Tips to prevent breast cancer ..

Month in October is designated as a 'Month of Breast Cancer' seems a good time to reflect on the impact and prevention of a disease that many women feared that.
Several years ago, experts thought that breast cancer is a disease that can not actually be prevented. But now researchers have a lot to know how to prevent it, or at least reduce the risk of developing breast cancer. Some attempts to minimize the risk of developing breast cancer can be done medically or naturally (alternative therapies).

The approach of medical terms is:
1. Breast Cancer Prevention Drugs.
Women with high risk, namely the survival/ survivor of breast cancer or who at least have blood relations with people with cancer (mother or sister), can get the therapy 'Tamoxifen', which works by blocking the effects of estrogen trigger tumors.

2. Mastectomy Before the attack Cancer.
For women from families with high genetic risk, there is a mastectomy for breast cancer prevention. It is a radical approach, but most succeed. Mastectomy breast tissue is lifted, but not entirely, so the likelihood of cancer is still there.

Prevention naturally include:

1. Exercise regularly.
Research shows that in line with increased activity, the risk of breast cancer will be reduced. Exercise lowers estrogen levels produced by the body thus reducing breast cancer risk.

2. Reduce Fat.
Some research suggests that low-fat diet help prevent breast cancer. However, recent research states that more important is the type of fat and not the amount of fat consumed.
Types of breast cancer triggers fat is saturated fat in meat, butter, foods containing milk full-cream (whole-milk dairy foods) and fatty acids in margarines, which increase estrogen levels in the blood.
While this type of fat that helps prevent breast cancer is the unsaturated fats in olive oil and omega-3 fatty acids in fish, Salmon and other cold water fish.

3. Never Too Cooked Meat Cooking.
How you cook the meat will affect breast cancer risk. Meats are cooked / baked produce carcinogenic compounds (amino heterocyclic). The longer cooked, the more of these compounds are formed. Heterocyclic Amino most numerous in the outer layer of grilled meats (skin), charred and black.

4. Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables.
More and more fruits and vegetables that are eaten, the less risk for all cancers, including breast cancer. Foods from plants containing a high anti-oxidant, including vitamin A, C, E and the mineral selenium, which can prevent cell damage that could be the cause of cancer.
National Cancer Institute (NCI) recommends to consume fruits and vegetables at least 5 (five) times a day. But to avoid fruits and vegetables that contain lots of fat, like fried potatoes or banana cream pie with.

5. Anti-Oxidant Supplements consumption.
Supplements can not replace fruits and vegetables, but an anti-oxidant formula may be a food additive that can prevent breast cancer.

6. Consumption of fibrous food.
Besides functioning as anti-oxidants, fruits and vegetables also contain lots of fiber. Fibrous foods will bind the estrogen in the digestive tract, so the levels in the blood is reduced.

7. Consumption of Foods Containing Soy / Protein.
Foods derived from soy contains plant estrogens (Phy-estrogen). Like 'Tamoxifen', this compound similar to estrogen the body, but weaker. Phy-bound estrogen receptor on the cell body similar to estrogen, tie out of breast cells thus reducing the effects of breast cancer triggers.
In addition to blocking estrogen receptor cells of the body to achieve, food berkedelai also accelerate spending from the body's estrogen.

8. Consumption of Nuts.
In addition to the soybean, Phy-estrogen also occurs in other types of nuts.

9. Avoid alcohol.
Many researches show that the more alcohol consumed, the risk of breast cancer are increasing rapidly due to alcohol raise levels of estrogen in the blood.

10. Control Your Weight.
Every pound of weight gain after age 18 years will increase the risk of breast cancer. This is because in line with the increase in body fat, it triggers the hormone estrogen as breast cancer in darahpun will increase.

11. Avoid Xeno-Estrogens.
Xeno-estrogen means estrogen that come from outside the body. Women taking estrogen from outside the body, especially that derived from hormone residues in meat contained estrogenic and estrogenic pesitisida residues. Suspected xeno-estrogens may increase blood levels of estrogen thereby increasing the risk of breast cancer.
The best way to avoid xeno-estrogen is to reduce consumption of meat, poultry (chickens, ducks) and dairy products (whole-milk dairy products).
But you need not worry about eating lots of fruits and vegetables, because the effects of anti-oxidants and fiber content of more than pestisidanya residual effects.

12. Bask in the sun.
The increasing incidence of skin cancer (Malignant Melanoma) make us afraid of sunlight. But a little sunlight can help prevent breast cancer, because at the time of the sun on the skin, the body make vitamin D. Vitamin D helps absorb calcium breast tissue thereby reducing the risk of breast cancer.
In order to obtain the sun for 20 minutes / day, are encouraged to walk in the sun in the afternoon or evening. But if you want to get calcium or vitamin D from sunshine, you can try to consume food supplements.

13. Do not Smoke.

14. Routine To Breastfeed Your Child.
For reasons that remain unclear, breast-feeding associated with reduced risk of breast cancer before menopause.

15. Consider Before Doing HRT.
There are several good reasons to do HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy / hormone replacement therapy) after menopause, which is to reduce the risk of heart disease, osteoporosis and Alzheimer's disease. But HRT increases breast cancer risk.
Talk with your doctor and consider the risks which may arise, since most women's higher risk for heart disease than breast cancer. Finally, one more thing that can affect breast cancer risk is the stress.
Medical literature states that stress can increase the risk of breast cancer. But research on this subject is still controversial. But it never hurts to start how to overcome stress in your life through meditation, yoga, tai chi, gardening or other leisure activities. (medicastor / bun)