Published on October 4, 2023
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“𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫.”⠀Those four words can make a woman buckle at the knees.⠀October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a good time to address the relationship between obesity and breast cancer — and make no mistake: There 𝒊𝒔 a relationship. The sex hormones estrogen and progesterone are known to increase risk of breast cancer.⠀Toxic visceral fat is plentiful in an obese woman’s body, and it produces estrogen — and that ain’t good!⠀📌The more body fat a female has, the more estrogen she produces. Estrogen fuels tumor growth (cancer cells love estrogen).⠀📌The more a woman feeds her fat cells, the more she feeds any cancer cells, the more aggressive the cancer.⠀⠀📌High levels of post-menopausal estrogen can stimulate abnormal breast cell growth, which leads to more rapid development of estrogen-positive breast cancers.⠀Women do not have to die of breast cancer. The key is prevention and early detection. And when it comes to detection, the slimmer we are, the sooner we’ll feel a change in our breasts on our own and get to the doctor; the clearer the mammography and ultrasound results; and the sooner we can begin the process of whatever comes next.🎗️
