Goddesses Never Age: The Secret Prescription for Radiance, Vitality, and Well-Being (53 page)

5
. Mindfulness Matters:
http://www.mindfulness-matters.org/
.

6
. Mark Hamer et al, “Taking Up Physical Activity in Later Life and Healthy Ageing: The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing,”
British Journal of Sports Medicine
48 (2014): 239–43. DOI:10.1136/bjsports-2013-092993.
http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/3/239.abstract
.

7
. Michael F. Roizen,
RealAge: Are You as Young as You Can Be?
(New York: HarperCollins, 2001).

8
. Becca R. Levy et al, “Longevity Increased by Positive Self-perceptions of Aging,”
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
83, no. 2 (August 2002): 261–70.

9
. J. M. Hausdorff et al, “The Power of Ageism on Physical Function of Older Persons: Reversibility of Age-Related Gait Changes,”
Journal of the American Geriatric Society
47, no. 11 (November 1999): 1346–49.

10
. Kathryn P. Riley et al, “Early Life Linguistic Ability, Late Life Cognitive Function, and Neuropathology: Findings from the Nun Study,”
Neurobiology of Aging
26, no. 3 (2005): 341–47.

11
. Martinez, “Your Culture Is Stronger Than Your Genes.”

12
. Susan Kuchinskas, “The Alpha Goddess: Open to Anything, Including Technology,”
Adweek,
February 27, 2012.
http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/alpha-goddess-138528
.

13
. Robert Love, “The Smart Money Is on the 50+ Crowd,”
AARP: The Magazine,
June/July 2014.
http://www.aarp.org/entertainment/style-trends/info-2014/baby-boomer-economic-power.html
.

14
. Tosha Silver’s Twitter post about absolute and unconditional self-acceptance can be found at
http://twitter.com/toshasil
.

15
.
When God Was a Woman
by Merlin Stone (Orlando, FL: Harvest Books, 1978) and
The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future
by Riane Eisler (New York: HarperCollins, 1987) are two of the first books that explored the history of the goddess religion.

Chapter 2

1
. Audre Lorde,
A Burst of Light: Essays
(Firebrand Books, 1988), 131.

2
. Herbert Benson and William Proctor,
The Breakout Principle: How to Activate the Natural Trigger That Maximizes Creativity, Athletic Performance, Productivity and Personal Well-Being
(New York: Scribner, 2003), 56.

3
. Rick Strassman,
DMT: The Spirit Molecule: A Doctor’s Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death and Mystical Experiences
(Rochester Press, VT: Park Street Press, 2000), 73. DMT, derived from the ayahuasca plant, is used by South American shamans to induce what Strassman calls a “psychedelic” state.

Chapter 3

1
. Christiane Northrup,
Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing,
rev. ed. (New York: Bantam, 2010), 99.

2
. Marshall Kirkpatrick, “Google CEO Schmidt: ‘People Aren’t Ready for the Technology Revolution,’”
ReadWrite,
August 4, 2010.
http://readwrite.com/2010/08/04/google_ceo_schmidt_people_arent_ready_for_the
_tech#awesm=~or9ZvGJTDdkf01.

3
. H. Gilbert Welch, M.D., M.P.H.,
Should I Be Tested for Cancer? Maybe Not and Here’s Why
(Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2006).

4
. Per-Henrik Zahl et al., “The Natural History of Invasive Breast Cancers Detected by Screening Mammography,”
Archives of Internal Medicine
168, no. 21 (2008): 2311–16.

5
. Archie Bleyer and H. Gilbert Welch, “Effect of Three Decades of Screening Mammography on Breast-Cancer Incidence,”
New England Journal of Medicine
367 (November 22, 2012): 1998–2005. DOI: 10.1056 /NEJMoa1206809.

6
. Maryland Coalition on Mental Health and Aging, “Effects of Medications.”
http://www.mhamd.org/aging/agingconsiderations/effectsofmeds.htm
.

7
. Kazi Stastna, “‘Junk DNA’ Has a Purpose, New Map of Human Genome Reveals,” CBC News, September 5, 2012.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/junk-dna-has-a-purpose-new-map-of-human-genome-reveals-1.1238937
.

8
. James Gallagher, “‘Memories’ Pass Between Generations,” BBC News, December 1, 2013.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25156510
.

9
. Earle Holland, “Stress Hormones May Play New Role in Speeding Up Cancer Growth,”
Ohio State University Research News
(November 2006).
http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/epinorepi.htm
.

10
. L. S. Massad et al, “2012 Updated Consensus Guidelines for the Management of Abnormal Cervical Cancer Screening Tests and Cancer Precursors,”
Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease
17, no. 3 (July 2013): S1–S27.
http://www.omniaeducation.com/images/hpv_resource2.pdf
.

Chapter 4

1
. Stephani Sutherland, “Bright Screens Could Delay Bedtime,”
Scientific American,
December 19, 2012.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bright-screens-could-delay-bedtime/
.

2
. J. Manonai et al, “Effect of Pueraria Mirifica on Vaginal Health,”
Menopause
14, no. 5 (September/October 2007): 919–24.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/17415017/
.

3
. Sukanya Jaroenporn et al, “Improvements of Vaginal Atrophy Without Systemic Side Effects after Topical Application of
Pueraria mirifica,
a Phytoestrogen-rich Herb, in Postmenopausal Cynomolgus Macaques,”
Journal of Reproduction and Development
60, no. 3 (April 21, 2014): 238–45.

4
. The Bogalusa heart study, conducted through Tulane University, has generated research articles in several journals and can be found at
http://tulane.edu/som/cardiohealth/
.

5
. K. Miyagawa et al, “Medroxyprogesterone Interferes with Ovarian Steroid Protection Against Coronary Vasospasm,”
Nature Medicine
3, no. 3 (1997): 324–27.

6
. For more specifics on the research into statin drugs, see pages 586 to 590 in
The Wisdom of Menopause;
and Jonny Bowden and Stephen Sinatra,
The Great Cholesterol Myth: Why Lowering Your Cholesterol Won’t Prevent Heart Disease—and the Statin-free Plan That Will
(Beverly, MA: Fair Winds Press, 2012).

7
. The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) statistics are from its website,
http://www.surgery.org/media/statistics
.

8
. Lynne McTaggart, “What Doctors Didn’t Tell Angelina Jolie,” on her blog, May 21, 2013, citing D. de Jong et al, “Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma in Women with Breast Implants,”
Journal of the American Medical Association
300, no. 17 (November 2008): 2030–5. DOI: 10.1001 /jama.2008.585. McTaggart writes, “Breast implants have been linked to a rare type of breast cancer known as ‘anaplastic large-cell lymphoma’ (ALCL), a form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, increasing risk of contracting the disease by 18 times.”
http://www.lynnemctaggart.com/blog/226-what-doctors-didnt-tell-angelina-jolie
.

9
. Stephen T. Chang,
The Tao of Sexology: The Book of Infinite Wisdom
(San Francisco, CA: Tao Publishing, 1986).

10
. Inger Thune et al, “Physical Activity and the Risk of Breast Cancer,”
New England Journal of Medicine
336 (May 1, 1997): 1269–75.

11
. C. F. Garland et al, “Vitamin D for Cancer Prevention: Global Perspective,”
Annals of Epidemiology
19, no. 7 (July 2009): 468–83. Also, C. F. Garland et al, “Vitamin D and Prevention of Breast Cancer: Pooled Analysis,”
Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
103 (March 2007): 708–11.

12
. The complete U.S. Preventive Services Task Force mammogram guidelines can be found at
http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf09/breastcancer/brcanrs.htm
.

13
. Bleyer and Welch, “Effect of Three Decades of Screening,” 1998–2005.

14
. Sarah C. Darby et al, “Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease in Women After Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer,”
New England Journal of Medicine
368 (March 14, 2013): 987–98.
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1209825
.

15
. As researcher Laura Esserman states, “The word
cancer
often invokes the specter of an inexorably lethal process; however, cancers are heterogeneous and can follow multiple paths, not all of which progress to metastases and death, and include indolent disease that causes no harm during the patient’s lifetime.” Laura J. Esserman et al, “Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment in Cancer: An Opportunity for Improvement,”
Journal of the American Medical Association
310, no. 8 (August 28, 2013), 797–98.
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1722196
.

16
. Nikola Biller-Adorno, M.D., Ph.D., and Peter Jüni, M.D., “Abolishing Mammography Screening Programs? A View from the Swiss Medical Board,”
New England Journal of Medicine
370 (May 22, 2014): 1965–67.

17
. Ibid.

18
. Genetics Home Reference, National Institutes of Health, “Breast Cancer,” August 2007.
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/breast-cancer
.

19
. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Committee on Genetics (October 1996),
Breast-Ovarian Cancer Screening
(Committee Opinion no. 176), Washington, DC. Cited in Christiane Northrup,
The Wisdom of Menopause,
rev. ed. (New York: Bantam Books, 2012), 544.

20
. National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, May 1997, reviewed September 2006, “Three Breast Cancer Gene Alterations in Jewish Community Carry Increased Cancer Risk, but Lower Than in Previous Studies.”
http://www.genome.gov/10000939
.

21
. McTaggart, “What Doctors Didn’t Tell Angelina Jolie.” As McTaggart points out, “New evidence shows that even a faulty BRCA1 gene, as Jolie has, may require epigenetic modification, or ‘silencing,’ before cancer progresses (V. Birgisdottir et al, ‘Epigenetic silencing and deletion of the BRCA1 gene in sporadic breast cancer,’
Breast Cancer Res,
2006; 8: R38). And
diets during critical times in a daughter’s life (as a fetus and then during puberty) have a big influence on the expression of genes like BRCA1 (S. de Assis and L. Hilakivi-Clarke, ‘Timing of dietary estrogenic exposures and breast cancer risk,’
Ann NY Acad Sci,
2006; 1089: 14–35).” Also, see Karolyn Gazella, “Angelina Jolie Missed an Important Opportunity,”
The Healing Factor
,
Psychology Today,
May 16, 2013. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-healing-factor/201305/angelina-jolie-missed-important-opportunity
. “Specific to BRCA1 and BRCA2, a 2009 study featured in the journal
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
demonstrated that women with the inherited mutation who ate more fruits and vegetables significantly reduced their risk of developing cancer compared to the women with the mutation who ate fewer fruits and vegetables. In a 2006 study also featured in
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment,
women who carried the mutation and had normal weight and prevented weight gain as they aged also had much lower risk of developing cancer than women with the mutation who were overweight.”

22
. Shoshana M. Rosenberg, Sc.D., M.P.H., et al., “Perceptions, Knowledge, and Satisfaction with Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy among Young Women with Breast Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Survey,”
Annals of Internal Medicine
159, no. 6 (September 17, 2013): 373–81. DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-6-201309170-00003.

23
. Kathryn Kassai, P.T., C.E.S., and Kim Perelli,
The Bathroom Key: Put an End to Incontinence
(New York: Demos Health, 2012).

Chapter 5

1
. Brené Brown,
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
(New York: Gotham Books, 2012), 68.

2
. Joe Dispenza, Hay House radio interview with Christiane Northrup, “You Are the Placebo,”
Flourish!,
August 13, 2014.

3
. Gay Hendricks,
The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level
(New York: HarperOne, 2010).

4
. Mario Martinez,
The MindBody Code
(Boulder, CO: Sounds True, 2014)
.

5
. Stephen Levine,
Healing into Life and Death
(New York: Anchor Books, 1987).

6
. Llorraine Neithardt, personal correspondence, June 13, 2013.

7
. Tina Rosenberg, “For Veterans, a Surge of New Treatments for Trauma,”
The Opinionator, New York Times,
September 26, 2012.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/for-veterans-a-surge-of-new-treatments-for-trauma/
.

8
. Erin Largo-Wight et al, “Healthy Workplaces: The Effects of Nature Contact
at Work on Employee Stress and Health,” Public Health Report 126, supplement 1 (2011): 124–30.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3072911/
.

Chapter 6

1
. J. Shifren et al, “Sexual Problems and Distress in United States Women: Prevalence and Correlates,”
Obstetrics and Gynecology
112, no. 5 (November 2008): 970–78.

2
. Regena Thomashauer, Hay House radio interview with Christiane Northrup, “Pleasure and Health: The Vital Connection,”
Flourish!,
November 24, 2010.

3
. Gina Ogden,
The Return of Desire: A Guide to Rediscovering Your Sexual Passion
(Boston: Trumpeter, 2008).

4
. ———.
The Heart and Soul of Sex: Making the ISIS Connection
(Boston: Trumpeter, 2006).

5
. Andrew Newberg, Eugene D’Aquili, Vince Rause,
Why God Won’t Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief
(New York: Ballantine Books, 2001)
,
9.