Cancer Part 2 - Breast Cancer Awareness Month

I thought it was appropriate to dedicate my next cancer blog to breast cancer - October is "Breast Cancer Awareness" month. I checked out the Susan B. Komen website and it lists a number of complementary therapies. A couple that Arnoux recommends for healthy living are flaxseed oil and organic produce. Why does Total Health Mastery suggests these two things and many more? Because your body needs two things for prefect health - all of the essential nutrients and removal of toxins. Arnoux lists more essential nutrients, but I am going to focus on flaxseed and organic produce.

So if you are eating Category 4 foods - the ones that diminish health - (animal products, processed foods, white sugar, white flour and cooked fats) then you are building up an acid environment full of toxins. You need to move up the food categories towards more essential nutrients - minerals and vitamins from fresh fruits and green vegetables, along with omega-3 and omega-6 fats from (you guessed it) FLAXSEED oil. Why? No disease can live in an alkaline environment according to the The pH Miracle by Dr. Robert O. Young.

Let's talk about flaxseed oil first and how it affects women's health. Flaxseed and its derivative flaxseed oil/linseed oil is a rich source essential fatty acids. The lignan constituents of flaxseed/flaxseed oil possesses in vitro anti-oxidant and possible estrogen receptor antagonist properties, prompting theories of efficacy for the treatment of breast cancer. Good news, it's easy to use and have a ton of other great health benefits - laxative, ADHD, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, prostate cancer... I throw a tablespoon in the kids oatmeal with fresh blueberries every morning and add a tablespoon to salads and dressings. And I should it's not that expensive and you can begin to feel the difference relatively quick.

Next, let's tackle organic produce. These are Category 2 foods if they are uncooked and Category 3 if cooked, which is much better then Category 4. The more people demand organic and turn away from toxic alternatives, the more the prices will come down. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA):

• "Organic meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products come from animals that are given no antibiotics or growth hormones. Organic food is produced without using most conventional pesticides, fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge, bioengineering, or ionizing radiation.

Remind me why we have to ask for foods without pesticides, bioengineering, toxic sewage or radiation. Both the Cancer Prevention Coalition and Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine support eating more fruits and vegetables to reduce our risks of breast cancer. They also clearly link the dairy products and animal products to higher risks of breast cancer. Ideally, the world has a fresh "untainted" food supply and cancer rates are down.

Kids love fruit and vegetables and they will eat them if they are chopped and ready to grab. Or better yet, prepare fresh juice.

Dr. Hubbard and the Newport-Mesa Unified School District - How can you ignore this cry for a better education through better nutrition? You have the power to be the first public school district to demand better -Go Organic, Provide Dairy Alternatives and Fresh Fruit and Vegetables! Be the example we need.