| When it comes to Breast Cancer prevention and | | | | nutritional supplements have not yet been tested |
| treatment, vitamins and nutritional supplements may | | | | enough by the scientific community to attest its |
| help. Most doctors will encourage you to take a | | | | efficacy on certain illnesses. The main questioning on |
| pro-active role in your own health. Antioxidants, | | | | the use of nutritional supplements as an alternative |
| vitamins and minerals may improve your immune | | | | therapy is the possible interactions of supplements |
| system and help your body to react to illnesses. | | | | with current drugs, the potential adverse effects |
| No doubt that a healthy diet is the best source of | | | | associated, and that many patients do no disclose to |
| vitamins and minerals for your body. But eating well is | | | | their doctors what they are taking. |
| not always easy or feasible. You may neglect some | | | | This is where I relied upon expert medical advice. |
| ingredients or quantities your body most need. Other | | | | Medical science continues to investigate natural herbal |
| times you may not be at the right place and time to | | | | compounds to identify whether these substances |
| enjoy a healthy meal. That is the reason why is so | | | | may prevent or treat breast cancer. However, most |
| important to take the right nutritional supplement to | | | | of these products available in the market have not |
| help you out with your daily needs and staying | | | | yet been tested in clinical studies and are not |
| healthy. Think of the nutritional supplements as your | | | | regulated by the FDA. |
| health insurance! | | | | Of course we realized that it is so much easier to |
| The human body is made to heal itself if properly | | | | rely on attractive promises of alternative medicine in |
| maintained. This includes food, physical exercises, | | | | particular when we are suffering of serious illness like |
| healthy habits and a pro-active attitude toward life. | | | | breast cancer because natural medicines may be |
| Your body, if properly treated and maintained you | | | | perceived as less toxic than drugs. |
| can defeat any illnesses. | | | | Breast cancer patients and the general public are |
| Whilst you can go on surgery, chemotherapy and | | | | unaware that most herbal supplements and natural |
| radiation to remove tumors, your body still needs | | | | compounds have not yet been tested enough by |
| high potency nutritional supplements to maintain | | | | scientific studies. Natural compounds are not |
| healthy cells, and to help on your recovery. | | | | regulated as drugs to assure quality and efficacy. |
| But what should you take? | | | | There are not many scientific evidences on how |
| Most of the vitamins and supplements you can find in | | | | these products work and whether they will produce |
| drugstore and supermarkets may not contain the | | | | any meaningful result. More studies are required to |
| right ingredients and doses for your case. Despite | | | | confirm effectiveness and safety. However, this |
| their low cost, you may be wasting your money. | | | | does not mean that they should be avoided or their |
| High-potency pharmaceutical-grade nutritional | | | | use discarded. If we avoid entirely nutritional |
| supplements provide a consistent level of nutrition | | | | supplements we may be avoiding the cure or the |
| but they are not available in supermarkets and | | | | mean of cure of many illnesses. It may take many |
| drugstores. | | | | years to come to a final conclusion, and until such |
| Most women take alternative medicine products or | | | | evidences are available, we should use of caution to |
| nutritional supplements. Breast cancer patients are | | | | select the proper vitamin and nutritional supplements |
| particularly vulnerable to purchasing nutritional | | | | in particular for vulnerable breast cancer patients. |
| supplements. It is true that most vitamins and | | | | |