evidence
linking brassiere wearing and breast cancer.
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