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Cancer is not from genes may be good news, depending on how much responsibility you want to take. The BRAC1 and BRAC2 mutations are an alarm that tells you there is danger. However, having a high-risk mutation surely doesn’t mean you will develop any type of cancer from the abnormality.

There are variables such as the influence of your lifestyle on the other genes that work together with this mutation. Variations of the BRCA!, BRAC2, CDH1, PTEN, STK11, and TP53 genes increase the risk of developing breast cancer. Also the AR, ATM, BARD1, BRIP1, CHEK2, DIRA53, ERBB2, NBN, PALB2,, RAD50 and RAD51 genes are associated with breast cancer.

As far as real research into the role of lifestyle and diet on the two most feared gene mutations BRAC1 and BRAC2 you will not find it. It hasn’t been done. Since the triggers for any cancer is a sum total of everything which either activates and stimulates the ability for cancer to develop and spread. 

As of yet, there has been no research on the role of diet and lifestyle on these two genes. The triggers for cancer are the sum total of a cascade of events that stimulate the initiation of this condition. Alcohol, sugar, lack of exercise, vitamin and mineral deficiencies, stress, environmental toxins are all things that contribute to both the formation of tumors, and the spread of cancer.

Let’s take alcohol which has a known link to the development of cancer. There are parts of alcohol which converts to a metabolite know as accetaldehyde. This is a molecule which causes cancer through different means. One way it does it is to bind to the DNA causing mutations which can initiate cancer.  Also, it produces reactive oxygen species (ROS), which leads to an inflammatory response which can promotes cancer formation.

When we talk about cancer without talking about antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, gluthathione, exercise, sunlight, barley grass juice, silymarin (milk thistle), chlorophlin, grape seed extract, resveraterol, calorie restriction with optimal nutrition and a comprehensive nutritional regimen along with stress reduction we on the wrong path.

It is critical that there is universal recognition on what supports healthy cell function. Without this understanding our response will be to remove and destroy anything which seems to be a threat of our health. Getting healthy is the answer to cancer, until science recognizes the synergistic action of a healthy lifestyle they will continue to cut, burn and poison patients as a way to bring about health.

BRAC1 and BRAC 2 need a closer look. There just isn’t enough information in the public domain.  The sheer panic without the research is based on a limited view.

BRAC1 and BRAC2

First of all of us have these genes, and they perform a vary important function. What they do is repair cell damage. Both of these genes are tumor suppressors. They make repairs to breaks to the DNA molecules that have double stranded breaks.

Women with mutations to either the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes have a higher risk of breast cancer anywhere from 3 to 5 percent. There are other opinions that put it at 5 to 10 percent. These mutations are passed down though generations. These women have a risk of ovarian cancer that is ten to thirty times the norm.  Also, women with abnormal BRCA1 or BRAC2 gene have a higher risk of developing ovarian, colon, pancreatic and thyroid cancers, as well as melanoma.

These mutations can be inherited from either parent. Sons are also at risk. The child of a genetic carrier has a 50% chance of inheriting the mutated gene. Men also have the risk of developing breast, colon, pancreatic, and prostate cancer.

Prospective

Having an abnormal BRAC1 or BRAC2 gene doesn’t mean you will get breast or any other cancer. The interesting fact that seems to be overlooked is that ovarian cancer carriers a bigger risk. However, since more women get breast cancer the emphasis is placed here.

The estimates are hundreds of thousands of cancer free women worldwide are probably harboring these mutated genes. In the eary 1990′s these genes were first identified. Then the witch hunt began. We are in the beginning phase of understanding what we are dealing with. Even oncologist aren’t sure everyone should be tested.

Most people aren’t aware of what genes they have. There are people that can’t trace a few generations back, and others who have relatives who went from other illness before breast or any other type of cancer could manifest. The other fact is a women may develop cancer, but it came about because of other factors, not the mutated BRAC1 and BRAC2 gene.

Facts

BRAC1 and BRAC2 has brought with it a new level of fear. One that it may not deserve. This fact is so important that I will cover this in the next few articles. The reason is no research has gone into the role of diet and lifestyle. The triggers for any cancer are the sum total of a cascade of events.

There are some very interesting facts coming in the follow up article.

There is a cancer study, which may radically transform how you look at this condition. Most research has to do with altering the process through physical means. There are scientist studying cancer cells response to emotional signals. We may be able to emulate and extrapolate these findings to slow or stop cancer from spreading.

A cancer  diagnosis

Many people weren’t feeling that terrible before they heard the news. You are the same person you were before you heard this. The real question is what do you do.

Current Thinking is Changing

When you do the standard treatment it is to survive. However, when you do some alternative methods it takes the apathetic approach and turns it into passionate commitment to living to the fullest. The history of standard treatments shows a system on a collision course with your physical health. There is a quiet revolution, which is making people take notice of a different way to ride the storm. The catastrophic proportions of the condition and the treatment options need to be revisited.

Make a Plan

Its okay to look at other solutions, and then try to tailor your own program. Yes, that can incorporate standard western modalities. The idea is to apply it smart. Most people don’t have an idea of what they are being offered and what the statistical outcome is.  It takes time to research the oncologist recommendation. The one thing to remember is there is no magical fix.

To create a plan you need facts. The best approaches are meant to rebuild and restore your health. This is priceless, there is a relationship between your physical emotional and environmental conditions and cancer. The mission is to put together a program that works for you. The first step is to know what a healthy body needs to function. 

What has been misleading is the fact that once the C word bomb is dropped there is nothing that you can do. This is so far from the truth. You feel like you are in a different world with new rules. The rules are the same follow a healthy lifestyle.

Emotions and Environment

A healthy lifestyle includes and is not exclusive of of one’s emotional makeup. Geneticist Professor Matthew During’s findings published in the Journal Cell offered some powerful evidence that social connections and an individual’s mental state plays a role in cancer development and progression. Matthew has show that animals interaction with the environment has a profound influence on the growth of cancer.

Mice are natural sociable creatures like humans. When in laboratory settings are usually housed in groups of five or so for laboratory experiments. They are provided with all the food they want and allowed to play all day.

Sounds good so far, however, when the mice with tumors, were placed in an enriched environment with between 15-20 mice, and more space and things to do, which included toys, hiding places and running wheels, their disease often went into spontaneous remission. Tumor mas shrunk by an average of 77 percent and the volume by 43 percent. The best part 1 in 20 of the of the Cancer ridden mice showed no evidence of disease.

The animals did show lower levels of a hormone produced by a fat called leptin, indicative of a significant shift in metabolism, Reducing leptin leaves slow down the development and spread of cancer. Cancer cells thrive on leptin.

What this shows: you can’t look at any disease without looking at your life. Those that argue that standard western care is the only course of action aren’t looking at the big picture.