Some time ago I had the honour and pleasure of interviewing Dr. Christiane Northrup about breast health. Dr. Northrup, M.D., is a three-time New York Times bestselling author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom, The Wisdom of Menopause and Goddesses Never Age: The Secret Prescription for Radiance, Vitality, and Well-being. In 2013, Reader’s Digest named Dr. Northrup one of the “100 Most Trusted People in America.”

Internationally known for her empowering approach, Dr. Northrup embraces medicine that acknowledges the unity of mind, body, emotions, and spirit, and teaches women to create health by tuning into their inner wisdom. After decades spent transforming women’s understanding of their sacred bodies and processes, Dr. Northrup now teaches women to thrive at every stage of life. 

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In this second part of our interview with Dr. Odell, we focused more on the subject of breast cancer prevention. Covering a range of subjects, such as:

• medicinal mushrooms 
• hormonal regulators
• vital minerals 
• nutritional requirements
• biological dentistry
• and much, much more

This interview is packed with valuable information for anyone who wants to improve their health and get useful tools to prevent disease.

Understanding Breast Cancer and how to prevent it have been my primary focus and mission for two decades now. There are many good books on this subject, and as an author myself, I'm always interested in new information and different approaches to this subject. 

When I started reading Dr. Odell's latest book, "Breast Cancer - The Rest of the Story," I realized that this is probably the most comprehensive and almost exhaustive book ever written on the subject. My compliments to Dr. Odell on completion and publishing this incredibly essential and integral addition to the issue of breast cancer, prevention and treatment.

Naturally, I wanted to bring his knowledge and perspective to all of you who are interested in this subject. That is why I reached out to Dr. Odell via a mutual friend for an interview, and he graciously accepted.  

Please watch Part 1 of this interview HERE.

If you're concerned about developing breast cancer, you might be wondering if there are steps you can take to help prevent breast cancer. There are simple and practical lifestyle changes you can make to lower your risk.

In this second part of our interview with Dr. Horner, we discussed breast health and breast cancer prevention. What are the contributing factors that may lead to breast cancer, what to do about them, and how to avoid them? 

You can listen to Part 2 of this audio interview here.

In 1956 a Canadian surgeon Dr. Ray Lawson of McGill Medical School in Montreal published the first research paper on breast cancer and thermography.  He noted that the skin temperature of his breast cancer patients was higher compared to healthy patients, and he used modified declassified military scanners to evaluate these temperature differences. Thus a new method and technology became available to the public called Breast Thermography.

Recently I was interviewed about thermography and breast health by my friend Dr. Christine Horner, a relentless champion for women's health. In Part 1 of this interview, we spoke about thermography, while in the next segment (Part 2), our discussion revolved more about breast health and cancer prevention. 

You can listen to Part 1 of this audio interview here.

There is so much controversy about hormone therapy and so many conflicting opinions. Issues about safety, natural or synthetic, when to use them, who should use them, what are the benefits, why would you want to use them in the first place?

We decided to go to the expert on this topic by interviewing Carol Petersen – Director at Women's International Pharmacy. All you wanted to know about hormones but did not get a chance to ask, now explained in this interview.

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Don’t miss this insightful interview about breast thermography and its role in breast health, cancer detection and prevention.

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Christine Horner, MD, is a board-certified and nationally recognized surgeon, author, expert in natural medicine, and a relentless champion for women's health. She spearheaded legislation in the 1990s that made it mandatory that insurance companies pay for breast reconstruction following mastectomy.

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Food is medicine. A proper understanding of nutrition and supplementation is essential to good health and disease prevention. 

Inflammation, insulin resistance and obesity play a significant role in promoting the onset of cancer and other degenerative diseases. 

Learn which foods, along with the essential phytonutrients and supplements, are required to keep your immune system operating at the most optimal level.

In the 3rd and final Part of a 3 Part Webinar Series, Fears vs. Facts About Breast Cancer we explore the role of nutrition in the prevention of breast cancer.

Watch the third of our 3-Part Webinar Series that will:

• Dispel any fears, 
• Empower you with facts, and
• Provide you with relevant ways to improve your health.

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One factor connecting oral pathology to breast disease is something called Chronic Apical Periodontitis or CAP.  CAP is a group of inflammatory conditions caused by microorganisms (mainly bacteria) infecting the necrotic root canal system. CAP often develops asymptomatically, and the prognosis is typically less favourable when it is detected late.  

In addition to higher incidents of cancer, root canal treatments also contribute to a higher risk of heart attacks. The DNA of oral pathogens typical of the root canal and gum-infected flora is consistently found in coronary atherosclerotic plaque.

Thus chronically infected teeth, both with and without root canal treatments, due to its extraordinary ability to deplete antioxidants and promote chronic inflammation in affected tissues and organs, can be considered the single most important cause of heart attacks and single most important cause of head, neck and breast cancer.

I have been researching and lecturing on this subject for well over a decade, and it is astounding that most health professionals remain yet in the dark about this while the evidence is overwhelming. 

So, what can you do and how can you find out if you have oral inflammation even if you have no symptoms? 

First, you should understand that while regular dental checkups may be necessary, the conventional dental methods may not be useful in identifying the problem discussed here. Regular dental x-rays will not detect early signs of CAP or other oral pathologies and infections. 

However, with the use of thermography, we have been able to locate these inflammatory conditions at their earliest stage and alert many patients to help them rectify problems before they lead to more severe disease.  Thermography should be incorporated into regular dental/oral examination to help identify conditions that lead to chronic inflammation.  

I want to encourage all of you who are reading this to take a very proactive attitude about your oral health. It may be one of the most significant factors in breast cancer prevention.

Many articles and papers have been written that implicate estrogen in connection to breast cancer. While this is a well accepted factor now in treatment of breast cancer, less written about is the importance of progesterone for the prevention of breast cancer.  

Progesterone reduces estrogen’s stimulating of breast cancer growth with several well known biochemical events that lead to tumour growth: 

Progesterone increases the level of enzymes that convert cancer prolific estrogen (estradiol) to inactive cancer protective estrogen (estrone sulfate).

Progesterone inhibits estrogen activity in the breast tissue and decreases the probability of clotting. 

Progesterone prevents angiogenesis known to be a major contributor in early stage of breast cancer tumour formation and growth.

Progesterone prevents vasodilatation caused by excess estrogen and thus acts as an anti metastatic agent

Progesterone activates natural killer cells that function as in immune defence mechanism destroying cancer cells.

Progesterone has a calming effect, helps with perceived  stress, thus lowering cortisol production by the adrenals

Here’s the critical point about progesterone for breast cancer prevention: synthetic progestins promote breast cancer and heart disease, while natural progesterone beneficially lowers breast cancer and heart disease risk. Progestin (synthetic) is NOT Progesterone (natural). Unfortunately many physicians believe progestins to be equivalent to progesterone. This is a mistake.

The enzymes needed to metabolize progesterone are present in the human body, not so with progestin. Further, the biochemical structures of several synthetic progestins have carbon-carbon bonds, which are not present in the hormones that humans have. Thus synthetic progestin has well known detrimental effects on women’s health while progesterone has beneficial effects on breast health and cancer prevention.

Of course, your breast cancer prevention strategy has to include other contributing factors, such as healthy diet, physical activity, avoidance of pollutants, stress reduction and possibly natural progesterone therapy. Investigate and see if this will work for you.