How can we protect our daughters?

So much of the focus of discussion in the media right now is the challenge facing breast cancer patients, the heroism of survivors, the need for more research. I agree with all of this, but I wish that the media would use the month to educate as-yet healthy women about what they CAN do to protect themselves against breast cancer in the future. The research has shown a link to alcohol consumption as well as the value of exercise. Health professionals suggest a healthy diet that focusses on whole grains, vegetables and fruit, certain types of fish, nuts, etc. with a decrease in processed foods, sugar, red meat.

I email copies of such information to my daughters and friends. I recently asked the editor of our newspaper to share some such research, with no luck. It seems that mastectomies make for sexier reading? Yes, the pain and emotional and physical upset is very real for all of us. But the goal I have is for a cure, and in the meantime, I want our daughters (and sometimes our sons) to have the information they need to better their odds!