Cut Your Risk of Death from Breast Cancer in Half

A healthful diet, regular physical exercise, appropriate sun exposure or oral supplements to optimize your vitamin D levels, and an effective means of managing your emotional health are the cornerstone of just about any cancer prevention program, including breast cancer.

Regular physical activity has been shown to decrease the likelihood of developing breast cancer, as well as decreasing your chances of dying from it by 50 percent, once diagnosed.

It is also important to watch out for excessive iron levels. Elevated iron is actually quite common once women get older. The extra iron works as a powerful oxidant, increasing free radicals in your body and thereby increasing your risk of cancer.

The best way to monitor your iron is to have your ferritin level draw. Ferritin is the iron transport protein and should not be above 80. If your is elevated, you can reduce it simply by donating your blood.

The following lifestyle strategies will help you to further lower your breast cancer risk:

OPTIMIZE YOUR VITAMIN D Vitamin D influences virtually every cell in your body and is one of nature's most potent cancer fighters.This is one of the most important steps you can take to protect yourself from cancer.

Vitamin D is actually able to enter cancer cells and trigger apoptosis (cell death). When JoEllen Welsh, a researcher with the State University of New York at Albany, injected a potent form of vitamin D into human breast cancer cells, half of them shriveled up and died within days! The vitamin D worked as well at killing cancer cells as the toxic breast cancer drug Tamoxifen, without any of the detrimental side effects and at a tiny fraction of the cost.

GET PLENTY OF NATURAL VITAMIN A There is evidence that vitamin A also plays a roll in preventing breast cancer. It's best to obtain it from vitamin A rich foods, rather than a supplement. Your best sources are organic egg yolks, raw butter, raw whole milk, and beef or chicken liver.

AVOID CHARRING YOUR MEATS Charcoal or flame broiled meat is linked with increased breast cancer risk. Acrylamide-a carcinogen created when starchy foods are baked, roasted or fried-has been found to increase breast cancer risk as well.

AVOID UNFERMENTED SOY PRODUCTS. Unfermented soy is high in plant estrogens, or phytoestrogens, also knows as isoflavones. In some studies, soy appears to work in concert with human estrogen to increase breast cell proliferation, which increases the cancer for mutations and cancerous cells.

MAINTAIN A HEALTHY BODY WEIGHT This will come naturally when you begin eating right for your nutritional type and exercising. It's important to lose excess body fat because fat produces estrogen.

GET PLENTY OF HIGH QUALITY ANIMAL BASED OMEGA-3 FATS Omega-3 deficiency is a common underlying factor for cancer.

CURCUMIN This is the active ingredient in turmeric and in high concentrations can be very useful in the treatment of breast cancer.