A revolutionary and definitive new approach to preventing breast cancer, from Board-certified world authority on breast health Dr. Kristi Funk, co-founder of the renowned Pink Lotus Breast Centre, and surgeon to Angelina Jolie and Sheryl Crow.A revolutionary and definitive new approach to preventing breast cancer, from Board-certified world authority on breast health Dr. Kristi Funk, co-founder of the renowned Pink Lotus Breast Centre, and surgeon to Angelina Jolie and Sheryl Crow.Breasts: An Owner’s Manual is a straight-talking, myth and misconception-busting, strategy-filled guide to breast health. Sharing the latest on lifestyle choices that impact your risk factor including food, supplements, hormones and exercise, Dr. Funk demonstrates that you are so much more in control of whether or not you get breast cancer than you could ever dare to think.In fact, unless you carry a genetic mutation associated with breast cancer, the choices you make in your-day-to-day life trumps genetics and family history when it comes to breast cancer risk, every time.Including a unique long-term risk reduction plan for every woman based on her needs, as well as the latest on diagnosis and treatment for women living with and surviving breast cancer, and with a heartfelt Foreword from longtime patient Angelina, this is a book with a life-saving message for the 1 in 8 women, at the time of writing, who are set to be diagnosed in their lifetime.Dr. Kristi Funk is board-certified surgical breast specialist who founded the Pink Lotus Breast Center in 2007 with her husband and business partner Andy Funk. She is an expert in minimally-invasive diagnostic and treatment methods for all types of breast disease. She has helped thousands of women through breast cancer treatment, including well-known celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Sheryl Crow, who have turned to her for her expertise.- Dr. Funk has a number of high-profile clients, including singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow, but is best known for performing Angelina Jolie’s double prophylactic mastectomy, which Angelina subsequently wrote about in New York Times article “My Medical Choice”.- The Pink Lotus Breast Centre, co-founded by Dr. Funk, is renowned for its research on early detection for triple negative breast cancer.- Dr. Funk has appeared extensively across US media – on Good Morning America, The Doctors, Dr. Oz, CNN, and The Today Show; and her work has been featured in People, New York, Marie Claire, and Los Angeles magazine, and she is GMA’s go-to breast health expert.- Dr. Funk demonstrates, using the latest science, how integral diet and lifestyle choices are to decreasing (or increasing) breast cancer risk, starting with the foods to eat: lean meat, an abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables, flaxseed oil, turmeric, and green tea on the side; the ones that aren’t as bad as you think: dairy and soy; and some, like coffee, which, contrary to popular belief, don’t have any affect at all.- Dr. Funk is a graduate of Stanford. Her published works have appeared in Advanced Therapy of Breast Disease, Surgical Clerkship Manual, Archives of Surgery, the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery and the Journal of Clinical Microbiology. She is the mother of triplet boys.
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