A very interesting study published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research, finds that men who eat a diet high in red meat, saturated fats, cheese, simple carbohydrates and white bread are far more likely to see their cancer return and kill them, and they are more likely to die sooner of any disease than any patients who eat a healthier diet.
This study is yet another one confirming the negative effects of the typical American diet, especially for those who have pre-existing diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes and Alzheimer's.
Dr. Jorge Chavarro of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, the lead researcher, says:
"Our results suggest that the same dietary recommendations that are
made to the general population primarily for the prevention of
cardiovascular disease may also decrease the risk of dying from prostate
cancer among men initially diagnosed with nonmetastatic disease (cancer
that has not spread),"
"We found that men diagnosed with nonmetastatic prostate cancer whose
diet was more 'Westernized,' i.e., contained processed meats, refined
grains, potatoes, and high-fat dairy, were more likely to die of
prostate cancer," Chavarro said.
"They were more than 2.5 times as likely to die of their prostate cancer
than patients eating the healthiest diet and they were more than one and
a half times as likely to have died of anything over the 10 years..."
What the article doesn't address is if there is a possible relationship between the typical American diet and the development of prostate cancer. What's your opinion?
Dr. Esther
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