Change is Hard
Like so many health issues, we often feel fine until a health issue reaches critical mass. Today I talk about my struggle to tame my health dragons.
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Like so many health issues, we often feel fine until a health issue reaches critical mass. Today I talk about my struggle to tame my health dragons.
Knowing I was eating too much sugar, I decided to drop it from my diet for the days between Thanksgiving and Christmas last year. The resulting weight loss was beneficial, but more importantly, I was free of the sugar pull, free from wanting sweet things. That was empowering, very empowering, a sensation I continue to relish.
I am ending this month by returning to our expert, Dr. Claudia Harsh, who offers us all more good information about breast cancer and women 55+.
In drilling deep into breast cancer prevention for women, I find recommendations based on several factors. In aiding prevention for women before mid-life, prevention for postmenopausal women, and what suggestions help postmenopausal women who have had breast cancer, there exists some common approaches which are very encouraging.
I do love red wine, and I’m married to a wine lover, but I have really cut back on my alcohol consumption, wine included, since I learned about the connection between alcohol and breast cancer.
Several very large and extended studies—The Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study involving 85k+ women over five years, and the Iowa Women’s Health Study looking at 33k+ women come to the same conclusion: weight gain directly effects a postmenopausal woman’s risk of getting breast cancer.