Breast Health Awareness Month

Breast Cancer – two fearful words to hear, so fearful in fact, that this whole month has been dedicated to making women aware that the danger is there. It is a little known fact that men, also may be at risk for breast cancer.

Did you know that the breasts are essentially structures made up of fat and gland, mounted to the chest wall with a delicate system of ligaments? Circulation in the breast is much the same as the rest of the body consisting of arteries, veins, and lymphatic vessels. The arteries bring fresh blood to the cells carrying along with it the nutrition that the breast and its tissues need for proper health. The veins bring the blood back from the cells along with cellular waste and toxins. The lympahtics are designed to collect and carry away the toxins and other waste materials that lie in the intercellular fluid between the cells. So daily activities like gentle exercise (that helps move blood and lymph), choosing healthy food (to provide good nutrition for healing and repair), limiting refined foods and trans fats –(which damage the body) will go a long way toward making healthy breast tissue.

Many believe that toxins –those introduced into the body and those made by the body- cause the local beginnings of cancerous tissue. It is imperative that toxins be continually removed through the body’s veins and lymphatic vessels. When these toxins are unable to exit the body properly, the possibility of cancer increases.

A recent study* of 4,700 women found that women who wore brassieres had an increased chance of acquiring breast cancer. It is very possible that the constant pressure that the bra puts on the breast is limiting the flow of toxins that need to be released, resulting in the increased cancer rate. Any more than a gentle amount of pressure can flatten the lymphatic vessel and stop the release of toxins from the breast tissue.
The study found the highest rate of breast cancer in those who wore bras 24 hours a day, and the lowest rate in those who never wore bras. The study suggested that women should wear a bra less than 12 hours a day.

We all know about the value of breast self-exams, but here is a tip that’s targeted for preventing and reversing breast lumps and discomfort.

Learn “Phluffing” (pronounced fluffing) and use Healthy Body Massage oil, to help improve breast health. Phluffing is a painless technique of gently moving breast tissue to enhance lymphatic flow. This is a quick action step you can do twice a day to dramatically improve the health of your breasts. This simple technique coupled with the beneficial aromatherapy oil blend “Healthy Body” helps soften breasts, relieve breast pain, decrease lumps and cysts from fibrocystic breasts, move lymph and bring T-Cells to protect the breast and much more. Get your free brochure on “Phluffing”, at Herbs ‘n’ Whey, 1202 N. Main, Maryville.

-Jeanette Barcus, Natural Health Consultant, Iridologist, Herb Specialist

*Singer, Sydney Ross, Dressed to Kill: The Link Between Breast Cancer and Bras, Garden City Park, NY: Avery Pub. Group, 1995