Avoiding Breast Cancer While Balancing Your Hormones [Paperback]

Joseph F. McWherter M.D. (Author), Dr. David Brownstein (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 26, 2005

Dr. McWherter reveals the steps that you can take to help avoid breast cancer, and how bio-identical hormone replacement can be used without increasing cancer risks. Expalins how a special type of estrogen manufactured in the breast can kill breast cancer cells. Covers how iodine plays a major role in breast health; how detoxification rejuvenates the mind and body while protecting the breast; how thermography can be used in detecting precancerous changes long before they appear on mammograms; how bio-identical hormone replacement can lead to more energy, clearer thinking, weight control, muscle definition, younger-looking skin, stable sleep patterns, better moods, reduced menopausal symptoms, and enhanced sexuality.

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About the Author

Dr. McWherter received his undergraduate degrees in physics and mathematics in 1973 from the University of Texas at Austin. Received his medical degree in 1977 from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas, and completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1981. Dr. McWherter is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and holds memberships in the American College for Advancement in Medicine, the American Academy of Anti-Aging, and the Endocrine Society. In addition to being a diplomat of the American Board of Chelation Therapy and the Board of Oxidative Medicine, he also has served as chairman of the peer-review planning committee and speaker for the Integrative Medicine for Anti-Aging Conference and Exposition. Dr. McWherter is Medical Director of the FEM Centre and Energy Health Centre Clinics in Colleyville and Fort Worth, Texas.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: A. E. Rosebud, LLC; 1 edition (September 26, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0977248704
• ISBN-13: 978-0977248704
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #781,376 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Natural Hormone Program to Decrease Breast Cancer Risk, December 20, 2007

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Jeffrey Dach MD "Jeffrey Dach MD" (Hollywood, FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Avoiding Breast Cancer While Balancing Your Hormones (Paperback)

Avoiding Breast Cancer While Balancing Your Hormones by Joseph McWherter MD

Any woman hesitant about hormone replacement because of fear of breast cancer should read this book.

Joseph McWherter MD, an OB/Gyne doctor in Texas with a large natural hormone practice, wrote this book in response to the Women's Health Initiative Study (WHI) published in JAMA in 2002. The WHI Study was halted early because of increased heart disease and breast cancer. As usual, the newspaper headlines were misleading and got the story wrong, failing to mention the important distinction between the unsafe synthetic hormones used in the WHI study, and the safe natural hormones used by Dr. McWherter and many others.

Chapter 2 discusses the causes of breast cancer, namely accumulated DNA damage related to junk food diets, stressful lifestyle, environmental toxins, radiation, hormonal imbalance, and genetic predispositions, etc.

Chapter 3, Estrogen Explained, goes over rather detailed and technical information about the three types of human estrogens (E1,E2,E3) and their metabolism. Also clarified are the differences between synthetic estrogen, natural estrogen, xeno-estrogen and phyto-estrogen.

Chapter 4 is devoted to explaining the WHI Women's Health Initiative Study, and a discussion of the importance of testing estrogen metabolites, namely the 2/16 hydroxy-estrogen ratio. Increasing this 2/16 ratio by consuming broccoli, or with supplements such as I3C and DIM reduces breast cancer risk.

Separate chapters are devoted to exercise, diet, and detoxification, all very detailed and complete. Before studying medicine, Dr. McWherter was a mathematician, and he covers these topics with mathematical precision. The exercise chapter contains actual photos showing how to do each exercise. The diet chapter contains menus and a glycemic index chart. The detoxification chapter includes a questionnaire and 21 day Detox diet.

The real crux of the book, of course, is the hormone chapter in which McWherter discusses natural hormones called Bi-Est and Tri-Est topical preparations. McWherter found that blood testing under treatment usually shows an estradiol level in the 20-50 pg/ml range. On page 140, McWherter reveals startling information about the low incidence of breast cancer in his treatment group. There was only one case of breast cancer in 2,300 women over 5 years on his clinic program. This single case is compared to the 60 cases expected based on the WHI placebo arm data. Needless to say, this is an excellent result.

Chapter 10, Breast Care Nutrients, covers McWherter's Nutritional supplement program to prevent breast cancer, and the first item mentioned is iodine supplementation. Mc Wherter is familiar with the work of Derry and Brownstein on Iodine as the key to breast cancer prevention, and he gives credit to their work. Other supplements such as I3C, DIM and Calcium-D-glucarate are also mentioned.

A final chapter is devoted to breast cancer surveillance and detection with self breast examination, mammography and thermography.

Missing from the book is a chapter discussing heart disease. Suffice it to say that the second arm of the WHI using premarin alone actually showed less heart disease in the premarin treated group, and a recent NEJM study showed less coronary calcification on CAT scan in the premarin treated group. These revelations indicate that estrogen is protective, not causative of heart disease.

In conclusion, McWherter's book serves as an educational tool for his own clinic patients, and provides a glimpse into his program for every one else. I have found the book a valuable resource, and have adopted the breast cancer prevention protocol for my own clinical practice.

McWherter's excellent book sets a very high standard for future authors of natural hormone replacement for women, and the book deserves a prominent place in every medical library. Also recommended is Natural Hormone Balance for Women by Uzzi Reiss MD, Iodine and Breast Cancer Prevention by Derry, and Iodine by Brownstein.

Jeffrey Dach MD

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hormone Book by my doctor, September 23, 2006

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Katherine K. Slick - See all my reviews
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This book was purchased when I visited Dr. McWherter recently. It was written mainly for his patients to explain the myriad of things that usually go right over the top of their heads. Though much of it is too deep for me, it does explain how to determine hormone levels by symptoms, and gives much important, practical information in many various areas (including exercise, stress reduction, and nutrition) which will help us to avoid not only breast cancer, but most of the diseases of aging. Lots of questionaires and lists in the appendix and specific ways to detoxify our bodies.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, but it didn't keep my wife interested, November 30, 2007

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Pablo Bonilla Sequeira (Miami, Florida United States) - See all my reviews
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Good book, but maybe it need better promotion. My wife is a nurse, and she was the most interested in reading it, and she doesn't finished yet!!