Nutrition and Prostate Cancer: The Time Is NOW

As men get older, prostate cancer becomes an increasingly important health concern. As we've said before, 1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point in their lives. So with the risk automatically so high, there is no time like the present to take control of your prostate health. Little things you can do now might save you a lot of pain, awkwardness, and embarrassment later. Even if you're thinking you're too young to be worried about those issues, just read these few little things I have to share, DO THEM, and you might be thanking me in the coming years. It's OK, I'll wait patiently for my thank you. Furthermore, Dr. Powell in Detroit, along with his colleagues, studied the prostates of men that passed in their 20's. They found that in 20% of these men, their prostates showed high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, or abnormal prostate glands, which are known to lead to prostate cancer. So with that being said, I will actually go ahead and take my thank you now.

First off, nutrition is very important as we all know. Between McDonald's offering all these real fruit smoothies, and Wendy's only offering naturally cut, sea-salted french fries, it is clear that EVERYONE is jumping on the health wagon. As they rightfully should. They don't say "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" for no reason. So lets start off talking about soy. Soy contains flavones, which are found in certain fruits and vegetables such as celery and parsley. Flavones are very beneficial to biological systems, and have beneficial effects against conditions such as diabetes and prostate cancer. It has been shown that soy decreases the risk of prostate cancer. Next up, we have dairy. Dairy products have been shown to increase the risk of prostate cancer due to all the fat. In addition, high calcium levels cause an increase in prostate cancer probability. Sooo, for those avid milk drinkers out there, why not switch your whole fat milk out for some soy milk. WIN WIN situation in my opinion.

Take James Brown for example. Upon being diagnosed with prostate cancer, he listened to his doctors, took their advice, and changed his diet. He took his disease into his own hands in order to fight it. He made it his priority to increase his knowledge on the disease to give himself the best fighting chance. We give the information we think is beneficial, it is up to you to use it and thrive. With that being said, go try some soy today!