The cancer industry depends on more cancer.

The World Health Organization has admitted that 70 per cent of all cancers can be prevented through simple changes in food and lifestyle.

That number is probably conservative, though. It’s probably closer to 90 percent. Unfortunately, in the cancer industry, there’s no incentive to teach women how to avoid breast cancer. If they did, it would eliminate the billions of dollars in revenue that the cancer industry is banking on with the continuation of this disease among the population.

The cancer industry remains silent about these cancer prevention solutions. Ever wonder why? It’s because the livelihood of the industry depends on more cancer. If cancer rates plummeted by 70 per cent or more, the industry would be devastated. The incomes, egos and power positions of cancer industry operators depend entirely on the continued spread of cancer among the population.

“[The cancer industry is] a market-driven industry that feeds off breast cancer survivors.” - Health Studies researcher Samantha King, author of Pink Ribbons Inc.

That’s why there’s no real effort to teach women how to prevent breast cancer. There’s no program in place to teach women about the anti-cancer effects of sunlight and vitamin D. Recent studies have shown that adequate sun exposure, which so many people lack, may prevent up to 77 percent of all cancers.

Instead, cancer industry groups like the American Cancer Society run ads warning people about sunlight. Many people are now scared to expose their bodies to sunlight. It’s ridiculous.

There’s no honest effort to teach women about the natural anti-cancer agents found in certain foods, and no one is telling women the truth about the cancer-causing chemicals in perfumes, laundry detergent, cosmetics and personal care products. Products like deodorants and antiperspirants contain harmful chemical and aluminum that women put underneath their armpits. Not only do these chemicals and metals absorb into the body literally next to the breast, but the antiperspirants stop the lymph nodes from eliminating toxins via the sweat glands in the armpits.

If that’s not bad enough, the companies that make these cancer-causing products have the audacity to place a pink breast cancer ribbon on the very product that may cause breast cancer. Recent research shows that even air fresheners are contaminated with phthalates, and new details about cancer-causing chemicals in household products seem to emerge every week.

They maximize revenues and profits by preventing prevention and waiting for women to get cancer, then treating them with high-profit pharmaceuticals, radiation and surgical procedures. And to help them out, corporations, media organizations and volunteers, many of whom are women, actually help them raise more money.

The cancer industry is exploiting these women, using their bodies to generate profits. It’s time to teach genuine cancer prevention to women. It’s time to teach them how to avoid breast cancer rather than waiting for them to get it.

If these businesses really cared about stopping cancer, they’d refuse to profit from the disease and, instead, use the money to help stop cancer in future generations of women, and men, for that matter. As word spreads, these non-profits will have to do something to save their reputation, so they’ll start running tiny “prevention” campaigns to save face.

But underneath the facade, make no mistake about it, cancer is big, big business, and the cancer industry is driven by profiting from a woman’s body, not protecting it from cancer.

In my next article, I will share with you a list of “Things that Cause Cancer” and “Things that Prevent Cancer.”

Adam Francilia is the president and founder of the Fitlife Center for Health and Performance in Maple Ridge.