More Fear Based Propaganda to Destroy Your Health and Your Future

I read the Top News Stories everyday in an effort to see how "The Powers That Be" are blatently trying to manipulate and influence your health by using fear tactics.  This kind of blatent propaganda has been used since World War I and it has become quite humorous at the lengths they will go to in an effort to have people actively search to see if there is something wrong with them.  "Come have a screening so we can save you from your genes!"  It's your parents/ancestors fault that you have developed this health concern, because it is in your genes.  Anything to disempower you and have you freely give up your freedom to be healthy.  Based in fear, it is their plan to have everyone questioning their genes and coming to the conclusion, "Hey honey, I think I will go have my genes evaluated and see if I need to have my ovaries, uterus and breasts removed IF I have a specific gene."  As if it couldn't get more rediculous, please read the following article that appeared on www.NBCNews.com     

Should I Remove My Ovaries? Demystifying Cancer Gene Research

By Maggie Fox

Study: Ovary Removal May Reduce Risks for Women with Cancer Gene

A new study shows that women who have a gene mutation called BRCA1 can greatly reduce their risk of deadly ovarian cancer if they have their ovaries removed while young. For many women, this can be a difficult and heart-wrenching choice beginning with asking the right questions. Here are some basics on how this research might affect you.

How can I find out if I have this mutation?

Step one is to talk to a doctor. They can use a tool called a risk calculator to help you figure out if you have a high enough risk to justify getting the test. Myriad Genetics, the company that made the first BRCA gene tests, has a risk calculator. The National Cancer Institute offers one here. You can find an outline of ovarian cancer risks at the Ovarian Cancer Alliance. And a group called Facing Our Risk Empowered also provides guidance.

My mom died from breast cancer – should I take out my ovaries?

Just because your mother had breast cancer doesn’t mean you’ll get it, and it doesn’t mean that you have this genetic mutation. Monday's findings only apply to women with BRCA1 mutations -- and those only account for a small percentage of breast cancer cases.

Having a close relative like a mother or sister does raise your risk of breast cancer, but it doesn’t mean you have a mutation. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that only women with a strong family history consider getting a BRCA genetic test.

What if you have the cancer gene, but haven’t had kids yet?

This makes it a tough decision. An analysis of all the women in the study showed that the best protection was for women who removed their ovaries by the age of 35. That’s before some women have finished, or even started, a family. Women without ovaries cannot naturally conceive. There are some options, such as having your eggs frozen or, if you have a partner, having IVF and freezing the embryos, and then deciding whether to try to become pregnant without fallopian tubes or to have a surrogate gestate the embryo.

If I remove my ovaries, can I take hormone therapy to avoid hot flashes and other side effects?

No. Doctors remove ovaries in order to slash the body’s production of estrogen, the hormone that fuels most cases of breast cancer. Replacing the estrogen would be risky and might undo the protection provided.

Can you just exercise and eat right instead of removing your ovaries?

It is true that many cases of breast cancer are linked to poor diet and a lack of exercise. But that’s what’s called sporadic breast cancer -- the kind that isn't caused by an inherited gene mutation. So while most women can lower their risk of breast cancer by eating plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables and getting daily vigorous exercise, that's not the case for women with BRCA1 mutations. The mutation has destroyed the body’s ability to repair the damage that leads to tumors.

Why did the researchers suggest women with BRCA1 consider ovary removal?

They studied more than 5,000 women and compared women who chose to have their ovaries removed to women who did not, or who waited for a few years after finding out they had the mutation. Not very many of the women developed cancer -- just 186 of them got ovarian cancer or a related cancer over six years of follow up.

That was the good news.

But the women who had opted to have their ovaries removed were 80 percent less likely to be among those 186. And they also were 77 percent less likely to die of anything in the five to 16 years they were followed. Not only that, the researchers found 46 cases of ovarian, fallopian tube or peritoneal cancer in women who had their ovaries removed before they had developed any symptoms.

Dr. Huntoon's Opinion

First and foremost, I would ask you to read a book called The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton Ph.D. published in 2005 where he clarifies the nature of a person's genes and how genes are caused to turn on versus turn off.  By reading that book, followed by The Spontaneous Healing of Belief by Gregg Braden, you may choose to avoid the hype and propaganda and save your life, your children's life and lead a much more balanced life that aleviates the fear and allows you to go about your business.

In addition, please take a moment to consider that you are born into this world with the potential for greatness.  Everyone has an equal chance to experience happiness, joy and health if they would simply believe in themselves and did not look outside of themselves for their identity while needlessly being influenced by others to conform to a way of thinking and living life.  I would, and will continue to, encourage you to look within for the answers that you seek and trust in your heart to make the choices that guide your life.  And if you have any health challenges, I would again encourage you to take action based in hope and love versus giving into non-rathional fear to make your life choices.  And if you ever would choose to improve your health, come see me and we can discuss how Holistic Chiropractic administered by a very Holistic Chiropractor will allow you to develop a plan to maintain your health, happiness, longevity and prosperity...without removing parts of your body for fear that something MAY happen. 

Dr. Huntoon has a single mission:

To support as many people as possible in their quest for health and enable them to improve and maintain their health to the highest level possible, while educating them about the benefits of Chiropractic, Natural Healthcare and Holistic Living, so they in turn can teach others to support us having a healthy community.

Your Choice

• Continue doing the same thing and nothing changes or it may get worse

OR

• Try something different and get a different result that makes you happier and healthier.