in this page; PMS, breast health, cervical health (what to do about abnormal PAP smear readings)

Warning; do not get the Gardasil vaccine- tell all your friends! Show them this page- give your Doctor my phone number (I am serious!) if they would like to talk to me. Please read the bottom of this page to find out why Gardasil is a SCAM, and also DANGEROUS. Gardasil propaganda is fraudulent, and those responsible who are in the know should be expelled to Antarctica for a few years at least! Those who do not know- please educate yourself before you either succumb to this toxic lie, or administer it to unsuspecting young women! The bottom of this page has further Gardasil vaccine info- read before you make your decision.

PMS

2 miracle cures;

1. I know an RN who used to take Midol like they were tic tacs. I told her about evening primrose oil (EPO), which is a rich source of gamma-linolenic-acid (GLA), which is quite helpful for many issues, PMS included. Just about as soon as she started, she stopped her Midols. Really. She was quite pleased, because like most RN's, she had a healthy hesitancy to drug herself unnecessarily. I prefer the UltraPrim, from Natural Factors. Or loads of hemp oil, which is a considerable source of GLA, if you have around say 2 tablespoons a day.

2. An ex of mine suffered huge pains and cramps, to the point of being bedridden almost every time she had her "monthly visitor". I talked her into doing a liver/ gall flush, as outlined here on my detox pages. After she finally did the flush, her next period took her by surprise. She had no pre-symptoms, and no pain and no cramps!

Her improvement really surpassed what I was hoping for!

A side effect of doing the liver/ gall flush is a smaller waist. One of my clients reported to me that her waist was visibly drawn in from one flush. Hulda Clark, ND knew what she was doing when she popularised this marvelous cleanse!

Breast Health

Breast health is an area where you can make important contributions towards health, and cancer prevention. First of all, if you are over 35 (or ANY age), do NOT get a mammogram.
Irradiating breast tissue just does not make sense, if we think about it at all! After the thermography listings, read about powerful prevention, for breast health.
Thermography is proven in mostly European research to be MORE sensitive, and accurate than mammography. And it uses light, not radiation. You could do it every day (not that you would want or need to), with no harm. There are a number of thermography centres in the Toronto area, and across Canada.
In or near Toronto, some are;
 
The Kulhay Wellness Clinic & Educational Centre, (416) 961-1900
Then there is Medtherm, website; www.medthermonline.com
North York Medical Thermography. (416) 636-2916
The Centre for Health and Well Being  (905) 770-7458.
 

Care of the Breasts

The breasts are loaded with lymphatic tissue. The lymphatic system is a network of vessels, like blood vessels, but they carry lymph, rather than blood. In the lymphatic vessels, especially the nodes in the vessels, there is a lot of immune activity; lots of white blood cells (immune cells) . If you have ever felt 'swollen glands' around your neck, or under your jaw, you are feeling swollen lymph glands, and likely heightened immune cell activity. 
The lymph system thrives on movement! Since there is no heart in the lymphatic system, the lymph moves, when you do. So movement is important, and so is massage. Breast massage is very effective at circulating the lymph through the vessels and nodes, where it may otherwise lay stagnant, in the breasts. An RMT that I know that has specialised in therapeutic breast massage is Julie Groulx, though I am unsure where she practices now. Some RMT's are specially trained; ask yours.
 Massaging the breasts on your own is definitely healthy, for lymph circulation. Focus especially on the upper, outer parts of each breast, since most lymph nodes and vessels are there. It is no accident that most breast cancers are in the upper outer quadrants of the breasts. 
 
Natural breast augmentation/ enlargement is addressed further along on this page.
 
 
BRAS
A few studies have shown a relationship between wearing tight bras, especially for many hours per day (or all day and night), and breast cancer. The relationship can be understood by the fact that a tight bra restricts lymphatic circulation. Especially when worn a lot, or all day. Less lymph circulation means less immune activity, and greater toxin concentration; a lethal combo.

 
IODINE
Dr Carolyn Demarco, a Naturopath specialising in women's health, described the breasts as overgrown thyroid glands. Her description draws attention to the fact that iodine is very important for breast health, both for cancer prevention, and for FBD (fibrocystic breast disease). FBD refers to a painful, tender condition of the breasts, where there are more lumps than usual, in the breast tissue.

A great source of iodine is seaweed. I recommend eating it, rather than taking pills whenever possible, since a useful (high) dose is more likely to be reached that way. Plus, Dulse is a delicious, Canadian product which is widely available in health stores for about $3 a bag. If someone were to insist on tablets, I would recommend at least 5 per day, of kelp. Seaweed is a vegetable, after all, so one or two pills is not really enough.
You cannot possibly overdose on seaweed- there are examples in Asia of people who consume about 10% of their diet, by weight, in seaweed, with no ill effects.
If you have FBD, or even menstrual related breast tenderness, try the seaweed, and see.

More on FBD

Coffee is a definite contributor to FBD. Dump it- the improvement will be worth it, if you suffer from pain/ tenderness.
 

Increasing Breast Size

Breast size is unrelated to the health of the breasts, or their functional ability. Having said that, many clients and friends have told me that they wished to have larger breasts. My first advice is to not even think about surgery. Even saline or soy oil breast implants are absolutely harmful to health. The 'safe' substances, like saline solution are still encased in a silicone 'bag', which gets surgically stuffed under the pectoral muscles, or over, depending on a number of variables. The silicone bag is NOT inert, as is claimed, and is actively attacked by the immune system. Even in a best case scenario, where scarring and hardening do not occur, white blood cells demonstratably remove microscopic chunks of the foreign silicone object, and travel through the body, eventually dying from the indigestible silicone. Wherever they end up dieing, the particulate silicone is deposited. Eventually the immune system is toxified and out of balance, leading to the auto-immune conditions seen in women living with breast implants; unexplained skin disorders, arthritis, gut problems, and lupus-like symptoms.

Natural Breast Growth, at any Age
A few clients and acquaintances have tried a product
called "La Femme", which is a herbal breast health and hormonal balancer, specifically designed to increase breast size. Does it work? Feedback that I have had first hand and second hand is a definite yes. Upon finishing 2- 3 bottles, users typically report an increase of a full cup size, or more. The product instructions recommend taking a few bottles after one has reached their desired 'goals', to keep their gains long term. It is available as a lotion or capsules. I have only had feedback with the capsules, which are directed to be taken every day, 8 per day.
Breast Composition, Growth, and Aging
Breast tissue is mostly made up of mammary glandular tissue, which is comparatively firm, as well as adipose tissue (fat), which is softer. Younger breasts tend to have more glandular tissue, and less fat, and are therefore firmer, compared with older breasts, which have more fat, and less glandular tissue. The breasts are held in place by much connective tissue, which acts like an internal bra, helping to keep the breasts up. Breast connective tissue, like all other connective tissue, needs vitamin C to keep it's strength.
The hormonal response around puberty and again with lactation causes the breasts to develop new glandular tissue. Premenstrual hormonal stimulation may swell the breasts, but is for too short a duration to cause the growth of new glandular tissue. A product like La Femme uses herbs to stimulate something like a second puberty, causing increased growth of mammary tissue, which some clients of mine have found helpful to offset the loss of breast size due to fat loss.
Fat loss happens in the entire body, including the breasts. The only way I am aware of to offset this loss of size is using the product mentioned above.
Chest Exercises and Breast Shape, Size
Exercising the pectorals, located underneath the breasts, may somewhat add more 'lift', but is likely to be limited in effect.
Women have asked me if weight lifting will increase or decrease their breast size, to which I respond that neither happens, as a direct result. Indirectly, there may be a loss of breast size, since weightlifting usually helps fat loss, which leads to some reduction in breast size, the extent of which depends on the amount lost, and individual compostion. Women with more glandular tissue lose less than women with more fatty tissue in their breasts.
 

keeping the Cervix Healthy

Cervical health is something that many women unnecessarily stress about- they go and get a PAP smear, and then worry until they receive news on their results. If they are told they have mild dysplasia, then the stress-meter goes up about ten notches, while they wait a while, then do more testing.
WHY is it not public knowledge, and WHY do many doctors not know- mega-vitamin therapy for cervical dysplasia is one of the few 'orthomolecular' treatments to be accepted by medicine?
That's right- an acceptable (and effective) treatment for cervical dysplasia is (or at least recently was), the prescription of several milligrams of folic acid (also called folate, or vitamin B9), and some vitamin C. Works well, no toxicity. What is the problem? Too simple? Not pharmaceutical enough?
Folic acid is widely promoted to pregnant women, or women who are thinking of becoming pregnant, since it helps ensure normal nervous system development in the fetus, specifically protecting against neural tube defects (NTD's). To be safe, I would recommend all women to either eat lots of green vegetables, or take folic acid, (better yet- eat the greens plus take extra folate), at least 1 mg (more is safe, as well), and vitamin C. Personally, I take at least 5000mg of vitamin C per day, since it is a potent detox aid, antioxidant, and connective tissue supportive. 
 

Cancer, Hormone Balance, and Xenoestrogens

Xenoestrogens are harmful endocrine disrupting chemicals found everywhere, unfortunately. We can definitely reduce our intake of them, and we can also detoxify most of them out of our bodies, as we should, to help protect us from sex hormone sensitive cancers; in women; breast, cervical, uterine, and in men; prostate (and sometimes breast cancer, as well).
 
Xenoestrogens also contribute to infertility, birth defects, hormonal imbalances, fibromyalgia, and endometriosis.
 
To find out how to detox xenoestrogens, see the detox pages- the liver flush, followed by some fasting would be a good plan. To minimise exposure, read the organics page, on this site. The Man page also has additional information on xenoestrogens.

Gardasil is 100% BULL$#!+

Gardasil lost a class action suit- they were successfully sued because of the obviously toxic and dangerous side effects their bull*&^% product caused numerous young women who used to be healthy before getting this nasty vaccine. At least 15 reported deaths have happened to young women after getting Gardasil, but "the official word is not yet out if they are directly linked to the vaccine". Of course they are, in my opinion! Come on! Let us not tolerate adding insult to injury- what- did these girls die of old age, before their 20th birthdays? Read about some of the unfortunate girls' stories at http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/3482

Vaccines in general are a doubtful proposition- refer to what concerned parents in Canada are saying, in their research and information sharing, on the excellent website http://www.vran.org

Young women have become paralysed and others have died from Gardasil.Tell your friends- protect them.

90% of HPV, which Gardasil claims to protect against, goes away on it's own! There are hundreds, if not thousands of strains of HPV. Gardasil protects, at least claims to protect, against 4. Does that seem effective?

Having a healthy diet, a strong immune system and good hygiene, as well as intelligent and responsible sexual activity is what is truly protective!

This just in- Health Canada has finally posted that there have been 9,749 adverse effects, including paralysis in young women receiving Gardasil, in North America, AND there have been 27 deaths attributed (so, actually admitted- how many more have not been officially tied to Gardasil??) to this sad excuse for a medical intervention or prevention. The only thing, in my opinion that Gardasil helps to prevent is good health! These stats are as of June, 2008. Trajically, they would be higher by now- do the right thing, and just say no to toxic medinine!