Natural Remedies For Breast Cancer

What changes can you make to reduce your breast cancer risk or ease your treatment? According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

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What You Need To Know:

• Get a checkup
  
  See your healthcare professional once a year for a breast exam and mammogram to detect disease before it becomes advanced
• Cut back on cocktails, but not on nutrition
  
  Limit your alcohol consumption and take a multivitamin containing folic acid to reduce alcohol-related breast cancer risk
• Eat risk-reducing foods
  
  Add plenty of fiber, tomato products, soy products, and fish to your diet
• Prioritize exercise
  
  Maintain a regular exercise program throughout your life
• Seek support
  
  If you have breast cancer, join a weekly patients’ group for social support
• Mix in melatonin
  
  If you have breast cancer, take 20 mg of this hormone at night under medical supervision to possibly help shrink tumors and slow progression

These recommendations are not comprehensive and are not intended to replace the advice of your doctor or pharmacist. Continue reading the full breast cancer article for more in-depth, fully-referenced information on medicines, vitamins, herbs, and dietary and lifestyle changes that may be helpful.

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