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Breasts: An Owner’s Manual: Every Woman’s Guide to Reducing Cancer Risk, Making Treatment Choices and Optimising Outcomes
Kristi Funk
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 Sheryl Crow, 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.
About the Author (#ulink_c1bfdf94-fcb0-592d-884f-fa22f6cc7571)
Dr. KRISTI FUNK, board-certified breast cancer surgeon and cofounder of the Pink Lotus Breast Center, is an expert in minimally invasive diagnostic and treatment methods for all types of breast disease. She has helped thousands of women through breast treatment, including well-known celebrities such as Angelina Jolie and Sheryl Crow, who have turned to her for her surgical expertise.
After graduating with distinction from Stanford University in 1991, Dr. Funk received her medical degree from the UC Davis School of Medicine. Following her surgical residency at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, she completed a surgical breast fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where she then excelled as a surgeon and breast center director for seven years. In 2009, Dr. Funk, alongside her entrepreneurial husband, Andy Funk, opened the Pink Lotus Breast Center in Beverly Hills. The Pink Lotus Breast Center fuses state-of-the-art screening, genetic testing, diagnosis, and treatment with preventive strategies and holistic, compassionate care.
Dr. Funk is also the founding ambassador of the Pink Lotus Foundation, whose mission is to provide low-income, uninsured, and underinsured women free access to breast cancer screening and care.
When not appearing as a breast expert and TV personality in hundreds of television segments, documentaries, news articles, and stories, Dr. Funk enjoys Half Ironman triathlon races, vegan cooking, and card games. She resides with Andy and their three sons in Santa Monica, a peaceful suburb of Los Angeles.
Copyright (#ulink_ab8ae230-e814-5268-97f5-9600ba3890cf)
An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2018
Copyright © Kristi Funk 2018
Kristi Funk asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Ebook Edition © June 2018 ISBN: 9780008271398
Praise for Breasts: An Owner’s Manual (#ulink_de929ac2-56fa-5240-9461-96fcd11ea82b)
“I love this book! In Breasts: An Owner’s Manual, Dr. Kristi Funk’s evidence-based advice will have you kicking breast cancer—and all of life’s major killers—to the curb.”
—MICHAEL GREGER, MD, FACLM
Founder, Nutritionfacts.org
New York Times Bestselling Author
“Dr. Funk writes Breasts: An Owner’s Manual just like she talks: with conviction, passion, and a laser focus on you.”
—DR. MEHMET OZ
Host, The Dr. Oz Show
Professor of Surgery, New York Presbyterian Columbia University
Director, Integrative Medicine Center,
Columbia University Medical Center
New York Times Bestselling Author
“Breasts: An Owner’s Manual is an empowering guide to the latest life-saving information. It has everything you need for protecting and improving your health, tackling medical questions, planning health-supporting meals, and breaking through the myths that could hold you back, all in an easy-to-read format.”
—NEAL D. BARNARD, MD, FACC
Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine,
George Washington University School of Medicine
President, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
New York Times Bestselling Author
“Dr. Funk has written an incredibly detailed and carefully documented book on the very complex topics of breast health and breast cancer. She lays out a clear plan for breast health, cancer prevention, and, in reality, a lifestyle that we all could use to improve our health. Presented in an easily approachable manner, Breasts: An Owner’s Manual does not spare the science (in fact, it really ladles it on), but Dr. Funk makes the science readable in a conversational style that both calms and empowers the reader (exactly how I imagine she talks with her patients!). As she writes in the introduction, ‘Knowledge is power, and power replaces fear with confidence and joy, which motivates you to implement changes’—words that all patients (and all of us) can take to heart, making positive changes and taking control of our futures!”
—PETER D. BEITSCH, MD, FACS
Director, Dallas Breast Center
Past President, American Society of Breast Surgeons
“Dr. Funk uses scientific facts, complex theories, and clinical experience to artfully compose and communicate pearls of advice that are actionable and sensible. Breasts: An Owner’s Manual will become an indispensable and valued guide for women looking to optimize health and minimize breast illness.”
—DEBU TRIPATHY, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Breast Medical Oncology,
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Editor-in-Chief, CURE Magazine
“In Breasts: An Owner’s Manual, I can hear Dr. Funk’s straight-talking, witty voice as she debunks breast myths, simplifies complex choices, and inspires you to become your healthiest self. An important read for anyone looking to take charge of their health.”
—TRAVIS STORK, MD
Host, The Doctors
Emergency Medicine Physician
“Breasts: An Owner’s Manual not only provides a clear path to breast health, but a road that leads straight to your healthiest self. As someone who has faced breast cancer, I suggest you follow it.”
—ROBIN ROBERTS
Coanchor, Good Morning America
“Dr. Kristi Funk distills the complex topic of cancer causation and promotion down to practical, actionable advice and cutting-edge nutritional science. Breasts: An Owner’s Manual will become a cherished, life-saving manual shared among all generations of women throughout the world, for both breast health and breast illness. There’s simply no guide like it—and it’s so compelling to read!”
—CAROLYN “BO” ALDIGÉ
President and Founder, Prevent Cancer Foundation
“Breasts: An Owner’s Manual is highly readable, informative, and practical. Dr. Funk is a trustworthy and knowledgeable source of information. If you’re searching for the comprehensive book on breast health, look no further.”
—MIKE DOW, PSYD
Psychotherapist
New York Times Bestselling Author
“I believe that Breasts: An Owner’s Manual will change and save lives and serve as a gateway for many women to enter into a total health transformation: physical, mental, and spiritual. It is a comprehensive how-to, go-to book addressing the lifestyle issues of anyone with breasts. Somehow Dr. Funk has been able to neatly dissect, define, and package this explosive information. You now hold in your hands knowledge of revolutionary proportions. The light of this manual chases away the darkness that can be associated with breast health. Now sit back and enjoy the ride.”
—BEVERLY “BAM” CRAWFORD, DD
Chancellor, Bible Enrichment Fellowship International Church
“We all have (or had) breasts, but who has ever told us how to care for them? What should you eat, not eat, do, not do—and what about all those risk factors over which you have no control? There are so many mixed messages about screening and even about what to do after you’ve been diagnosed. In Breasts: An Owner’s Manual, Dr. Funk helps you sift through all the confusion as though you’re having coffee with a dear friend—a friend who just happens to know a lot about breast health and illness! So grab a cup and turn the page.”
—LISA LING
TV Journalist
Producer and Host of This Is Life with Lisa Ling
To the women and girls all over this wonderful world who have—or had—breasts.
Contents
Cover (#u8e02fce5-c719-5890-98e6-b81275f1e09d)
About the Author (#ulink_4905ddb9-a4dd-5c58-834a-ca8f72e7b85e)
Title Page (#udb3f86b0-a52d-54fb-b884-ae56897400f4)
Copyright (#ulink_c3e1c33f-47e5-5768-b7c7-4e575a9fb6c9)
Praise (#ulink_c0e090f8-9813-54a3-86f6-1122143477ec)
Dedication (#ude1e8e10-1e7b-507c-855a-976edce2b6d1)
Foreword by Sheryl Crow (#ulink_a144b263-60a6-525d-b345-d76d51771d44)
Author’s Note (#ulink_98d877a8-74f5-5022-b58e-3adfa9639267)
Introduction (#ulink_f08721be-91fa-522f-87f4-23ce8f5c53bf)
PART 1: Breast Health Basics (#ulink_30c6c67a-b53d-56d5-abe8-5292e962860d)
Chapter 1: Breast Care ABCs (#ulink_5df3a05a-bccb-53b6-8b60-98f752578f8d)
Chapter 2: Debunking Breast Cancer Myths (#ulink_9e505303-dbb9-5612-9d9b-36e725fe98ff)
PART 2: Reducing Cancer Risk
Chapter 3: Eat This
Chapter 4: Don’t Eat That
Chapter 5: Beyond Food: What You Should Do
PART 3: Learn Your Personal Risk Factors and Control What You Can
Chapter 6: Uncontrollable Risk Factors: Do You Have Them?
Chapter 7: Medications and Operations to Consider
PART 4: Making Medical Choices and Living with Risk
Chapter 8: Breast Cancer Screening and Detection
Chapter 9: Cancer Happens: A Newly Diagnosed Starter Kit
Chapter 10: Now What? Life After Diagnosis and Treatment
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Notes
Index
About the Publisher
Foreword (#ulink_3599333d-41ad-50f9-b15a-4ce020bae670)
I’m embarrassed to say that when I first walked into my appointment with Dr. Kristi Funk, I wanted to turn around and leave. I thought, There’s no way this young woman whose beauty rivals Jessica Simpson’s can be the doctor I’ve heard so much about from my gynecologist and my internist as being someone who is widely known for her dedication and expertise to breast surgery. Boy, was I wrong! And furthermore, that appointment was one of the big blessings to come from my cancer experience. Not only was she then—and remains now—one of the finest breast surgeons a woman could have, but she also has been an inspiration and a friend to me ever since I walked into her office.
It was February 2006, and I was due to have my yearly mammogram. This one seemed to be more of a nuisance than ones in the past, because my engagement had just fallen apart five days before and I really didn’t want to be bothered with something I knew would be a waste of time. I was healthy and extremely fit, having spent the better part of the previous three years riding my bicycle up the sides of mountains—and I had no family history of breast cancer. I licked my wounds and went ahead and got it over with.
A few days after my mammogram, my gynecologist called me and suggested that I have two biopsies just to answer any questions that had shown up on the film, rather than waiting the recommended six months to view the areas again. She advised me to see Kristi Funk, who performed surgery a few days later.
