Breast Cancer and Autoimmune Disease

Andra2000

Hi Everyone~My name is Andra and this is my first post here. I just recently wrote a book on autoimmune disease and feel that much of the information we discovered would be helpful to share here. My daughter and I co-wrote the book so when I say "we" that is what I am referring to. The book is currently the no 1 book in Immune Systems and in Musculoskeletal disease on Amazon. I only mention this for credibility. I intend to share all of the research here.

What we found is that every symptom and every valid scientific finding in every autoimmune disease can be traced directly back to missing enzymes in the pancreas called proteases and DNase1. These enzymes break down dietary DNA and proteins. Even diseases that are not normally thought of as autoimmune diseases, such as fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome can be traced directly back to these enzymes. For instance, one of the leading researchers in fibromyalgia is Dr. Patrick Woods. He is the scientific director of the Fibromyalgia Association of America. His findings in fibromyalgia are low dopamine, low iron and spinal cord changes.

So how do we trace these findings back to pancreatic enzymes?
First low dopamine. We have studies in our book that show fibromyalgia patients lack the essential amino acid phenylalanine. Phenylalanine is found in "high protein foods" such as meat, fish, dairy and eggs. That is what protease do, they break down proteins and release essential amino acids.

Phenylalanine converts into tyrosine and tyrosine is then used for the synthesis of dopamine. So, this would explain the lack of dopamine.

The second finding is low iron. Protease regulate iron absorption in the body. We have a study in our book that shows this.

The third finding is spinal cord degeneration . According to the National Institutes of Health, subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord is CAUSED by a vitamin B12 deficiency. Vitamin B12 is only found attached to dietary animal proteins and we have studies in the book that show protease are ESSENTIAL for the binding and transport of vitamin B12. We have additional studies that show fibromyalgia patients lack vitamin B12 in their cerebrospinal fluid, where these degenerative changes are taking place.

We can do this with every single valid scientific finding in every autoimmune disease.
Which brings me to my point. Autoimmune sufferers are at a higher risk of developing certain types of cancer, such as breast cancer. Here is a quote from our book.

"In addition to endometriosis, autoimmune sufferers are also at an increased
risk of developing certain types of cancer, such as breast and endometrial
cancer. They also have an increased risk of lymphoma, a cancer that
originates from white blood cells called lymphocytes and spreads from
one lymph node to another. For example, according to the Johns Hopkins
Lupus Center, lupus patients have a greater risk of developing breast, lung,
cervical, and endometrial cancer and Sjögren's and lupus patients are both
at a greater risk of developing lymphoma, (Johns Hopkins Lupus Center,
2012)."

The same findings we found in autoimmune disease, such as autonomic dysfunction, low testosterone, elevated tumor necrosis factor, altered amino acid metabolism, B12 deficiency,magnesium deficiency,low vitamin D, low glutathione, a connection to thyroid disease, low iron, high homocysteine, dysregulated vacular endothelial growth factor and nitric oxide are found in breast cancer also. And we can trace each of these findings back to missing enzymes in the pancreas just as we can in autoimmune disease.

dlb823

Interesting information.  I don't understand the whole pancreatic enzymes thing, but there was a thread here several months ago where quite a few women reported having some type of autoimmune condition prior to getting their bc dx.  So I think, in some cases, it could very well be true that there is a connection.

But, as you may know, all bc is not the same, and I'm thinking that, while your theory may be true for some types of bc, it may not be true for every type of bc.   

Thanks for sharing this information.  Hopefully it will contribute to finding both a cure and strategies for prevention.    Deanna      

mkkjd60

Thank you for this information. My mom is stage iv and has long suffered from the autoimmune disease lichen plan us. I always believed there was a connection. So how do we put these enzymes back into the pancreas?

thankful4life

This is very interesting to me. Our family has a strong history of auto-immune diseases. Can you share the name of your book? Thanks!

cp418

Can these deffective enzyme pathways be assisted to improve symptoms with diet changes and supplements?  I realize a person's genetics are what they are but will diet help minimize the side effects and aggressiveness of these auto-immune diseases.  Identifying them and their genetic status is one thing but as patients how do we cope and live with our faulty genes?