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Protection
from Breast Cancer - Part I
This is the first article
in our series on protection from breast cancer. Let's
discover together some important yet simple things
you can do to help prevent breast cancer.
Over 180,000 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed
this year. One woman in eight will develop breast
cancer over the normal life expectancy. Just the words
"breast cancer" tend to strike fear into
nearly every woman-but God did not give us a …spirit
of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound
mind (2 Timothy 1:7).
We should not be frightened
or discouraged over these statistics because we have
power against this disease through God's revelation
knowledge. We not only have spiritual authority as
believers, but we also have revelation knowledge of
God's healing provision in the plant kingdom that
can give us power over breast cancer. The National
Cancer Institute has estimated that simply making
changes in dietary intake might prevent 60-70 percent
of breast cancer cases. These are the top dietary
changes you can make to help prevent breast cancer:
Consume soy and isoflavones.
The incidence of breast cancer in Asia, Mediterranean
countries, and numerous other areas in the world are
very low. Researchers believe the low rates of breast
cancer in these areas are due, in large part, to the
intake of soy products. As Asians began following
a western-type diet, the incidence of breast cancer
rose steadily. The phytoestrogens, known as isoflavones,
in soy are actually cancer preventers. The isoflavones
bind to estrogen receptor sites and actually guard
against the development of breast cancer.
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