How to Prevent Breast Cancer

October is Breast Cancer Month, a time to think disease many women fear. Ten years then, experts assume that breast cancer is a disease that actually can not be prevented. Now, researchers have a lot know how to prevent it, at least reduce the risk of breast cancer.

How to Prevent Breast Cancer

Actually there are 17 ways to reduce the risk of breast cancer, 2 of which is the prevention of medical terms and the remaining an alternative therapy.

The approach of the medical terms are:

1. Drugs to prevent breast cancer.

Women with high risk, namely that survive/survivor of breast cancer or who at least have a blood relationship with cancer (mother or sister), can get Tamoxifen therapy, which works by blocking the trigger effect tumors of estrogen.

2. Mastectomy before cancer attacks .

For women from families with a genetic risk of very high, there is a mastectomy for breast cancer prevention. Indeed is a radical approach, but most succeed. Mastectomy breast tissue is raised, but not entirely, so the chances of cancer is still there .

While prevention is naturally include:

1. Exercise regularly.

Research shows that in line with increased activity, the risk of breast cancer will be reduced. Exercise will lower the levels of estrogen produced by the body, thereby reducing risk of breast cancer.

2. Reduce fat.

You have often heard about the disagreement the relationship between breast cancer and fatty foods. Some research shows that a low-fat diet helps prevent breast cancer. Other research has shown that there is no the relationship between fat and breast cancer. Recent research states that the more important is the type of fat is not amount of fat consumed.

Type of fat that triggers breast cancer is the saturated fat in meat, butter, foods that contain fullcream milk (whole-milk dairy foods) and fatty acids in margarine.

While the types of fats that help prevent breast cancer is unsaturated fats in olive oil and omega-3 fatty acids in fish salmon and other cold water fish.

Saturated fats in meat and dairy products and fatty acids in margarine increase estrogen levels in the blood, while the non-fat saturated in olive oil and omega-3 fatty acids in fish are not cause an increase in estrogen levels in the blood.

3. If you consume meat, not cooked too ripe.

Regardless of saturated fat contained in meat, how you cooking meat will affect the risk of breast cancer. meat cooked/baked produce carcinogenic compounds (amino heterocyclic). The longer cooked, the more compounds was formed . Amino heterocyclic most numerous in the flesh burn the outer layer(skin) scorched and black.

4. Eat more fruits and vegetables.

The more fruits and vegetables you eat, the less risk for all cancers, including breast cancer.

Food from plants containing high anti oxidant , such as vitamin A, C, E and the mineral selenium, which can prevent cell damage that could be the cause of cancer. National Cancer Institute (NCI) recommends to consume fruits and vegetables at least 5 (five) times a day. But should be avoided fruits and vegetables that contain a lot of fat, like french fries or with a banana cream pie.

5. Taking supplements of anti-oxidants .

Supplements can not replace fruits and vegetables, but a anti-oxidant formula can be a food additive that can prevent breast cancer.

6. Eat more fiber.

In addition to functioning as anti-oxidants, fruits and vegetables also contains a lot of fiber. Fibrous foods will bind to estrogen in the digestive tract, so that levels in the blood will reduced.

7. Eat more tofu and soy-containing foods .

Foods derived from soy contains a lot of estrogen plants (Phy-estrogen). As with tamoxifen, this compound body similar to estrogen, but weaker. Fito-estrogen bound on the same cell receptor with estrogen the body, tie off of breast cells, thereby reducing the effects of breast cancer triggers.

In addition to blocking estrogen the body to reach the receptor cells, also accelerate spending estrogen from the body. 8. Eat more nuts.

In addition to soy, fito-estrogens are also found in nuts, other nuts.

9. Avoid alcohol.

Many studies have shown that more and more consuming alcohol, the risk of breast cancer is increasing rapidly due to alcohol increase levels of estrogen in the blood.

10. Pay attention to your weight.

Every pound of weight gain after the age of 18 years will increase risk of breast cancer. This is because in line with increase in body fat, the levels of the hormone estrogen as a trigger darahpun breast cancer will increase.

11. Avoid xeno-estrogens.

Xeno-estrogens estrogen meaning that comes from outside the body.

Women taking estrogen from outside the body, especially the derived from residues contained estrogenic hormones in meat and pesitisida residual estrogenic. Suspected xeno - estrogen could increase blood estrogen levels thereby increasing the risk of breast cancer.

The best way to avoid xeno-estrogen is to reduce consumption of meat, poultry (chicken-duck) and dairy products (whole-milk dairy products) .

But you do not have to worry about eating lots of fruit and vegetables, because the effect of anti-oxidants and fiber content more than the effects of pesticide residues.

12. Basking in the sun.

The increasing incidence of skin cancer(malignant melanoma) make us afraid of sunlight. But little light the sun can help prevent breast cancer, because at the time sun on the skin, the body make vitamin D. Vitamin D will helps absorb calcium breast tissue, thereby reducing risk of breast cancer. In order to obtain the sun for 20 min/day, is recommended to walk under the sun on during the day or evening. But if you want to get calcium or no vitamin D from the sun, you can try taking food supplements.

13. Do not smoke.

Smoking increases the risk of breast cancer.

14. Breastfeeding / give milk to your child

For reasons that are still unclear , breastfeeding related with a reduced risk of breast cancer before menopause .

15. Consider again before using hormone replacement therapy (HRT=Hormone Replacement Therapy) .

There are several good reasons for doing HRT after period menopause, which reduces the risk of heart disease, osteoporosis and Alzheimer's disease. But HRT increases risk of cancer breast. Talk to your doctor and consider risks that may arise, because most women are more high risk for heart disease, rather than cancer breast.

Finally, one more thing that can affect cancer risk Breast is stress.

Medical literature states that stress can boost the risk breast cancer. But research on this is still a controversial. But it never hurts to begin to cope stress in your life through meditasai, yoga, tai-chi, gardening or other leisure activities.

Do not be too concerned about your risk of breast cancer , but do something to reduce it!

Experience of my friends:

1. Perform massage (massage) in the breast and the area vicinity (up to armpit) regularly once a month. The trick, sleep on your back and massage the left breast with his right hand toward outside the body with a circular motion around the breast, starting from nipple area and continues to widen.

2. Always wash your nipples with a clean cloth , do not let the dirty surface. Cleaning is also useful for putting not sunk into.

3. If you feel a lump, do not panic just yet. Try compresses with 70% alcohol and gauze pads for several hours, then see results in one week. If the lump is nevertheless one week missing, then check with your doctor.