It's hard to know what to make of Linda McCartney's death. Linda was an avid vegetarian and consumed what she believed to be a healthy, high-soy diet. She had a happy life, loving husband and solid self-esteem. She died anyway.
Breast cancer is spooky.
It can strike anyone at any age, and the current statistics seem to indicate that it will strike somewhere between one of eight to one of 13 women in their lives, with older women at higher risk than younger. Every meaningful treatment of breast cancer has been delivered by modern scientific medicine, but these treatments are scary. They involve poison chemicals, radiation, and often amputation. Breast cancer gives us many reasons to fear it. This fear is an open door to quacks.