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2 Osterweil, Neil. “Does Stress Cause Breast Cancer?” WebMD, September 24, 2003, webmd.com/breast-cancer/ news/20030924/does-stress-cause-breast-cancer (accessed December 7, 2015).

3 “Secondhand Smoke and Cancer,” National Cancer Institute, January 12, 2011, cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes- prevention/risk/tobacco/second-hand-smoke-fact-sheet#q4 (accessed December 7, 2015).

4 My cancer was estrogen receptive. “Eating Soy May Turn on Genes Linked to Cancer Growth,” Breastcancer.org, September 5, 2014, breastcancer.org/research-news/soy-may-turn-on-genes-linked-to-cancer (accessed December 8, 2015).

5 Velicer, Christine M., et al. “Antibiotic Use in Relation to the Risk of Breast Cancer,” Journal of the American Medical Association (20014) 291(7), ama-assn.org/special/827.pdf (accessed December 8, 2015).

6 Sukocheva, O. A., et al. “Methyl Mercury Influences Growth-Related Signaling in MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells,” Environmental Toxicology (2005) 20(1): 32-44, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15712295 (accessed December 8, 2015).

7 Brophy, James T., et al. “Breast Cancer Risk in Relation to Occupations with Exposure to Carcinogens and Endocrine Disruptors: A Canadian Case-Control Study,” Environmental Health (2012) 11(87) ehjournal.net/content/ 11/1/87 (accessed December 8, 2015).

8 McGill University Health Centre. “Air Pollution Linked to Breast Cancer, Study Suggests,” ScienceDaily, October 7, 2010, sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101006104003.htm (accessed December 8, 2015).

9 The treatment is antibiotics. Mine was diagnosed late and I was given the antibiotics. Lyme disease impairs the immune system. Specter, Michael. “The Lyme Wars,” The New Yorker, July 1, 2013, newyorker.com/magazine/ 2013/07/01/the-lyme-wars (accessed December 8, 2015).

10 “How Cancer Starts,” Cancer Research UK, October 27, 2014, cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/what-is-cancer/ how-cancer-starts (accessed December 8, 2015).

11 “Body’s ‘Serial Killers’ Captured on Film Destroying Cancer Cells,” University of Cambridge, May 19, 2015, cam.ac.uk/research/news/bodys-serial-killers-captured-on-film-destroying-cancer-cells (accessed December 8, 2015).

12 Gearin-Tosh, Michael. Living Proof: A Medical Mutiny, New York: Scribner (2002).

13 “The Gerson Therapy,” Gerson Institute, September 16, 2011, gerson.org/gerpress/the-gerson-therapy (accessed December 8, 2015).

14 Achterberg, Jeanne. Imagery in Healing: Shamanism and Modern Medicine, Boulder, CO: Shambala Publications (2002).

15 Dr. Xu, a modest traditional Chinese medicine doctor in New York City’s East Village, charges $45 a visit at the Keisy Oriental Nature Center. Go see him!

16 “Bloodletting,” Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodletting#In_the_ancient_world (accessed December 11, 2015).

17 Rose, Natalia. Raw Food Life Force Energy, New York: Collins (2007). “Why Raw Food?” Raw Food Central, rawfoodcentral.com/pages/why-raw-food (accessed December 8, 2015).

18 Freedman, David H. “Lies, Damned Lies, and Medical Science,” The Atlantic, November 2010, theatlantic.com/ magazine/archive/2010/11/lies-damned-lies-and-medical-science/308269 (accessed December 8, 2015).

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21 Rosedale, Ron. “Cholesterol Is NOT the Cause of Heart Disease,” Mercola.com, May 28 2005, drrosedale.com/ resources/pdf/Cholesterol%20is%20NOT%20the%20cause%20of%20heart%20disease.pdf (accessed December 8, 2015).

22 Heart & Vascular Team. “Added Sugar = Added Risk for Your Heart,” Cleveland Clinic, April 24, 2014, health.clevelandclinic.org/2014/04/added-sugar-added-risk-for-your-heart (accessed December 8, 2015). “Trans Fats,” American Heart Association, October 7, 2015, heart.org/HEARTORG/GettingHealthy/NutritionCenter/ HealthyEating/Trans-Fats_UCM_301120_Article.jsp# (accessed December 8, 2015). Wenner Moyer, Melinda. “Carbs Against Cardio: More Evidence that Refined Carbohydrates, Not Fats, Threaten the Heart,” Scientific American, May 1, 2010, scientificamerican.com/article/carbs-against-cardio (accessed December 8, 2015).

23 “Overall Numbers: Diabetes and Prediabetes,” American Diabetes Association, June 10, 2014, diabetes.org/ diabetes-basics/statistics (accessed December 11, 2015). Bunim, Juliana. “Quantity of Sugar in Food Supply Linked to Diabetes Rates,” UCSF News Center, February 27, 2013, ucsf.edu/news/2013/02/13591/quantity-sugar-food- supply-linked-diabetes-rates (accessed December 11, 2015). “Trans Fats,” American Heart Association. Wenner Moyer, Melinda, “Carbs Against Cardio.”

24 Cloud, John. “Why Your DNA Isn’t Your Destiny,” Time, January 6, 2010, time.com/time/magazine/article/ 0,9171,1952313-1,00.html (accessed December 8, 2015).

25 McKie, Robin. “Why Do Identical Twins End Up Having Such Different Lives?” The Guardian, June 1, 2013, theguardian.com/science/2013/jun/02/twins-identical-genes-different-health-study (accessed December 8, 2015).