OCTOBER is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Read on……
Being overweight has been found to increase breast cancer risk, especially for women after menopause. Before menopause your ovaries produce most of your estrogen, and fat tissue produces a small amount of estrogen. After menopause, most of a woman's estrogen comes from fat tissue. If you have more fat tissues after menopause, this could increase your estrogen levels and thereby, increase your likelihood of developing breast cancer.
Risk appears to be increased for women who gained weight as an adult but may not be increased among those who have been overweight since childhood. Also, excess fat in the waist area may affect risk more than the same amount of fat in the hips and thighs.
Some studies suggest that breast-feeding may slightly lower breast cancer risk, especially if it is continued for 1½ to 2 years. But this has been a difficult area to study, especially in countries such as the United States, where long-term breast-feeding is uncommon. The explanation for this possible effect may be that breast-feeding reduces a woman's total number of lifetime menstrual cycles.
"When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or fight like hell." ~ Lance Armstrong
It's National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Let's be aware, spread the word and don't forget to make self exams a regular routine.
Cancer is a word, not a sentence.
Spread the Love, Share the Pink Month!
Love always,
purpz.
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