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Healing Strategies - Breast Detox



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    Four Breast Detox Strategies

    1. Iodine and Breast Detox

    The editors of this website consider iodine a first line strategy for healing the
    breast. Iodine in the form of Lugol's Solution , Iodoral or even tincture of iodine has
    reduced swollen, tender, fibrocystic breasts in every woman in the online group
    who has experienced breast pain or swelling.

    Women applied several drops of iodine to the breasts with a Q-Tip each day until
    the pain and swelling diminished then found a comfortable maintenance dose.
    Reduction of symptoms took from 24 hours to 3 months. If you are allergic to iodine
    consult an iodine-literate physician.

    See the Iodine Page for a more comprehensive explanation and documentation.

    2. Reduce bra wearing, reduce lymphatic congestion.

    Is wearing a bra a risk factor for developing breast cancer?

    According to Elizabeth Vaughn, MD, at www.brafree.org, the answer is yes.

    In the November 4, 1978 issue of Lancet, John Douglass, MD,  from the Southern
    California Permanente Medical Group, tactually noted the breast temperatures of
    550 women after bra removal.  Large, bra-encased breasts were hotter than smaller
    ones, but braless breasts, large, medium, or small, were cool.  Observing that men
    with undescended testes have a high cancer incidence due to glandular tissue
    overheating, and testicular cancer increasing markedly after men began wearing
    hotter jockey-type underwear, he suggested that a similar mechanism was at work
    with breast cancer.  If women keep their breasts hot, they develop more cancer.

    In the early 1990s, medical anthropologists, Sydney Singer and Soma
    Grismaijer, studied 4,500 women in 5 cities across the U.S. about their habits in
    purchasing and wearing bras, and later published their findings in the book,
    Dressed to Kill. Though the study did not take into account other lifestyle factors,
    the results are too striking to be denied:

    1.  If you wear a bra 24 hours a day, you have a 3 out of 4 chance of
    developing breast cancer.

    2.  If you wear a bra more than 12 hours,  you have a 1 out of 7 chance of
    developing breast cancer.

    3.  If you wear a bra less than 12 hours a day, you have a 1 out of 15 chance
    of developing breast cancer.

    4.  If you wear a bra rarely or never, you have a 1 out of 168 chance of getting
    breast cancer.

    Suggestions:

  • Consider substituting a tank top, or camisole. Check the lingerie section of
    department stores for bra alternatives which are becoming more popular.

  • If you do wear a bra, try to shorten the hours that you wear it.


    3. Thermograms and Homeopathy Detox   

    At the September 2005 National Homeopathic Association at Duke University,
    Dr. Bruce Shelton presented slides of a sample of patients who had non-malignant
    breast changes and used homeopathy to help detox their breasts.  Homeopathic
    remedies are based upon the belief that small doses of medicine, herbs, or both
    may stimulate the immune system. Using homeopathic remedies solely to detoxify
    their breasts for a minimum of three months, these patients improved and
    reversed some of their non-malignant changes as seen on before and after
    thermograms.

    A digital thermogram, which is radiation-free, is a heat-seeking camera that
    develops a color image on a computer screen based upon temperature
    differentials on the surface of any area of the body. The rapid growth in malignancy
    causes the body to need more blood supply and even to grow new blood vessels,
    and this extra blood and blood supply make a distinctive heat pattern.

    According to Dr. Shelton, the value of using thermograms is that there is an ability
    to make an early diagnosis of breast abnormalities, such as fibrocytic disease and
    lymphatic congestion, before these abnormalities can be felt by self-examination or
    seen on a mammogram. Early diagnosis leads to early treatment of these
    abnormalities to help ensure that they will not progress to cancer.

    Every woman who has a mammogram is elated to find out that she does not have
    cancer.  But what if the mammogram shows benign changes? She might take her
    chances and wait until the next year before she gets another mammogram.  
    Dr. Shelton emphatically advises every woman at the first sign of problems, to
    be proactive. Take control of your body. Work to reverse the abnormalities before
    any potential cancer can arise.

    While Dr. Shelton's patients use a variety of detox methods, such as progesterone,
    metals' removal, and chelation, the sample of patients presented at the conference
    only used homeopathic remedies to detoxify their breasts. To deal with all levels
    of toxicity, Dr. Shelton devised a program using homeopathic remedies that target
    the liver, kidney, intercellular matrix, and the cell to help drain poisons from the
    body and help detox the breasts. After a minimum of three months, the results were
    promising.  All improved and were able to reverse some of the non-malignant
    breast changes as evidenced on the thermograms. (Drbruceshelton.com)

    [The website editors are in the process of preparing Dr. Shelton's slide show which
    demonstrates how homeopathic detox was visible on follow-up thermograms.]

    4. Reduce Personal Products

    Commercial deodorants and antiperspirants may block the protective detox
    mechanism of the armpit. Although breast cancer has never been linked directly to
    deodorants, parabens have been found in surgically removed breast tissue. Try
    health food brands and avoid aluminum, parabens, and propylene glycol
    (antifreeze) ingredients. Talc also been associated with ovarian cancer but has not
    yet been studied for breast cancer.


    These statements have not been evaluated by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.  The supplements discussed are not
    intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

    This website is intended as information only. The editors of this site are not medically-trained.
    Please consult your licensed health care practitioner before implementing any health strategy.
    The information provided on this site is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that
    exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her existing physician. This site accepts no
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