You Are What You Eat...
Dr. Michele Doughty, Author Brown Bag Expressions, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month – Let’s start the conversation off this week by talking about how our diet plays a very important role in the prevention of breast cancer and lowering the risk of breast cancer reoccurence. In a positive light, the dietary choices we make daily can actually improve our overall health and wellbeing lowering our risk for breast cancer and other diseases. The research is clear, genetics,
Spice It Up!
Dr. Michele Doughty, Author Brown Bag Expressions, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month – Let’s talk about what spices are beneficial in preventing breast cancer. There is major attention given to a spice called “Turmeric”, anywhere you go you will see turmeric touted for it’s health benefits. First turmeric (Curcuma longa) is derived from the India culture, many dishes, which are rich in the spice curry, are also prepared with turmeric. The spice actually dates back to
When the Diagnosis is Pink
Dr. Michele J. Doughty, Author Brown Bag Expressions It would be wonderful if every mammogram and biopsy would result in scripts that are normal. How elated we would all be knowing that breast cancer has been eradicated, the disease no longer exist in the global world. But what happens when the scripts are abnormal and the diagnosis is pink? What happens when the diagnosis is breast cancer? In 2017, the American Cancer Society projects that 252,710 new cases of invasive for
