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In this episode of The Functional Medicine Radio Show, Dr. Carri’s special guest Sayer Ji cuts through the confusion and brings us natural cures for breast cancer.
Sayer is a widely recognized researcher, author, and lecturer, an advisory board member of the National Health Federation, and the founder of the world’s most widely referenced, evidence-based natural health resource of its kind – GreenMedInfo.com.
Main Questions Asked:
- What is the latest research saying about breast cancer?
- What role does industry play in breast cancer awareness?
- Should you still have a mammogram? What about breast thermography?
- What about the BRCA gene? Is breast cancer genetically based?
- What are some of the primary causes and solutions for breast cancer?
- What should women do to protect themselves?
- Are there any key nutrients or healthy practices women can start doing today to help protect them against breast cancer?
Key Points made by Sayer:
- DCIS – ductal carcinoma in-situ – has been recommended to be reclassified as a benign growth.
- Breast cancer awareness month was initially founded by a pharmaceutical giant.
- Mammography screening puts women at greater risk for developing breast cancer due to mutations of the BRCA genes.
- The research shows that mammography screening has not lead to a reduction in overall mortality from breast cancer, but instead has found benign lesions that would have never become cancer in the first place.
- Most women are overdiagnosed and overtreated.
- Mammography relies on low dose radiation. Numerous studies show that this causes higher levels of DNA damage to breast cells, basically planting the seeds for future breast cancer.
- Thermography measures the heat signature that comes off the body. It’s much safer than mammography.
- Thermography can detect changes in the breast tissues much earlier than they’re ever seen by mammography.
- Breast cancer is not genetically based. There are many factors beyond the control of the genes that causes cancer.
- There are over 500 different genetic mutations associated with the BRCA genes and some of these mutations are actually protective against breast cancer.
- Limiting exposures to chemicals, detoxing chemicals out of the body, and limiting exposure to radiation (including mammography) all help prevent breast cancer.
- Body care products that have mineral oil or phthalates are a known cause for breast cancer.
- Bisphenol-A from hand creams and lotions and thermal printer paper is a known cause for breast cancer.
- Heavy metals can act like estrogens.
- To prevent breast cancer stop eating GMO foods as glyphosate is a known carcinogen.
- Consider your diet as gene regulating. Use your food as your medicine and eat a whole foods healthy diet.
- Known breast helpers: flax seed powder, non-GMO cultured soy, red clover, and coffee.
- Do not fall victim to overdiagnosis.
- Turmeric – use it in food or supplements as it’s the most promising single intervention to prevent breast cancer and all the other cancers bundled together.
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