Votre vie entre vos mains : comprendre, prévenir et surmonter le

Votre vie entre vos mains : comprendre, prévenir et
surmonter le cancer du sein
by Jane A. Plant
I found this book in the local library a few months after being told that I had six months to a year to live because
my breast cancer had spread. The oncologist only offered hormonal treatment and palliative care to ease
symptoms as things progressed. I was 47 years old when I was given that diagnosis and not ready to give up
without doing something.
As soon as I read the cover I knew that this was the book for me. Prof Plant has had breast cancer and was told to
go and get her things in order. Instead she started to research a dietary approach to dealing with this disease. As I
turned the pages I could feel what Plant was saying was the right approach for me.
A few months later one tumour could no longer be detected, and the rest were stable or decreasing. That was
nearly four years ago. My health may not be perfect, but this approach has really worked for me.
I know that some people find it to be a difficult book to read, but read it with an open mind and see if you think
this can work for you. In my case I had nothing to lose. This book fundamentally gave me hope and a way to move
forward. A way to wrench back the power from the cancer by using food as medicine. This is non toxic, has
virtually no nasty side effects (unless you have allergies) and can really make a difference.
The book is about patient empowerment at its best. Oncologists do not know it all, although they tend to think
they do, and so it is up to the patient to find their path. Many other things have helped me, meditation,
acupuncture, reflexology etc, but this was the book that allowed me to see how much the patient can contribute
to their own healing on so many levels.|This book changed my life and helped to stop me from repeating lifestyle
mistakes. A definitive and well researched scientific book for anyone who has been touched by cancer.|The core
acupuncture, reflexology etc, but this was the book that allowed me to see how much the patient can contribute
to their own healing on so many levels.|This book changed my life and helped to stop me from repeating lifestyle
mistakes. A definitive and well researched scientific book for anyone who has been touched by cancer.|The core
message of this book is excellent and extremely relevant for men and women today - consumption of dairy
products is linked to breast and prostate cancer. The author is a scientist and gives a detailed explanation of the
connection in Chapter 4. I would give that chapter alone 5 stars.
The author has a very impressive story - she had 5 recurrences of breast cancer and was given 6 months to live.
Now, decades later, she is still alive and attributes her recovery to eliminating dairy from her diet. Her passion for
her path makes the rest of the book less impressive - less scientific, based on her opinion and experiences, and
somewhat contradictory. For example, she recommends no dairy, which I agree with wholeheartedly, but then
recommends eating organic meat. She recommends drinking beer which is odd considering that alcohol
consumption is linked to increased risk of breast cancer. She refers to kinesiology muscle testing as mumbo
jumbo. She criticizes Louise Hay for writing that cancer is related to deep emotional pain but then in the next
chapter says that she's known many women who've gotten breast cancer after dealing with very emotionally
stressful situations in their lives and talks about some of her own deeply painful issues. If you take one message
away from the book, it should be about the link between dairy consumption and disease. Take the rest of the
book with a grain of salt. For more on this topic, see Colin Campbell's book The China Study or any of Joel
Fuhrman's books.|Il s’agit du témoignage personnel d’une survivante du cancer du sein qui est scientifique. Son
regard objectif sur sa maladie lui a permis d’en dépister la cause et de trouver une façon de la combattre. À lire!
Le début du livre présente l’histoire de l’auteure : elle se présente d’abord comme scientifique pour ensuite
raconter son itinéraire du cancer, depuis la découverte d’un nodule dans son sein gauche jusqu’à sa guérison, en
passant par les recherches faites pour découvrir la cause de sa maladie, les traitements subis et les multiples
récidives de son cancer avant que, finalement, il disparaisse. Ce premier chapitre est difficile à lire du point de vue
émotionnel. Lorsque Jane Plant raconte que, à peine six semaines après avoir fini ses séances de radiothérapie,
une nouvelle tumeur s’est présentée, le lecteur ressentira le désespoir, l’angoisse et la frustration de l’auteure.
Ce que Jane Plant fait très bien dans ce livre, c’est qu’elle raconte de façon objective tout ce qui lui est arrivé,
même les erreurs qu’elle a commises. Comme elle dit au début du premier chapitre, « J’ai voulu vous informer
comme le ferait une amie qui prendrait soin de vous et vous guiderait vers la sortie du tunnel. » Ainsi, elle raconte
ce qui s’est passé pour la convaincre qu’elle avait besoin d’une mastectomie, puis, ce qu’elle a su par la suite pour
la faire croire qu’en fin de compte cette intervention n’était peut-être pas nécessaire pour elle.
La partie la plus importante de ce que l’auteure raconte, c’est comment elle a découvert la cause du cancer du
sein. (C’est aussi une des causes du cancer de la prostate.) Il s’agit d’un risque tellement facile à éviter qu’on se
demande pourquoi on ne nous l’a pas dit avant. (La réponse est évidente : l’argent, toujours l’argent.)
Jane Plant travaille au British Geological Survey (Institut d’études géologiques britannique). Elle a reçu en cadeau,
de la part de collègues chinois, le livre Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the People’s Republic of China (Atlas de la
mortalité due au cancer dans la République Populaire de Chine). Ce dernier lui a permis de faire le premier pas
vers la découverte de la cause du cancer du sein (et de la prostate). En effet, les Chinois ne mangent pas de
produits laitiers et c’est là le secret de la cause.
L’importance de Votre vie entre vos mains réside dans l’énoncé de l’auteure qu’il existe un lien entre les produits
laitiers et le cancer du sein semblable à celui entre la cigarette et le cancer des poumons. Mais, en plus de cela,
c’est un livre important parce qu’il explique pourquoi les produits laitiers ne sont pas bons pour la consommation
humaine. Une partie de l’explication est très facile à comprendre, car il est expliqué en termes simples que le lait,
c’est bon pour les veaux, les chevreaux et les agneaux (même avant d’arriver aux hormones et antibiotiques qu’on
administre aux animaux dont on boit le lait!) L’autre partie, plus scientifique et parlant de différents types
d’hormones contenues dans le lait, exige une lecture plus concentrée. Néanmoins, le message est clair.
Aussi dans le livre, l’auteure explique tous les processus de diagnostic et de traitement que peuvent rencontrer les
femmes atteintes du cancer du sein. Elle offre aussi des conseils pour éliminer les produits laitiers de son
alimentation, en plus de dire par quoi remplacer les éléments importants dont le corps a besoin. Par exemple, le
tofu contient beaucoup de calcium.
Le livre contient des explications claires qui montrent de quoi le corps a besoin et pourquoi, ainsi que des recettes
santé. L’auteure propose sept principes diététiques pour diminuer le risque de développer un cancer du sein ou
de la prostate. De plus, elle propose des variantes du régime préconisé selon que la personne lutte contre le
cancer ou si elle désire le prévenir ou prévenir une récidive.
En somme, le livre est très intéressant et très utile. Conseillé à tous.
|Jane Plant's `Your Life in Your Hands' introduced me to the concept of Breast Cancer Prevention, but one further
breast cancer and ovarian cyst later I value very most of her writing but have several points of diversion.
A major point in this book is the hormonal nature of milk and how removing milk from the diet regressed her own
cancer. She uses the information on the low rate of breast cancers in isolated areas of Asia where milk is not part
of the diet. I agree with her on not having milk in your diet because of its hormonal nature and have no milk in my
own diet but these isolated lifestyles were also free of chemicals and reliant on food they grew themselves using
physical effort. Their diets were also predominantly plant based and from nutrient rich soils. These factors are also
important in creating breast cancer free diets.
A second concept strong in Jane Plant's book where she and I diverge is the inclusion of soy in a breast cancer
prevention diet. I have no soy products in my diet. Good organic soy is fine for those who have no breast cancer in
their genetics or history, but for the rest of us the estrogenic nature of this product leaves it a high risk food. My
own doctor has given it a definite NO.
Other concepts introduced in this book for example the dangers of plastic usage and an awareness of
environmental toxins were informative and started my journey towards a changed lifestyle.
Understanding, overcoming and preventing breast cancer is not a simple journey but a beginning of a new way of
living not just for the individual but the planet.
They latest science for example that glyphosate used in Roundup the world’s most widely used herbicide is
capable of driving estrogen receptor mediated breast cancer cell proliferation within the infinitesimal parts per
trillion concentration range is particularly frightening and means continuing Jane Plant's journey in prevention is
one of ongoing discernment for all who want to understand, prevent and overcome breast and ovarian cancer.