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We have produced hundreds of video productions. Our first industrial video was for local media personality, Dorothy Wilhelm. She had a breast clinic client. She wanted a video to illustrate mammograms to show women how they worked. As Dorothy went through the exam process we videotaped and then edited the presentation. Dorothy would pass along comments like "You saved my life," from clinic visitors. Shortly after we produced the video my mother developed breast cancer. She survived another fifteen years. Mammograms represent a good warning test for breast cancer, but prevention starts long before a visit to a clinic.
Dr. Thomson says, "Healthy diets are characterized by high intake of vegetables and fruit, fiber, lean protein sources, and variety, and are generally considered nutrient dense. Conversely, 'unhealthy' diets tend to be high in total fat, animal fat, and processed foods, and are considered energy dense. The combination of food choices across major food groups as well as frequency of intake of select foods describes the dietary pattern of an individual."
My mom was born in Oklahoma and lived most of her early life in western Missouri. Mom and dad moved to the Pacific Northwest shortly after World War II to visit her twin sister. We stayed. My aunt usually had a garden at her home in the Puyallup Valley, so we would sometimes have fresh produce to join the badly cooked mid-west servings of canned vegetables, TV dinners, and over-cooked main courses. Steaks were served black with pats of butter on top to give them some moisture. My parents owned a motel. They were hard workers and processed food and fast food were often on the menu. After all, we lived across the street from the best pizza in the world. When my parents left me in charge of the motel I would order a pizza as soon as they pulled out of the driveway. I would send my four year-old sister across the highway to pay for it and bring it home. Thank god she was good at dodging traffic.
Peg's mother was ahead of the curve on nutrients and so my diet improved when we married, but my roots run deep. Today we strive to eat healthy foods. We are also lucky to live in Tacoma, home of both the 
Dr. Thomson has advice for a diet to help protect us all, "For breast cancer, a pattern rich in vegetables, low in fat, restricted in alcohol, and higher in fiber, appears to reduce risk. For metabolic syndrome, a condition defined by high blood glucose, lipids, waist circumference, and blood pressure (condition thought to be a pre-clinical state associated with greater diabetes risk), these associations less studied. However, evidence suggests that patterns lower in simple sugars and higher in fiber may be protective."
