10/27/2024
What influences the risk of Breast Cancer more, Genes or Environment?
Only about 10% of Breast Cancer incidences are considered heredity. Of those 10% only 25% are associated with gene mutations like BRCA1 and BRCA 2.
Deriving its name from “breast cancer,” BRCA is a very important tumor-suppressor gene. When it’s mutated, the likelihood of developing hormone-sensitive cancers rises exponentially.
However, BRCA isn’t anywhere near the most common cause of breast cancer. In fact, only about 10 percent of breast cancer incidences are considered hereditary. And of those 10 percent, only about 25 percent are associated with mutations like BRCA1 or BRCA2.
Also, when you look into the history of the BRCA mutations and cancer risk, you find that before 1940, the risk of developing breast cancer was 24 percent with the BRCA mutation, not 72 percent, as it is today.
Clearly, something has changed. And that something is the environment, including toxic exposures, diet, and stress. Specifically, your environment affects your epigenetics, and your epigenetics then influences how your genes are expressed - whether toward or away from cancer.
Fortunately, there’s a lot each one of us can do to create a health- and longevity-supporting environment. From the foods we eat, to the products we use at home and on our skin, to the way we manage stress - every little bit helps!
*Epinutrient Responsive Genes Brca 1 and Brca 2 are favorably influenced by these Compounds and Nutrients:
Resveratrol
EGCG
Curcumin
Quercetin
Genistein
Daidzein
Sulphoraphane
Kaempferol
Many of these compounds and nutrients are found naturally in Happy Hormones, Thyroid Food and Real Vitamin C + Quercetin Whole Food Nutritional Therapy and also The Beet Lady Beet Food Nutritional Therapy, specifically, Strawberry Field, Cherry Jubilee, Cranberry Crush and Blueberry Blast.
Compounds and Nutrients from foods like these are completely recognized, absorbed and utilized by the body. That's not the case with synthetic supplements.
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