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BREAST MASSAGE
Breast massage is important for stimulating lymphatic flow, circulation
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• Rub your breasts in a circular motion
• Rotate them in opposite directions.
• Continue for 3 to 5 minutes.
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thank you. Several brief massages during the day would also be very
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seen enough bras in my medical career to know that most of
them are about as flexible and about as comfortable as a suit of
armor, and many fit just about as well.
If I could design the perfect bra, it would be a shelf-like garment
made of lightweight and absorbent material that supports the
breast from underneath, without wires. It would not cover the
nipple or the top of the breast so the breast tissue wouldn’t get
too warm. It would support the Cooper’s ligaments that follow
the contours of the breast from the top and the bottom so they
will not get stretched out. The straps would be wide and well-
padded to keep weight off the shoulders. I think this actually
would be healthy and a great joy to women who have suffered
from wearing uncomfortable bras for most of their adult lives.
KATHLEEN SAYS: Just looking at the above material was enough to
convince me. As I was sitting at my desk writing this section, I
stripped off my bra the moment I saw the research about wearing

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bras and breast cancer risk. Yes, I’ll still wear a bra for social reasons,
but since I work at home, that means I’ll put one on only a couple
of times a week. I’ll also wear it when I ride my horse since canter-
ing can be downright painful without some support.
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have always suspected that the person who invented the bra
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estrogens it contains. Soy is generally considered a “safe” estrogen.
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extensive processing and fermenting. Intuitively, I think there is
something suspicious about this. The plant estrogens in soy do
stimulate the human estrogen receptor sites, which act like elec-
trical outlets that estrogen molecules can plug into. I think the jury
is still out on whether they are healthy ones or not. I have never
had a good feeling about soy and I wouldn’t recommend using
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