5 Things that WILL NOT Decrease Your Risk of Breast Cancer

If you want to decrease your risk of breast cancer or a recurrence, you have to become clear on what WILL and what WILL NOT help. Here are some things that WILL NOT help decrease your risk:

1. Hoping

Merely hoping that you won’t develop breast cancer or a recurrence will not actually decrease your risk. I’m not saying that I don’t want you to have hope. Hope is so important. It keeps us motivated, shows that we still care, and prevents us from giving up or from becoming completely apathetic. But hoping without ever taking any action doesn’t decrease your risk of breast cancer.

2. Worrying

Look, I get it. I worry a lot about a lot of things (this is something I’m trying to work on). But living in fear or worry of developing breast cancer or a recurrence will do nothing to decrease your risk. In fact, it may actually contribute to your risk by increasing your stress levels. 

3. Talking to your healthcare provider

I am ALL FOR you talking to your healthcare provider about your current risk of breast cancer as well as your screening or surveillance plan. I’m also ALL FOR you talking to them about how to decrease your risk. However, just talking to your healthcare provider and getting information from them will not decrease your risk of breast cancer if you never put that information into practice. 

4. Searching the internet

We have so much information at our fingertips these days, which is both good and bad. Sometimes that information is inaccurate and sometimes it can be overwhelming. So while there may be lots of good information on the internet about how to decrease your risk of breast cancer, you may still be confused or unclear about where or how to exactly start decreasing your risk. And again, having the information but being unable to act on it, will not decrease your risk of breast cancer. 

5. Getting your mammogram

Ok, before you get upset with me, hear me out. I 100% want you to get your mammogram (and any other breast imaging recommended by your healthcare provider). Getting your mammogram helps with early detection (which, again, I’m all for), but it doesn’t help to actually decrease your risk of breast cancer. 

So, what will decrease your risk of breast cancer?

Taking action

You have to start making the changes and putting the information you’ve learned into action to decrease your risk of breast cancer. 

If you're serious about taking action, you can download my FREE 4-Week Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Starter Kit by clicking HERE! Start decreasing your risk of breast cancer today!