They say it's a rare cancer.....but it's not. It's just that it rarely happens in females as young as Hannah Powell-Auslam, a fifth grader in California.
Hannah was diagnosed with breast cancer, at the age of 10, had a double mastectomy and now the cancer has recurred.
While most would be shocked at the news, some would say it is expected. Nutrition and lifestyle experts have been warning for years now that if our children don't change what they are eating now, they will be diagnosed at younger ages with diseases that usually affect older Americans. Kids the age of 12 have the beginning stages of hardening of the arteries and women as young at 17 years old have been stricken with breast cancer. And now a 10 year old girl.....
It is my sincere hope that the family of this girl realizes that external factors (diet, exercise, environmental toxins) may be contributing to Hannah's "growing environment for cancer" and that they support Hannah to make changes in what she eats and how she lives. In addition to traditional cancer treatment, it's time to take out all the tools of the healing toolbox.
Kim Dalzell, PhD, RD, LD
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