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6 Methods to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
Michael Burt ND MRN Reg.
Naturopath (UK)—1999 |
(1) AVOID MAJOR EMOTIONAL STRESS IN YOUR LIFE: especially
for periods of three to five years. Dr Ryke Geerd Hamer
in Germany specialises in the treatment of "emotional
conflict", especially in breast cancer cases.
(Source: Lynne McTaggart 1997, page 49 of the "Cancer
Handbook", WWDTY)
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Naturopathic Comment: prolonged emotional
stress can be dangerous because some emotions,
such as fear and worry, not only cause your
body to produce chemicals that are toxic but
can also result in hormonal imbalance. |
(2) DO NOT DRINK TOO MUCH ALCOHOL: Many studies
have confirmed a link between alcohol and breast cancer.
The variable factors appear to be age and dosage. Teenage
drinking does not appear to promote breast cancer but
after that women who drink more than 14 units a week
over a period of five years are 70% more likely to
develop breast cancer than women who drink less. Further,
beer-drinking women are at nearly double the risk of
women who drink wine or spirits.
(Source: Mandy Payne page 41 Sunday Times supplement
STYLE 01.03.98)
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Naturopathic Comment: Basically,
alcohol is a biological toxin produced by yeasts
to kill bacteria -their chief competitors.
Excessive alcohol can seriously damage healthy
cells. It appears that women in general and
people who are blood group "0" are
particularly susceptible to damage by alcohol. |
(3) AVOID FOODS CULTIVATED WITH DDT AS A PESTICIDE: Studies
show a fourfold increase in the risk of developing
breast cancer among women with high levels of DDT.
(Source: Lynne McTaggart 1997, page 31 of the "Cancer
Handbook", WDDTY)
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Naturopathic Comment: DDT is not
eliminated from the body but accumulates in
body fat, making it a long term risk. Apparently,
despite the well-known toxic effects of DDT
upon humans it is still in use. |
(4) DO NOT WEAR A TOXIC BRA: A British doctor
claims that women who wear new bras without taking
the precaution of first thoroughly washing them are
more prone to breast cancer. In fact, he doubts that
all the dyes and other chemicals used in bra manufacture
can be washed out and therefore suggests that only
pure cotton bras should be worn.
(Source: Lynne McTaggart, WDDTY)
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Naturopathic Comment: The ability
of the skin to absorb chemicals into the blood
flow has, until quite recently, been greatly
underestimated. |
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(5) HORMONAL BALANCE: This can be improved by: |
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Breast massage and nipple stimulation: In
1995 Professor Timothy Murrell published a paper
showing that nipple stimulation and breast massage
releases certain hormones, in particular the
thyrotrophic hormone OXYTOCIN. Oxytocin has been
shown to play a major role in preventing breast
cancer. This study supports the evidence that
many women suffer an oxytocin insufficiency,
and shows how unwise it is to allow the development
of flat, atrophic and unresponsive nipples because
this increases the likelihood of milk duct obstruction
and the subsequent build up of carcinogenic (cancer
promoting) toxins, to which the breast appears
particularly vulnerable. Inverted nipples appear
to be associated with an even greater risk of
developing breast cancer. Prof. Murrell ran a
three-year study group, involving 5,000 women.
These women undertook to stimulate their nipples
to produce erect nipples (either on their own
or with the help of another person) and breast
massage, of both breasts, at least twice a week,
for 2-3 minutes. The incidence of new cases of
breast cancer IMMEDIATELY DROPPED TO AND STAYED
AT ZERO for the duration of the study.
Flat, atrophic, unresponsive and inverted nipples
can usually be normalised within about six weeks
by means of self-treatment with an Avent Niplette.
The Avent Niplette is a simple mechanical device
based on the fact that the negative pressure
produced by suckling is the best stimulant for
healthy nipple development and function and the
best remedy for flat atrophic, unresponsive and
inverted nipples. Happily, the Avent Niplette
renders surgery for nipple inversion a thing
of the past, although it is hard to believe that
surgery for this condition ever became a medical
practice in the first place. (It is also hard
to believe that, for a brief period in Victorian
times, female circumcision (surgical removal
of the clitoris) to curb emotional feelings was
also a medical practice; and even harder to believe
that the Christian Church intervened in medial
matters by opposing, on doctrinal grounds, the
introduction of anaesthesia to case the pains
of childbirth).
"Oxytocin is the elixir of life responsible for parturition, infant suckling,
lactation, maternal bonding, orgasm in men and women and the buzz from physical
fitness endeavours. Descriptive studies at the Family Practice Unit at Highbury
suggest that hormonal mastopathy and fibrocystic breast disease; precursors for
breast cancer, can be cured by appropriate counselling in nipple care and breast
massage."…so runs the opening paragraph of a paper published in the
South Australian College of Lactation Consultants Newsletter (1996) entitled "The
Potential for Oxytocin to Prevent Breast Cancer" by Timothy Murrell, Emeritus
Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, University of Adelaide, South Australia. |
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Endogenous and exogenous endocrinotherapy: Jules
Samuels MD (Berlin University) specialised in
the treatment of cancer and claimed a high success
rate. Using a spectroscopic Reduction Time Test
analysis of blood, he showed that, physiologically,
many women suffer from either a relative or an
actual insufficiency of other thyrotrophic hormones
(other than oxytocin), especially PROGESTERONE;
usually combined with a relative or actual excess
of the gonadotropic hormones, especially the
oestrogens. This imbalance is usually markedly
exacerbated by menopausal influences.
Information published in Dr Katrina Dalton's
book "Progesterone" and in Dr John Lee's
book "Natural Progesterone" confirm Dr
Samuels' findings. Dr Samuels' method of treatment
was to re-balance the hormonal glands by the
application of short-wave radio energy to the
appropriate gland (Endogenous Endocrinotherapy
or "EE"). Dr Dalton and Dr Lee treat
hormonal imbalance by the prescription of (exogenous)
hormones, usually progesterone. Since the measures
suggested by Prof. Murrell also stimulate the
production of progesterone, the benefits derived
from nipple stimulation most probably have a
much wider range of health promoting effects
than those mentioned by Professor Murrell. For
example, when hormonal imbalance exists, the
NATURAL OESTROGENIC INHIBITION function of oxytocin
and progesterone will have a balancing effect
upon the two sides (gonadotropic and thyrotrophic)
of the autonomic-neural-hormonal system. During
Muscle Testing with Applied Kinesiology Technique,
reaction to breast tissue indicates dysfunction
of the gonadotropic hormones (usually oestrogenic
excess) and reaction to nipple tissue indicates
dysfunction of the thyrotrophic hormones (usually
insufficiency of oxytocin and progesterone).
This insufficiency can be countered, for example,
by regular nipple stimulation, especially when
combined with c. |
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Diets and/or rub-on creams
that are rich in progesterone precursors. |
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Naturopathic Comment: Professor Murrell's
prophylactic (disease preventing) work with
regard to breast cancer is in accordance with
the naturopathic maxim "what you don't
use you lose" and also supports the motto
coined by the Father of Modern Nature Cure — Henry
Lindlahr MD — "NATURE'S REMEDIES ARE
THE BEST". Although the therapeutic implications
of Prof. Murrell's study are obviously in urgent
need of further investigation and research,
1 can think of no quarter from which funding
is likely to be forthcoming. |
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(6) DO NOT WEAR A BRA FOR TOO LONG: It has been
suggested for some time that women living in cultures
where bra wearing is the norm are more prone to breast
cancer than women living in non bra-wearing cultures.
(Prof. Murrell also cites historical evidence for this).
Recently, research workers in the USA have demonstrated
that women who wear a bra for more than 12 hours out
of 24 have a markedly (19 times) increased risk of
breast cancer, (113 times if the bra is worn virtually
all the time), apparently due to reduced lymphatic
drainage causing the build up of toxins which can be
particularly carcinogenic ("cancer forming")
for the breast.
(Source: Lynne McTaggart 1997, page 55 of the "Cancer
Handbook", WWDTY)
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Naturopathic Comment: It would appear
that for the promotion of healthy breast and
nipple tissue, movement and activity produce
better results than immobilisation and inactivity. |
IN SUMMARY: It appears that, firstly, emotional
stress, hormonal imbalance and toxins play a cardinal
role in the development of breast cancer. Secondly,
the wearing of a bra for more than about eight hours
is not health promoting for the breast and increases
the risk of breast cancer. And thirdly, regular breast
massage and nipple stimulation is not only health promoting
generally but specifically protects the breast against
the development of cancer. Given the particularly high
incidence of breast cancer in the UK and USA, and given
the relatively poor response to present day orthodox
medical treatment this knowledge, if acted upon, should
lead to a much-needed fall in new cases. |
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| Copyright
Michael Burt, 1997,1998 |
Michael Burt runs
the Brabant House Clinic in Surrey, UK. An extended
version (24 ways… ) of this article is available
in booklet form for a small cost. Please ring Brabant
House Clinic on 0208 398 7592 to order. |
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Michael
Burt ND MRN
Brabant House Clinic
Portsmouth Road
Thames Ditton
Surrey KT7 0EY
United Kingdom
Tel: 020 8398 7592
Fax: 01372 464989 |
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