00:00:00.000So not only do women push these crazy alternative medicine things on themselves, right, and put themselves in danger, they also put this on their children.
00:00:12.880Modern women are prideful, selfish, so much so that nobody can tell a woman anything, not their husbands, not their family members, not doctors.
00:00:29.880And this pride has led many women to honestly believe that they know better than the experts, especially when it comes to medicine and the healthcare field.
00:00:42.880Too many women are forgoing the advice of conventional medical practitioners to practice some kind of alternative medicine to the detriment of themselves and their children.
00:00:53.880Crazy diets, yoga, herbs, teas, acupuncture, and strange spiritual practices are ways that modern women avoid treatment.
00:01:06.880If you go on social media, there are way too many influencers pushing this garbage to women, especially mothers.
00:01:16.880Nothing gets me more mad than seeing a young woman pass away from something that could have been treated, but if they just would have went to a real doctor and got real treatment.
00:01:28.880This is a problem that is only getting worse, unfortunately.
00:01:32.880How many women and children are going to have to pass away until something is done about this?
00:01:38.880So Amanda Lewis, a TV personality, says that cancer has spread after she decided to keep her tumor.
00:01:53.880The former talk show host has reflected on her decision to go against her doctor's recommendations for a mastectomy after her 2020 breast cancer diagnosis.
00:02:06.880Former MTV Ananda Lewis has shared that breast cancer has metastasized and she is now in stage four.
00:02:15.880Lewis, 51, previously shared that she had been diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in a 2020 Instagram post, saying that she'd refused manograms for years due to fear of radiation exposure.
00:02:31.880But during a round table discussion on cancer with CNN Stephanie Ellum and CNN's anchor Sarah Sidner, who was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer early this year, Lewis shared that she went against her doctor's recommendations for a double mastectomy following her diagnosis.
00:02:50.880My first plan was to get the excessive toxins out of my body.
00:02:54.880I felt like my body is intelligent and I know that to be true.
00:03:00.880Our bodies are brilliantly made, Lewis explains.
00:03:03.880I decided to keep my tumor and try to work it out of my body a different way, she shared.
00:03:09.880Looking back on that, you know, I go, you know what, maybe I should have.
00:04:16.880So I had to do it in a certain way for me.
00:04:18.880Meanwhile, my 51 year old CNN anchor who underwent a double mastectomy in May said that her cancer diagnosis made her realize I want to be here.
00:04:27.880I want to thrive in a way I've never thrived before.
00:04:29.880As Elam shared an Instagram post about their conversion, I'm forever grateful for their willingness to have this conversation to fully open up for the world.
00:04:40.880If we could just get one woman to get their mammogram because of this conversation, that's a success.
00:04:45.880I want everyone to live long, healthy lives.
00:04:51.880She likely could have survived this diagnosis, but instead she chose to do this wacky voodoo stuff and now she died.
00:05:05.880Here we got another article talking about her death.
00:05:09.880Amanda Lewis, former MTV and BET host who publicly shared her breast cancer journey dies.
00:05:16.880Amanda Lewis, the former MTV and BET host who became a beloved television personality in the 1990s with her warmth and authenticity has died.
00:05:36.880Emery wrote Lord rest her soul made a name for herself on hosts on BET, a team summit, which tackled issues facing youth and featured community leaders, entertainers and politicians.
00:05:49.880She landed big interviews with Kobe Bryant, Tupac Shakur and Louie Farrakhan and the first lady Hillary Clinton, which earned her an NAACP image award.
00:06:02.880After a few seasons, Lewis took her talents over to MTV in 1977.
00:06:08.880She was a host and VJ on MTV live hot zone and total requests live a daily top 10 video countdown show.
00:06:17.880Lewis told the Associated Press that she felt some backlash after moving from BET to MTV.
00:06:24.880I wouldn't say in a strong way because I think most people who are my fan base at teen summit understand that growth is necessary.
00:06:31.880She said one of the main things we dealt with on a consistent basis was the underlying themes of the show that you've got to get out there and live your life.
00:06:39.880Okay, so I mean this kind of just reiterates the same story.
00:06:44.880Lewis said doctors recommended double mastectomy, but she opted for alternative methods.
00:06:49.880She eventually realized this was the wrong measure, but became an advocate for the up to date manogram checkups.
00:06:59.880Okay, we got another a woman who wants to stop chemo for her child and tonight action and give the child alternative treatment.
00:07:09.880So not only do women push these crazy alternative medicine medicine things on them themselves right and put themselves in danger.
00:07:19.880They also throw out put this on their children.
00:07:23.880Jax is investigating your rights following a call from a local mother with a dying daughter.
00:07:30.880She says DCF is threatening to take her daughter away from her because she wants to discontinue chemo and use natural remedies for her child.
00:07:38.880Action News Jax, Ben Becker is live at DCF.
00:07:41.880Ben, you're pressing DCF for answers and looking into the rights that parents have.
00:08:33.880I didn't know what to think or how to feel.
00:08:35.880Michaela has been through multiple rounds of chemotherapy and radiation, but her mother wants to seek a natural remedy.
00:08:41.880It's because her prognosis isn't as good this time.
00:08:43.880When she told doctors no more chemo, she received a visit from a DCF caseworker.
00:08:48.880She said that she is being advised to tell me that if I don't take my child to chemo, that they're going to take all my children away from me.
00:08:56.880Not getting the chemo could fall under DCF's definition of neglect.
00:09:00.880According to DCF, neglect includes when a child is deprived of, among other things, medical treatment.
00:09:14.880In some cases, it doesn't even need a court order, which puts parents in a difficult spot.
00:09:18.880It's a hard choice for a parent to make, and I'm not so sure everyone agrees that the Department of Children and Family Services knows best.
00:09:28.880I went to DCF and later they sent me a statement that reads, there are multiple factors involved when it comes to making decisions or whether or not to put children into protective custody.
00:09:37.880As for Cleveland, what's your message to DCF?
00:09:40.880They need to mind their business unless somebody is actually being harmed, because she's not being harmed in any way.
00:09:47.880All right, John, so I spoke with a local...
00:09:54.880When does the government pick if they intervene with a child? I don't know.
00:09:59.880My point is more these crazy women push these alternative treatments onto their children, and what tends to happen is the kids are the ones who suffer.
00:10:24.880Basically, a holistic doctor that offers me an alternative way of supporting whatever medical issues I'm having within my organism so that I can avoid getting sick and going to the doctor.
00:10:36.880And basically what she does is she does a whole body scan.
00:11:06.880And guys, every single time I leave her office, I have like a whole bag that weighs like five pounds full of stuff.
00:11:20.880Let me know if you guys want to know everything that I have to take.
00:11:25.880I will gladly share, but it's just wild.
00:11:28.880And she gives you a whole schedule when to take it.
00:11:32.880And honestly, a lot of my issues have gotten so much better, but then, you know, other ones will pop up.
00:11:40.880So I'm constantly having to adjust my supplement intake and what I'm taking.
00:11:47.880But honestly, just ordering whatever you want off of Amazon because you read that it's good for your health or for a certain condition doesn't necessarily mean that it's going to help you.
00:11:59.880You need like a certain dose of it for whatever is wrong with you or you need a certain brand or a certain kind because they're not all made the same.
00:12:09.880So before you say, you know, supplements or vitamins don't work, maybe you're just taking them incorrectly.
00:12:55.880I was personally on Prozac for a year and I need to disclaim that if you are on antidepressants and that's working for you, that's amazing.
00:13:08.880I'm talking to the people that are on antidepressants and they feel like a zombie and you feel like your soul has left your body because that was me.