Pink Ribbon Day for cancer awareness just promotes unhealthy foods which cause cancer

Some companies and cancer charities will never learn... October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, October 13th is Breast Cancer Awareness Day, and October 21st (today) is Pink Ribbon Day (for breast and gynaecological cancers), to raise awareness of these diagnoses, and to raise funds for cancer charities for "research".

​In reality, these awareness days are a means for these cancer charities to raise funds to keep the organisation in existence and to pay for the bosses and staff, rent, and their expensive marketing. Very, very little actually goes into research or any benefit to those who have cancer. I previously wrote an article on this topic and I investigated the financial reports of the major cancer charity organisation in Australia and I found they only spent 0.9% of its over $30 million dollars in donations, actually went into research. Less than 1%!

A national bakery chain, whose name will remain anonymous here, pledges 100% of sales from their pink buns from their event in May to go to the Breast Cancer Network Australia. Many people will think this is a good cause and want to help reduce incidences of breast cancer, or to help those who have the condition.

But the BCNA and other cancer organisations are fundraising by using unhealthy products which ironically cause and contribute to the very condition that they are trying to prevent! Sugar in excess can be one of many causes of cancer, and sugar as glucose is the main source of fuel for energy and growth of cancer cells! Sugar also reduces immune system function, causes inflammation and oxidative damage to the body, all of which can hugely increase the risk of cancer development and progression. Hence for cancer prevention and treatment, reducing and avoiding sugary foods and drinks is essential. Most of the products or foods promoted in cancer fundraising efforts for cancer organisations or charities are full of sugar, chemicals, or high carbohydrate grain-based foods which break down into sugar in the body.

This practice of "pinkwashing" of promoting very unhealthy products for cancer research is insane and ironic, but unfortunately very common - see some of the article pictures for ridiculous examples of pinkwashing of very unhealthy foods, all for the benefit of raising funds for the cancer organisations.

Support cancer charities in other ways if you must, but please don't buy these "pinkwashed" products that can put you or someone at risk of cancer, or make their health worse. Or perhaps better, donate to your own health program, to prevent or reduce your risks of cancer. Until such time as the cancer charities actually put a significant amount of their donations into real cancer research and real cancer treatments, including the many natural and safe options, I will not be donating a cent to these cancer charity organisations.

Stay healthy!