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BREAST CANCER "Cause - Prevention - Cure"
Review in BH Woman Magazine
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Lingerie link to common cancer
By Anna Dowdeswell
Published Date: 18 July 2007
"Aylesbury author Fred Harding says the humble bra is one of the historic causes of breast cancer. In his new book Breast Cancer 'Cause - Prevention - Cure' he has pieced all the evidence together and also talks about a possible cure for the disease. Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the UK and accounts for almost a third of all cancer cases in women, but this is not the case in some parts of the world. In his book Breast Cancer 'Cause - Prevention - Cure', historian Fred Harding, explains why the Western lifestyle has had an influence on the prevalence of the disease. The evolution of one of the most essential parts of a lady's wardrobe is to blame – the bra.
Until recently breast cancer was not common in East Asia and that, Mr Harding says, is partly due to them not adopting the Western lifestyle. It all started about 500 years ago when the fashion revolution that plagues us to this day started.
Mr Harding said: "Until the 15th and 16th century there was not that much evidence for breast cancer. Then there was the Black Death. Up until that time women tended to wear loose fitting clothes. After the Black Death women inherited the estates from the men and showed their wealth by the clothes they wore. They also looked white which was the lead in a foundation they used."
In his book he explains pale skin was a sign of wealth and nobility; tanned skin indicated a life of working outdoors, so the aristocracy went to extremes of achieving a porcelain-white complexion. The most popular way of doing this was using ceruse - a mixture of white lead and vinegar, which women spread on their face, neck and even breasts. People would have seen this in portraits of Queen Elizabeth I, where she appears ghost-white. "Lead now known to be carcinogenic, was steadily and cumulatively absorbed into the body, corroding the skin in the process," Mr Harding said.
The other fashion statement was the evolution of the bra. Peasants did not tend to wear bras, firstly because of their hard-working lifestyle and secondly because they were breast feeding for sometimes up to three years of their children's lives. In the 16th century wealthier women started wearing corsets and, although it was rare, breast cancer started to appear in the middle and upper classes. "There was no record of peasant women getting it and if you look at the parish records it normally says something. People were living into old age in that time," Mr Harding said.
He continued: "The reason why the bra is linked to breast cancer is the effect it has on the lymphatic system. Unlike blood, the lymphatic system depends on movement. There are toxins in the body and the body needs to get rid of them."
In his book Mr Harding explains that only recently have we discovered the vital role of the lymphatic system in protecting the body from toxins. It is like a waste collector which sucks up the toxins from tissues. The major parts are the tonsils, spleen, bone marrow and lymph nodes. In women the lymph nodes are most concentrated around the breasts. He said: "If the fluid cannot move, the body cannot get rid of the toxins and it goes into emergency mode and drops the toxins off near the breasts."
The bra has not been commonly used in East Asian countries until their dress sense and diet was influenced by The Western lifestyle until recently. Breast cancer was also less common.
So, if we are to prevent the risks of getting breast cancer, are we to stop wearing bras? Mr Harding says yes, but there are many other factors which contribute many of which the media report regularly. He said: "Breast cancer was around, but was still rare. But in the 20th century things started getting bad. From the 1930s onwards cancer starts going mad. Thousands and thousands of new chemicals were being used. Some the body can get rid of and some it can't."
Many chemicals, Mr Harding says, occur in the home so can easily be eliminated from our lives. Studies have found airborne chemical levels in the home are 70 times higher than outside where there is radiation, car fumes and the other things we associate with cancer.
Inside all the products we use to wash ourselves and our home with are chemicals which stay in the body because it cannot get rid of them. Pesticides are present in food and packaging has toxins in it as well, which rub off on food. These are all absorbed into the body and build up over time. But there are ways to solve these problems and Mr Harding explains how to do it in his book.
Breast Cancer 'Cause - Prevention - Cure' is available priced £9.95 from Gaea Crystals, in Kingsbury, Aylesbury. It can be also ordered from Tesco, WHSmiths and Waterstones and on most online bookshops, ISBN number 978-0-9554-2210-2.
Cancer: The Cure
In his book Mr Harding, who lost one of his closest friends to cancer, also reveals the claim that there is a Chinese herb with properties to cure cancer. The answer is in a chemical called artemisinin, present in species of the Chinese plant Qinghao. It has been used for years in the treatment of malaria, which gives clues into how it can treat cancer. The link between malaria and cancer is iron. Cancer cells require a great deal more iron than normal cells to grow, and the malaria parasite is full of iron from the red blood cells it feeds on. When artemisinin comes into contact with these high concentrations of iron, a chemical reaction takes place, which destroys either the parasite or a cancer cell. Mr Harding said: "It is more complex than this, but this is the basic principle behind the drug. Needless to say, if one has cancer, it is not advisable to use iron supplements, as this only feeds the cancer and makes the cancer spread that much faster."
Researchers have carried out successful tests on prostate cancer, brain tumours and breast cancer, among others. There are several reasons why it is not on the market as a treatment already. Firstly, because it is a plant pharmaceutical companies cannot patent it and secondly, the supply of the natural form would not be enough to cope with the demand needed for cancer treatment, so the race is on to manufacture an effective synthetic form."
Last Updated: 18 July 2007 10:15 AM
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