Can We Avoid Breast Cancer?

It is a sharp reality that particularly amongst those following a western lifestyle, cancer has become a major disease and in many cases, a fatal one. Without orthodox medicine to guarantee us a cure, should we contract the disease ourselves, or to even educate us how to avoid cancer, we are left to do our own research to a large extent.

What motivates women to find out more is their awareness not only of the prevalence of breast cancer but a desire to avoid the suffering that attends painful surgery and chemo-therapy treatment. Many patients who undergo these treatment methods experience a temporary and sometimes permanent cure. But many women do not. Many have to face a different and unenviable future if they have undergone surgical removal of a breast, or breasts. It is a tragedy that only other women can truly understand.

We must research information that tells how we can avoid the most obvious causative factors that could place us at risk in the future. As we begin to take positive steps in our personal health programme, we begin to overcome any fear or negative attitudes about our future. We begin to feel more confident as we make a real effort to eliminate any causative factors. This means that we must adopt more natural habits that avoid many foods, chemicals, environmental hazards and external conditions that cause toxins to build up in our bodies. These carcinogens and poisons accumulate to cause derangement in our normal cell function.

Because we are considering the breasts at this point, we should be aware that exercising the arms, chest and neck muscles encourages the circulation of blood and lymph. This helps to stimulate the natural elimination of toxins through underarm perspiration . We need additional exercises other than the movements entailed in our everyday life. Ideal such exercises are offered in Tai Chi, Yoga or other fitness programmes. These exercises will only be effective preventive measures if we cease to use suppressant underarm deodorants .

But there is also a subtler cause that we must address. There are certain negative psychological conditions that put us at risk if they become habitual in our emotional and mental moods and attitudes. These include states such as fear, anxiety, depression and loneliness. A cheerful, positive personality provides us with our psychological defence against cancer.

Many women have overcome breast cancer. Some have followed orthodox medical treatment and others have used herbal remedies. Some have concentrated upon de-toxifying their bodies and others have focussed upon fresh foods or juices only. Some have improved their condition through oxygenation and better respiration and yet others have registered cures through prayer and meditation. As it is difficult but possible to cure breast cancer, it is also possible to prevent it, not through one magic panacea perhaps but by an intelligent consideration of the complex factors involved.

Sally Janssen

Sally Janssen is a writer and educator who from an early age trained in Raja Yoga--that branch of the ancient science that deals with the mind and its complexities. She subsequently gained an international reputation for her skills and her wisdom in the training of the mind.

In her wonderfully readable book entitled Mental Fitness: The Complete Self-help Guide she presents simple, self-help practices that help to generate and maintain mental fitness just as the natural principles of physical fitness can be personally applied by us all. The book may be found here: http://www.mentalhealthandfitness.com This really is a must-read book for us all. Sally also welcomes you to visit her blog at http://www.mentalhealthandfitness.com/blog