prostate cancer
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Mediterranean Diet improves fatigue in prostate patients
A Mediterranean diet for prostate cancer patients on ADT improved fatigue, quality of life, weight control and lean body mass. Cancer related fatigue (CRF) is a common occurrence in men on Androgen Deprivation Therapy (ADT). In a pilot study (1) from Deakin University, Geelong, Australia, researchers took 23 men with a mean age of 65.9 years; all were slightly overweight.…
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Italian style coffee cuts prostate cancer risk in half
A study involving 7,000 men found that those who drank more than 3 cups of Italian style coffee a day (for example, expresso or cappuccino), had a 53 per cent lowered prostate cancer risk. The reason was put down to the intake of caffeine as no such benefit was seen with those who used decaffeinated coffee. The research was conducted…
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Drinking cows’ milk during adolescence increases prostate cancer risk
Consuming cows’ milk daily in adolescence increases the risk of advanced prostate cancer later in life, according to an Icelandic study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. While the majority of prostate cancer is slow growing, it appears that drinking too much milk in your formative years can lead to greater risks of advanced prostate cancer later in life.…
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Tomatoes linked to lower prostate cancer risk (yet again!!)
Eating 12 helpings of tomatoes per week, especially cooked tomatoes, provides lycopene, an antioxidant that blocks the prostate cancer cell’s ability to burn glutamate, can attack cancer stem cells and cut blood fats, providing an 18% reduction of prostate cancer risk. Tomatoes are a fundamental food in the colourful Mediterranean Diet – the Rainbow Diet. Researchers at Oxford, Cambridge and…
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