Diet and Breast Cancer Prevention

Breast Cancer Prevention Diet

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Dietary:

Olive oil, 1-2 tbsp per day

Fish, 2-3 times per week or more

Soy foods from a young age

Vegetables, especially cabbage family foods

Fruits

Legumes

Whole grains

Green tea, 2 or more cups per day

Alcohol, less than one drink per day

Avoid saturated fats, trans fats

Exercise:

2-1/2 hours per week or more

Other:

Organic foods

Reduce exposure to pesticides, plastics, cleaning chemicals, toxic dry cleaning methods, heavy metals, solvents, petrochemicals

Manage stressors well and/or reduce significant stressors

Cystitis (Acute)

Dietary:

Water, drink 6-8 glasses or more per day

Lactobacillus yogurt, 8 oz. daily

Cranberry juice, 1-3 glasses per day

Supplements:

Vitamin C, 1,000 mg every 2 hours for 2 days then 1,000 mg 3 times daily for 7-10 days

"Cranstat Extra" (Vitanica *) or similar, 2 caps every 2 hours for 2 days, then 2 caps three times daily for 7-10 days

Dysfunctional uterine bleeding

(abnormal bleeding excluding any organic cause)

Dietary:

Soy foods daily

Ground flax seeds, 1-2 tbsp. daily

Supplements:

Chaste tree extract, 1-2 capsules daily

Natural progesterone cream, apply 1/4 tsp to palms and inner upper arms, twice daily, days 15-26

Fibrocystic breast disease

Dietary:

Avoid caffeine

Lower dietary fat to 20% and increase dietary fiber (whole grains, legumes, fruits, vegetables)

Increase seafood and seaweed

Supplements:

Vitamin E, 400 I.U. twice per day

Evening primrose oil, 1,500 mg twice per day

Genital Herpes (Acute)

Dietary:

High lysine foods (vegetables, beans, fish, turkey, chicken)

Avoid foods high in arginine (chocolate, nuts, seeds)

Supplements:

Lysine, 1,000 mg three times per day

Zinc, 30-60 mg per day

Vitamin C, 1,000-3,000 mg per day

Topical lemon balm ointment, apply 3-6 times per day

Hyperlipidemia

Dietary:

Oatmeal, one bowl daily

Soy foods daily

Whole grains and legumes

Fish, 2-3 times weekly

Garlic and onions daily

Olive oil daily

Reduce saturated fats, eggs

Exercise:

150 minutes per week

Supplements:

Policosonal, 20 mg twice daily

Nicotinic acid, 500 mg 3 times daily (under doctor supervision; monitor liver function tests)

Menstrual Cramps

Dietary:

Increase salmon, tuna, halibut, sardines, herring, fruits, vegetables

Decrease dairy, salt, sugar, red meat, poultry

Acute pain:

Valerian + Crampbark tincture, equal parts:

1 tsp every 3 hours

"Crampbark Extra" (Vitanica*) or similar, 1-3 caps every 3 hours

Mag Phos, 6 X 4 pellets every 15 minutes for first 2 hours then every 2 hours

Use throughout the month:

Niacin, 100 mg twice daily

Fish oils, 1080 mg EPA and 720 mg DHA per day

"Crampbark Extra," 2 capsules daily

Perimenopause/Menopause symptoms

Dietary:

Soy foods, one serving daily

Ground flax seeds, 1 tbsp per day

Avoid trans fats and saturated fats

Increase fish, olive oil

Increase whole grains, legumes, fresh fruits and vegetables

Supplements:

Most any symptom--Black Cohosh standardized extract, 40 mg twice daily

Hot flashes--Options

Red clover standardized extract, 40 mg isoflavones twice per day

Kava standardized extract, 70 mg kavalactones 2-3 times daily

"Women's Phase II" (Vitanica*), 3 caps twice daily

Other combination products, follow directions on labels

Insomnia--Options

L-tryptophan, 1,000 mg-2,000 mg before bed

5-hydroxytryptophan, 150 mg-200 mg before bed

Melatonin, 2-10 mg about 7 p.m.

Valerian tincture, 1-2 tsp before bed

Valerian capsules, 1-2 capsules before bed

Best results with tryptophan and melatonin are when both are used: The body needs serotonin to make melatonin. Therefore, 5-HTP or tryptophan will increase serotonin, which will then enhance manufacture of melatonin.

Premenstrual syndrome

Dietary:

Reduce alcohol, caffeine, salt, sugar, refined carbohydrates, dairy products

Increase fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, seeds, fish

Exercise:

Exercise frequently and aerobic

Supplements:

Vitamin B6, 100-400 mg per day

Calcium, 500 mg twice per day

Chaste tree standardized extract, 1-2 capsules per day

"Women's Phase I" (Vitanica*) or similar, 2 caps twice per day

Other options:

St. John's wort, Evening primrose oil, ginkgo, dandelion leaf, vitamin E, kava, natural progesterone

Yeast Vaginitis

Dietary:

Avoid alcohol, sugars, refined carbohydrates

8 oz acidophilus yogurt daily

Garlic daily

Acute infection:

Boric acid powder in a capsule. Insert in vagina morning and evening for 3-7 days and up to 14 days for resistant cases

Lactobacillus acidophilus capsules, 8 billion organisms daily for 2 weeks

Chronic infection:

8 oz acidophilus yogurt daily

Garlic in diet frequently

Lactobacillus acidophilus caps, 8 billion organisms daily for 3+ months

Boric acid powder in a capsule, Insert in vagina morning and evening for 2 weeks and up to 4 weeks if still symptomatic or positive wet mount; then once daily during menses only, for four consecutive menstrual periods

* Commercial associations: Dr. Tori Hudson is the director of education, research and development for Vitanica

by Tori Hudson, ND

Professor, National College of Naturopathic Medicine and Bastyr University Medical Director, A Woman's Time

Author, Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine

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