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i heard this on the radio. they are startling statistics about the link between breast cancer and wearing bras. Please please read! I am posting it instead of linking it for those lazies who don't want to click on the link...


For years, a lot of articles with regards to the causes of breast
cancer point to an unhealthy diet and lack of exercise as the major
links to this disease which happens to be the biggest killer among
women during these last two decades. These studies would have been
almost credible if it were not for the fact that several women (including
Linda McCartney) who have been religious vegetarians and exercise-freaks
have also been unfortunate in suffering breast cancer. Perhaps the
most convincing article I have ever read with regards to this matter,
published in Chinese, is one which links breast cancer to the wearing
of bras.

In the "Bra and Breast Cancer Study" in the United States, it was
discovered that women with breast cancer had a history of sporting
tighter and longer bra-wearing than did the women who had not (yet)
developed the disease. In fact, virtually all of the cancer group
wore bras over 12 hours daily with 18% even sleeping with their bras
which means they wore bras 24 hours daily. In contrast, the comparison
groups had 25% of the women either bra-free or wearing bras less
than 12 hours daily. Only 3% of this group slept with their bras
on. This study revealed a significant link between bras and breast
cancer that is three times greater than the link between cigarette
smoking and lung cancer!

There was a 125 fold increase in breast cancer incidence between
women who were bra-free and those who wore bras 24 hours daily.
Wearing a bra over 12 hours daily conferred a 113 fold increase in
breast cancer incidence! Bras apply pressure to the breasts, especially
to the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system consists of tiny,
thin-walled vessels that drain from the breast tissue, removing toxins,
cell debris, cancer cells, viruses, bacteria, and other products
from the breasts. All of our tissues drain through the lymphatics,
which is essentially the circulatory pathway of the immune system.

However, unlike arteries and veins, these vessels have no internal
pressure. As a result, they are easily compressed by external pressure
(a bra, for instance) leading to the congestion of the tissues that
would otherwise have been drained.

When a woman wears a tight bra, she subjects her breasts to pressure,
closing off the lymphatic pathway from the breast to the nodes.
This causes fluid build-up, swelling, tenderness and cyst formation.
Toxins must be flushed out via the lymphatics. However, a bra-constricted
breast cannot adequately perform this cleansing process, resulting
in toxin accumulation in the breast.

Truthfully, bras are creating droopy, weak breasts...the breast relies
on the bra for artificial support, the body loses its ability to
support the breast by itself. This is why many women feel uncomfortable
without a bra. What is the solution to breast cancer then? DON'T
WEAR A TIGHT BRA! And maybe sleep without them. There is a remarkable
success rate for recovery from fibrocystic breast disease within
10 days to two weeks of going bra-free. Many women have tried going
bra-less and recorded a miraculous improvement in their health!

To test his theory, Singer compared women in Fiji, half of whom wear bras, half of whom go without. Singer found the bra-wearers get breast cancer at the same rate US women do. But, the Fijian women who don't wear bras have almost no incidence of breast cancer. Both groups share the same living environment and diet.

Their study (not medically supported) of over 4,700 women gave the following results:

Women who wore their bras 24 hours per day had a 3 out of 4 chance of developing
breast cancer (in their study, n=2056 for the cancer group and n=2674 for
the standard group).

Women who wore bras more than 12 hour per day but not to bed had a 1 out of 7 risk.

Women who wore their bras less than 12 hours per day had a 1 out of 152 risk.

Women who wore bras rarely or never, had a 1 out of 168 chance of getting breast
cancer. The overall difference between 24 hour wearing and not at all was a
125-fold difference.