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Healing Strategies for Breast Cancer

The editors at Breast Cancer Choices have spent a combined 40 years investigating  
healing strategies for breast cancer, by researching the evidenced-based literature,
interviewing scientists and physicians as well as working one on one with breast
cancer patients to explore what they find effective. The Healing Strategies Pages
reflect our findings.


The Subtraction Strategy   


Detox strategies are much more targeted  than "living a clean life" for its own
sake. Before adding any "positives" such as supplements, consider how you can
subtract the "negatives,"  the toxic elements from your breast, body, diet and
house.   Detoxing can dramatically alter the way your cells and organs function.  

  • Clean up the breasts. New research points to the role of iodine in
    "detoxing" sick breasts. The precise mechanism of action is not known
    but the positive results of iodine therapy in fibrocystic breasts (often a
    precursor to breast cancer) suggests that iodine may become an adjuvant
    therapy for breast cancer in the future. See our Iodine page.

  • Clean up the body. This strategy is geared to reduce your toxic load so
    your liver, colon, kidneys and skin have an easier job fighting cancer.
    Detoxing the major organs helps fluids and toxins from getting recycled
    into other tissues such as the breasts. Nobody can do everything listed to
    clean up but avoiding what toxins you can, one thing at a time, may make a
    big difference Consider   Body Detox.

  • Clean up your water supply and household products. It is pointless to
    spend money adding supplements if you don't subtract toxins from your
    daily life. Click on  House Detox to see how to remove known toxins from
    your home and workplace.

The Addition Strategy

  • Add evidence-based supplements. Also make sure you are taking the
    purest brands in the dosage recommended. A supplement containing
    propylene glycol as an additive may be worse than nothing. All the
    supplements on this link have been fact-checked and documented with
    the most authoritative and up to date information. Click on the list of
    Supplement Strategies

  • Add the most nutrient-dense, medicinal foods which have a demonstrated
    scientific action. See Medicinal Foods

  • Consider adding a support group. Support communities vary from
    impersonal Internet bulletin boards, to by-the-book physician-moderated,
    to caring, intimate groups who may phone and visit each other. If one
    doesn't suit your personal style, please try another. Support groups have
    been proven to improve the quality of most patients' experience in both a
    medical and emotional sense.  Consider Breast Cancer Choices' Email
    Discussion Group



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.
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