Pure Prevention Campaign: Get Out!

Get Outside www.pureprevention.org/act_getoutside.php
Exercise can help protect against breast cancer and many other negative health outcomes. Physical activity reduces your exposures to certain ovarian hormones. Exercise with weights helps build muscle and reduce body fat, lowering your level of circulating estrogen. Lower levels of ovarian hormones and circulating estrogen both decrease your breast cancer risk.  Through annual outdoor physical challenges, the Breast Cancer Fund enables breast cancer survivors and supporters to find strength through adversity and make strides to eliminate the environmental causes of breast cancer. For more informatio n on this once in a lifetime experience go to Climb Against the Odds at www.breastcancerfund.org/climb.

Breast Cancer: It is NOT all Genetic

Has your life been touched by cancer?

My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer at 39. She was amazingly lucky that 'all' she lost was one breast. She had already given birth to and nursed two children. She is still a survivor 25 years later. My grandmother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer late in her life. Despite an amazingly valiant fight she died of the disease in about a year. My uncle survived colon cancer a good friend of mine has survived breast cancer in her 20's- 'all' she lost was both her breasts. My mother-in-law is surviving the deadliest form of brain cancer- she is an amazing inspiration to all of us.

I'm sure you have similar stories. We can talk about how cancer effects us all day- but what are we actually doing about it?

The Breast Cancer Fund's Pure Prevention campaign, is trying to educate all of us.

In fact, Did you Know:

* No more than 10% of breast cancers are genetic

* Science increasingly points to toxic chemicals and radiation as factors in the sharp rise of breast cancer incidence.

DO SOMETHING about this epidemic. Support the Breast Cancer Fund. LUNAFEST is an amazingly easy and incredibly fun way to show your support. 20% of ALL proceeds go to the advocacy, education and outreach of the Breast Cancer Fund.

See you at the Orpheum Sat 3/28/09!