Breast Cancer Prevention

With the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Awareness Walk having just taken place here in Denver, Colorado, and with several friends of mine actively taking part, I wanted to pass on this article I recently read regarding Breast Cancer Prevention and Vitamin D serum levels. An increased interest in actual prevention of the disease, rather than finding new treatments, is truly inspiring and where I believe we should be focusing our efforts as a culture. Cancer rates across the board are increasing every decade, especially in childhood cancers, and some experts believe over 70% of cancers have an environmental cause (toxicity in our air, food, water, soil, etc.).

As noted in the article, “Breast cancer outcomes that matter most have not changed much over the last 20 years. The rate at which women are diagnosed with metastatic disease has remained constant for more than 40 years, and mortality from the disease has declined only slightly."

"We don’t do prevention,” said one organization, “we have to care for the patients who have cancer.” According to Baggerly, “No organization will be able to truly prevent the occurrence of breast cancer or to reduce the recurrence without attention to vitamin D.”

My heart goes out to every individual who has had to deal with cancer directly or indirectly, and especially to those who have lost loved ones to this disease, including my beloved mother Ruth Ann. May we collectively find an end to unnecessary illness, disease and early death through the best combination of natural living, true health promotion, and safe, effective treatments.