2 Important Breast Care Tests You Probably Don’t Know About
Imagine if you will, being able to identify a potentially catastrophic illness before it occurred and stopping it in its tracks. What if you could see an oncoming problem soon enough to change things so it never happens – would you do it?
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. What do you say we call it Breast Health month instead. Lets’ turn our attention to the positive side of wellness and not the mindset of looking for a disease process that will require significant life altering treatments.
Knowledge is power – there is no question about that and by doing several simple tests, you can have a very useful understanding of how your body is handling estrogens, and whether or not your body is accumulating abnormal cells in breast tissue.
The tests I am talking about are the Estronex Profile and Breast Thermography.
The Estronex urine test will give you information about the ratio of estrogens in your body. There are 4 “good” estrogens and 2 “bad” ones and the ratio of these estrogens can give you very important information about how your body is processing them.
Good estrogens exhibit anti-carcinogenic effects, and are ideal to reduce cancer growth.
The Bad ones may encourage tumor growth.
By looking at the ratios you can see if there is an indication for increased risk of estrogen sensitive cancers like breast or cervical. Now the great thing about this knowledge is there are things you can do that will assist your body in getting the estrogens in the more healthful ratios – out with the bad, in with the good!
There are foods that will have a positive impact on your estrogens: Cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, Brussel sprouts, bok choy, turnip, radish) Maca, Mushrooms, Olive oil, Red wine & grapes, Chia seeds, Oats, Green tea and Citrus fruits. Raw nuts, Onion, Tumeric, Algaes, Green Leafy vegetables. And supplements like DIM, Calcium D-Glucarate, antioxidants, and essential fatty acids.
The second test I mentioned is Thermography. This test is non-invasive, uses no radiation, is painless and has no contact with the body at all. It uses a state of the art infrared camera that detects thermal (heat) patterns. These images are then read by doctors who are trained to detect physiological changes in the body. Thermography can identify areas of concern before there are actual structural changes, as well as detecting masses.
It is a wonderful proactive tool and a very important component to this screening is that it is comparing your own thermal pattern from year to year. It can detect changes long before a lump is formed, giving you time to make lifestyle changes and monitor treatments and be able to receive early and minimally invasive intervention. If you go to http://thebreastthermographycenter.com/ you will find lots of great information about this process. This is something that I do and recommend to my patients. I usually suggest 5 years of thermography and then a mammogram.
So you see, there are some simple, proactive things you can do that can have significant impact on your health and well being. Find a practitioner who can work with these tests and evaluate your health status, and then creates for you a program that will promote vibrant health and well being.
Let’s have the mind set of health awareness and not seeking disease . It is a more positive and power place to come from.
