Your hormones play a significant role in your breast health. This is great news for anyone wanting to prevent cancer (or its recurrence) because hormone levels are something you can often control. Let’s start at the beginning Hormones are tiny messengers. They travel through your body and attach onto cells. But in order to attach, […]
BREAST CANCER AND SUGAR
Does eating sugar cause breast cancer? A quick google search will lead you to two very different opinions on this question. Cancer cells use sugar as fuel. So one obvious conclusion to make is that eating sugar will make cancer grow. On the flip side, all of our cells use sugar as fuel. And our […]
FLAX SEEDS AND BREAST CANCER PREVENTION
Freshly ground flax seeds play a double-role in breast cancer prevention. Around 70% of breast cancer tumours are estrogen-dependent. You might hear them referred to as estrogen-receptor-positive or ER+. This means that they grow when estrogen binds to them. Estrogen is an important hormone — we need it for growth and reproduction. But having too […]
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