Four things you can do now to lower your risk of breast cancer

We’ve all been looking for any way to lower our risk of having breast cancer, or avoiding having the cancer return if you’re like me and a survivor of the disease. You can practically pick up any magazine today and find articles touting everything from soy products to genetic testing for the BCRA 1 and 2 gene, to antipersperant use, foods and more. Unfortunately, there has been little in the way of definative answers for any of these.

However, in this latest issue of the Nutrition Action Newsletter, published by those wise watchdogs, The Center for Science in the Public Interest, they do narrow down the latest research to four things you can do right now to minimize your risk. They are all well documented in the cancer community, and are exactly what I’ve been hearing and reading about from the top cancer research hospitals - including the one I went to, the University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

1- Watch your weight.

Like a lot of women, I gained too much weight in my 30’s. How much?

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Nutrition Action from CSPI

That’s the Center for Science in the Public Interest, one of my enduringly favorite sources of reliable information. Really, if you want the straight scoop about food, nutrition and other health and wellness issues, this is one of the best places you can go to.

In this months’ newsletter there is a large article on how to keep your brain young - which all of us seem to be interested in these days. It seems that the bottom line is as follows:

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