Originally published March 26 2004
Frequent use of antibiotics causes breast cancer by wiping out
intestinal flora
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Naturopaths, chiropractors and other holistic-oriented health
professionals have long warned about the dangers of using antibiotics.
That didn't stop the widespread abuse of antibiotics by most doctors,
though, and now a new study is showing just how serious the health
impact of that abuse may be. This study links antibiotics use with
breast cancer: the more you use antibiotics, the higher your risk of
developing breast cancer. It's a link that few suspected, but one
that has been well established in this study. But how could antibiotics
cause breast cancer? The answer lies in the digestive tract, where
friendly bacteria aid in digestion and create a healthy symbiotic
relationship that supports both our own health and theirs. When you take
antibiotics, you wipe out the colonies of friendly bacteria in your
large intestine (and other areas throughout the body), disrupting normal
healthy digestive function.
This interruption can result in the
build up of toxins in the large intestine, which then get absorbed back
into the bloodstream where they poison the body. This is exactly what
happens following a person's consumption of broad-spectrum antibiotics,
and as we're seeing in this study, the result can lead to breast cancer.
That's just part of the picture, however. Frequent use of
antibiotics leads to all sorts of diseases and disorders beyond just
breast cancer. Antibiotics are something to be used in emergencies only,
not something to be routinely taken to deal with sinus infections, for
example, or common ear infections. Western medicine has abused
antibiotics for far too long, and in doing so, doctors have seriously
compromised the health of their patients. Read Death By Medicine to
learn more.
Antibiotic use is associated with an increased risk for breast cancer,
a new study has found, raising the possibility that women who take the
widely used medicines are prone to one of the most feared malignancies.
The first-of-its-kind study of more than 10,000 Washington state women
concluded that women who used the most antibiotics had double the
chances of being struck by breast cancer, that the association was
consistent for all forms of antibiotics and that the risk went up with
the number of prescriptions, a powerful indication that the link was
real.
A variety of experts quickly cautioned, however, that the findings
should not stop women from taking the often life-saving drugs when they
need them to treat infections.
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