PROSTATE PLEASER # 6 - ELIMINATE OR REDUCE COFFEE.

Drink more water. Drink green tea to boost your body's cancer-fighting antioxidants.


...from, ALIVE

PROSTATE PLEASER # 5 - ANTIOXIDANT SUPPLEMENTS.

Include vitamin E, selenium, and other antioxidant supplements in your daily supplement program.

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..from, ALIVE.

Prostate Protection from Vegetables

Attention Men: Need another reason to eat your vegetables? Research indicates that men who eat plenty of soluble fiber have a lower risk of prostate cancer. Heart-healthy fiber can be found in fresh produce, oatmeal and beans, but fiber from vegetables was shown to be the most beneficial for prostate health.
How to achieve this feat? Be adventurous! Replace meat with beans in soup and casserole recipes; make a vegetable-based casserole the main dish at dinner; order a veggie pizza instead of a meat version; and include a fresh, organic vegetable salad with lunch and dinner. All taste good…and good for you.


...from Dr. Weil website.

PROSTATE PLEASER # 4 - LIMIT DAIRY PRODUCTS.

Milk products are suspected of increasing the potential for prostate cancer.



...from, ALIVE.

PROSTATE PLEASER # 3 - EAT NUTS AND SEEDS.

Eat nuts and seeds. Pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, and ground flaxseeds are especially good for prostate health.


...from - ALIVE.

PROSTATE PLEASERS #2 - USE HERBS AND SPICES.

Use herbs and spices, especially garlic, oregano, rosemary, and cinnamon to boost the antioxidant content of meals.

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PROSTATE PLEASERS...#1- EAT COOKED TOMATOES.

Eat cooked tomatoes several times a week. Lycopene, one of the phyto-chemicals in tomatoes and watermelon reduces the risk of prostate cancer.


...from, Alive.

Food as Medicine: Cancer Prevention

A healthy diet can help the body in its efforts to heal itself, and in some cases, particular foods can strengthen the immune system and lessen the risks of serious illness. To help reduce your risk of some types of cancer, try the following:

Avoid polyunsaturated vegetable oils, margarine, vegetable shortening, all partially hydrogenated oils, and all foods that might contain trans-fatty acids (such as deep-fried foods).
Increase omega-3 fatty acids by eating more cold-water oily fish, freshly ground flaxseeds, and walnuts.
Reduce consumption of animal foods and try to replace with vegetable proteins such as soy.
Use hormone-free, organically produced products whenever possible.
Eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Eat shiitake, enokidake, maitake, and oyster mushrooms frequently.
Drink green tea daily.

..................from Dr.Weil website

Study examines need for prostate cancer treatments (Reuters)

Most men diagnosed with low-grade prostate cancer may not need radical treatments such as surgery or radiotherapy, which can have serious side effects, British researchers said on Thursday.

A modeling study by scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research in England has shown that men whose cancer is detected early with a screening test are unlikely to die from the illness.
So treatments such as surgery to remove the prostate gland or radiotherapy which can cause incontinence and impotence will probably not improve their survival.

"Most men with prostate cancer detected by PSA screening will live out their natural span without the disease causing them any ill effects," said Dr Chris Parker whose findings are reported in the British Journal of Cancer.

"The decision whether to have radical treatment can be tremendously difficult for the patients," he added.

The modeling study predicted that the chance a man aged 55-59 with a low grade cancer dying of the disease within 15 years, even without treatment, is about one in a 100.
But the research suggests that men with high-grade advanced cancer would benefit from treatments such as surgery or radiotherapy.

The PSA test measures levels of a protein called prostate-specific antigen, which is produced by the prostate gland, in the blood. It has enabled doctors to detect the cancer much earlier than they previously could.

Parker and his team are testing a new prostate cancer management technique called Active Surveillance which aims to target treatment only to men who need it.

"Patients are closely monitored and the choice between radical treatment and continued observation is based on evidence of disease progressions," he explained.

Prostate is one of the most common cancers in men. Each year 543,000 new cases are reported worldwide. The disease kills 200,000 mostly older men in developed countries, according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

Chemical in Plastics Is Tied to Prostate Cancer

Bisphenol A, found in baby bottles and microwave cookware, permanently altered genes in newborn lab rats, a study finds.

By Marla ConeLA Times Staff Writer

Linking prostate cancer to a widespread industrial compound, scientists have found that exposure to a chemical that leaks from plastic causes genetic changes in animals’ developing prostate glands that are precursors of the most common form of cancer in males.
The chemical, bisphenol A, or BPA, is used in the manufacture of hard, polycarbonate plastic for baby bottles, microwave cookware and other consumer goods, and it has been detected in nearly every human body tested.

Scientists and health experts have theorized for more than a decade that chemicals in the environment and in consumer products mimic estrogens and may be contributing to male and female reproductive diseases, particularly prostate cancer.

The new study of laboratory rats suggests that prostate cancer, which usually strikes men over 50, may develop when BPA and other estrogen-like, man-made chemicals pass through a pregnant woman’s womb and alter the genes of a growing prostate in the fetus. One in every six men develops prostate cancer, a rate that has increased over the last 30 years.

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Cincinnati exposed newborn rats to low doses of BPA and found the structure of genes in their prostate cells was permanently altered, a process of reprogramming in early life that promotes cancer in adulthood.

“The present findings provide the first evidence of a direct link between developmental low-dose bisphenol A … and carcinogenesis of the prostate gland,” ...
Exposure to the chemical “may provide a fetal basis for this adult disease” in humans, the report said.

Prins, Ho and other researchers cautioned that the study was conducted on rats, which sometimes reacted differently to chemicals than humans did. Replicating the work in humans is virtually impossible because 50 or more years usually pass from exposure in the womb to the onset of prostate cancer.


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