Prostate Cancer Diet

Most people like to feel in control of their lives. Changing your diet as a preventative measure to cancer is a way of controlling health and cancer risks.

Though, it seems pointless because messages about foods that help prevent cancer are everywhere. One day it will be broccoli, the next it’s carrots.

One might ask, “Are their any real foods that prevent cancer, or is this just a way to get Americans to eat their vegetables?”

According to the Prostate Cancer Foundation, there is no evidence that a single food item reduces the chances of developing cancer. But there are diet changes that can be made to improve overall health, ultimately reducing the risk of cancer.

On their website is a “Nutrition and Prostate Cancer” guide. This guide provides people with a diet that can help reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer. It starts with a detailed description of why nutrition matters, and goes into strategies that can help you plan an anti-cancer diet.

The National Cancer Institute also has a diet program aimed at reducing other cancer risks, too. This “Eat 5 to 9 a Day for Better Health” program deals with servings of fruits and vegetables.

This program gives exact definitions of serving sizes as well as narrows down the estimate of five to nine.

Men and women should eat different amounts of servings, according to the guide. Women are recommended to eat seven servings of fruit and vegetables a day, whereas men are recommended to eat nine.

This website gives information on not only why men and women have different goals, but also how to obtain them. It provides recipes and charts to give both men and women the information they need to obtain their goals.

Fiber, lutein, and carotenoids are all cancer-fighting substances. These can be found in dark green leafy vegetables like spinach, romaine lettuce, and collard greens.

Foods rich in the vitamins C, E, and A, all antioxidants themselves, can protect you from cancer by preventing the growth of free radicals in your body, so stock up on oranges, avocados, and apricots.

According to the British Medical Journal, having a healthy diet is not the only way to help reduce the risk of cancer. Studies conducted in 2000, indicate that a healthy diet mixed with a regular exercise schedule can help reduce the risk of breast cancer by 30 percent.

One-third of the 550,000 cancer deaths that occur in the United States each year, according to the American Cancer Society, are due to unhealthy diet and insufficient physical activity.

Read more about a prostate cancer protection plan.