Study Guide: Breast Health Lectures

Study Guide for Women’s Health – Breast Cancer component Professor: Sat Dharam Kaur, N.D. a) Know the names of the various phytoestrogens and the foods/herbs they are found in. b) Know what limonene, perillyl alcohol and lycopene do for breast health and what foods and essential oils they are found in. c) Know which types of fibre work best to lower circulating estradiol levels by improving excretion and how much fibre we should aim for daily. d) Know the sauna detoxification protocol and the nutrients needed for it e) Know all of the hormones implicated in breast cancer and how they work together, or how they affect numbers of receptors present in breast cells for different hormones. f) Know the estrogen quotient and which ratios increase breast cancer risk. Know also about the C2, and CI6 hydroxyestrone ratios and which are the protective estrogens, and which are the estrogens that increase risk. g) Know the effects of raw brassicas on specific estrogens and estrogen ratios. h) Know which are the organochlorine chemicals. i) Know Dr. Max Gerson’s view on sodium and potassium. j) Know the process by which modified citrus pectin works. k) Know how sea weeds work to decrease radioactive molecules in the body. l) Know how radiation affects breasts and at what age the breasts are most sensitive to the damaging effects of radiation. m) Know how far from nuclear power plants one must be to limit their risk on breast health. n) Know at what distance electromagnetic fields are 80% less powerful. o) Know the effects of the spices turmeric, rosemary, sage, ginger, garlic on breast health p) Know how the nutrients beta carotene, vitamins A, B3, B6, C, D, E, potassium, magnesium, boron, selenium, zinc, calcium, manganese, coenzyme Q10, alpha lipoic acid, NAC, cesium, calcium-D-glucarate, indole-3-carbinol, DIM, curcumin, maitake-D-fraction, grape seed extract work. q) Know the breath cycle and how it affects the hemispheres of the brain and the nervous system. r) Know the relationship between thyroid health and breast cancer and how to balance the thyroid nutritionally.

s) Know the nutrients and conditions required to produce adequate levels of melatonin. t) Know where phthalates, PCBs, PVC, NPEs, PBDEs and Bisphenol A are found in the environment and what they do to breast health. u) Know the herbs needed for liver detoxification, lymphatic detoxification and immune enhancement. v) Know the mineral responsible for angiogenesis and how to decrease it. w) Know the fats that protect and the fats that harm the breasts and the correct ratios between them. x) Know the glycemic index of various carbohydrates. y) Know which estrogenic chemicals are commonly used in dental fillings and what to use instead. z) Know dosages for melatonin supplementation in various stages and kinds of breast cancer. aa) Know the types of breast cancer. bb) Know at least I5 nutritional naturopathic strategies to assist recovery from breast cancer. cc) Know the effects of pH, viscosity and oxygenation on cancer growth. dd) Know Dr. Hamer’s theory of cancer. ee) Know the nutrients that stall the phases of breast cancer cell division see“Phytochemotherapy for Life” handout. ff) Know which Phase 2 conjugation reactions inactivate the C2, C16 and C4 estrogens, as well as Bisphenol A. Know the nutrients that assist each of these detoxification reactions.