Learn How Your Diet is Important in the Fight Against Prostate Cancer
As with most types of cancer, what you eat can affect your chances of developing the disease. It does not matter if the cancer is a leukemia or prostate cancer, studies have shown that your diet has a significant impact on your level of risk.
But is there a diet, or combination of foods, that you can eat that can help prevent prostate cancer specifically? Research indicates that there is. As part of a good prostate cancer prevention plan, it is recommended to cut your fat intake, increase your vitamin intake (especially Vitamin E, which was shown to aid in slowing the growth of prostate cancer), as well as selenium, which again helps slow the development of prostate cancer.
The amount of selenium one can get varies as it is dependent on the amount of selenium in the soil in which your food grows. The only food that consistently is high in selenium is the Brazil nut. The best bet is to take selenium supplement. A recommended dosage is 200 micrograms per day.
Soy is another recommended food item for preventing prostate cancer because it contains isoflavones, which naturally inhibit cancer cell growth. Soy is readily available in any supermarket, most often in liquid form, such as soy milk.
Lycopene is another cancer inhibitor that is naturally occurring in tomatoes. In fact research states that it is better to get this substance from cooked tomatoes rather than a supplement as the concentration is much higher.
Vitamin D is also recommended. Research suggests that although (as we know) it is excellent for building and maintaining strong bones and teeth, it also interferes with cancer cells and actually kills prostate cancer cells. And it is readily available as part of milk or whenever the sun is shining.
So, based on these findings you can easily design a diet plan to prevent prostate cancer. For instance, you could replace beef burgers with soy equivalent, eat a tomato a day and go for a walk in the sun. You could also increase the amount of milk you drink and ensure that you take a multi-supplement every day.
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