Promoting Breast Health!

by Susun Weed, Susan Weed's Wise Woman Center

Adapted from the book, Breast Cancer? Breast Health! The Wise Woman Way.

Things that counter and reverse the initiation, promotion, and growth of cancer.

Consumption of phytoestrogens

• Sources: Red clover infusion, lentils, miso, tamari, roots.
  
  

A diet rich in cabbage family plants, grains, and beans.

• Source: Semi-vegetarian diet.

High dietary intake of carotenes

• Sources: Dark leafy greens, orange and yellow produce.

High dietary levels of vitamin C complex

• Sources: Six to eight servings of fruits and vegetables daily.
• Reduced by: Oxidation from washing, heating, aging.

High dietary levels of vitamin E

• Sources: Sunflower seeds, freshly ground wheat, freshly pressed oils, Olive oil, nut butters, freshly-ground flax seeds.
• Reduced by: Heat, light, time.

High dietary levels of selenium

• Sources: Organically grown garlic, onions, mushrooms.

Sufficient production and absorption of vitamin D

• Sources: Sunlight, 10 minutes daily; sardines, tuna.

Melatonin production

• Sources: Darkness, low-calorie diet. " Reduced by: Alcohol, beta-blockers, lights on at night.

Regular, significant exercise throughout one's life.

• Sources: Active lifestyle, yoga, dance, moving!

© 2002 Susun Weed

Susun Weed , has been living the simple life for more than 30 years as an herbalist, goatkeeper, homesteader, and feminist. In addition to being the author of four highly-acclaimed books on herbs and women's health, Susun lectures world-wide as the voice of the Wise Woman tradition, personally supervises 400 correspondence students, is editor-in-chief of Ash Tree Publishing, and directs the activities of the Wise Woman Center, where she trains apprentices (240 to date) in the shamanic arts, and plays with the fairies. Her four books Healing Wise, Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way, Breast Cancer? Breast Health! the Wise Woman Way, and Wise Woman Herbal for the Childbearing Years are used by more than a million women, and have been translated into German and French. Visit the author's web site at http://www.susunweed.com.