Carmel Just to add to your great list. I used to take Indole 3 Carbinol after my first go round with breast cancer. It is a derivative of the component in crutaceous vegetables (branching veggies like broccoli, kale, parsley etc), they have now discovered that the Indole 3 carbinole was not decreasing but increasing chance of breast cancer. It had to be processed further into DIM-plus or Diindolylmethane which is proving to be extremely effective in fighting breast c. A must take for Breast c survivors because it is an estrogen detoxifier. Another great fighter of breast cancer is Co-enzyme Q10, except you have to take 380mg daily. Studies have shown it kills breast cancer cell. Also helps the heart and energy and protect the cells against aging. CoQ10 is also a cholesterol antioxidant. Grape seed extract is another antioxidant that has proven an effective preventative of breast cancer One tangerine a day has enough bioflavanoids to help prevent breast c. Yams, not sweet potatoes, are the choice to prevent breast c. Yams have a bioflavanoid that prevents it. Sweet potatoes raise the glycemic index level too high, which the body reacts with by creating insulin, which when not digested turns to fat which creates too much estrogen Very important is Calcium D-Glucarate, it detoxifies estrogen in the liver. Just like there is beneficial and unbeneficial cholesterol, there is beneficial and unbeneficial estrogen, so the calcium d-glucarate detoxifies that. Organic is always best, and if more women demanded organic from the grocer, the farms would respond. Pesticides are estrogen based, unbenificial estrogen. Many people tolerate them and it is not big deal, but we are the estrogen receptors, and some women are affected by them There are more new discoveries every day and a myriad of antioxidants that work. It is best to take a general antioxident where you get a panel of a few that will help keep you chugging along. They all work like a team. If you take turmeric with your antioxidants it keeps them fresher in your system and they work better. Vitamin C and Vitamin A or a panel of Beta Carotenes have more benefits than as breast cancer prevention, they are great for skin, hair, lungs, sinuses, and much much more.

What do you eat to get a sweet disposition?

You can do everything right but genetics will still win. I have Crohn’s disease; so far three genes have been identified with this disease. I got it when I was a robust twenty (average age of onset.) My parents owned a produce market and everything we ate was fresh. My mother was an amazing cook and nothing came out of a box. But I can trace Crohn’s back to my maternal grandmother, who’d be one hundred thirty four if she were alive. I have eleven relatives who have it. My mother didn’t, and lived to a healthy ninety four. She did do everything right. It is maddening to me that I take such good care of myself contrasted to my friends and deal this and another genetic autoimmune disease. My close friend has the Braca gene and survived ovarian cancer but also decided to have a preventative radical mastectomy. The great Sir William Osler said,” Get a chronic disease, take care of yourself, and you will be healthier than those around you.” So I’m the healthiest sick person around. I worked as a medical editor for ten years and I do see a state of the art nutritionist who’s husband is a brilliant research immunologist. I do take essential oils; I was in an NIH study years ago and the one I take can be bought in the drugstore but is considered a pharmaceutical grade. I write this in hopes that the people you know should not be “blamed” for their illnesses. I’ve gotten a lot of that from friends who smoked, were obese, etc.

In moderation, likely no harm. But a few years ago they learned that Vitamin A in excess, as little as 3000 I.U., can contribute to the bone thinning of osteoporosis. See http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/vitamina.asp

It was an NIH grant, but the Omega 3 supplement I take are made by Theratears and cost me about $13 a month. I order them from drugstore.com and get a discount and free S&H. This is the supplement the doctor who sponsored the study told me she takes. They are with the tears for dry eye in the drugstore, not with supplements. I have noticed a difference in my hair and skin, so I also consider it a beauty regimen!