Is Lifestyle A Factor In Prostate Cancer?

I’m 76. I’ve been training with weights since I was about 13. I have decent muscle mass for a man my age. It sounds as if you are saying that I should reduce my protein intake to avoid prostate cancer. However, I then hasten the onset of severe sarcopenia. I would rather enjoy a robust shorter than live an extra few years as a weak old man.

The study conclusions show that the link between Prostrate Cancer and outcomes are mainly driven by obesity and smoking. You cannot conclude from that any particular diet regime is better or worse but rather net excess on any diet. We are all aware of the Dangers of processed foods and smoking however from other studies most chronic diseases have their origins in metabolic dysfunction where sugar/carbs are causal, we need more studies in this area.

How many studies included men who ate only wild grass fed hormone free animal products. Most men in the studies who ate meat probably started doing so 50 years ago and consumed processed meats with abandon. Also how many of the studies looked at other factors such as sugar consumption, carb consumption, processed food consumption whilst making assumptions about these meat eaters. Good quality red meat is full of bio available zinc. Processed meats probably not. Vegetarians are generally healthier that the majority of meat eaters. That said If you eat high quality meat in small proportions and clean up the rest of your diet coupled with good exercise you can be just as healthy if not healthier than any vegetarian. Plenty of red meat eaters out there with no cancer…

During nine weeks of radiation I lost twenty five pounds. They put me on a terrible bland diet. As my radiation was at noon, I was told to come with a full bladder and a empty bowel, I didn’t eat until after. When I started ADT I was told I’d gain all that weight back and more. No way I said. I continue to fast every morning, not eating until 2pm. I eat a spinach salad loaded with fresh fruit every day. For dinner I have a sensible meal, most without any meat. Eleven months into ADT I’ve managed to lose another five pounds, which probably would be another twenty-five if I wasn’t on ADT. No fast food and very little sugar. My panels are for the most part better than ever now and my A1C is now 5.4, down a full point. To say prostate cancer was a wake-up call for me is an understatement. I do plan to continue eating healthy when I stop ADT next month.

Going plant based Whole Foods whether vegetarian or vegan or Mediterranean is not a hardship. It’s a fantastic way to eat and should be encouraged for everyone. Learn how to cook and prepare food and you will be amazed at how easy and delicious and satisfying eating well can be. It is the foundation of good health

I have read most all the comments. I got diagnosed with PC 16 months ago or 5/2023. I had a Gleason 7 and on the margins and had the little bast-ard taken out 8/2023. It was very hard on me. Now, I am a 71 mega athlete and was 5 9 163 now I am 139. My PSA 3 month Bloodworks were as follows: .022, .64, 213 then started the Keto Metabolic Diet with 2 day fasting, next BW almost flatlined at .231, and then it friging doubled to .441. I am very strict on the Keto. I eat chicken and salmon wild caught. I have taken and still do take 4 times a week 500mg of Mebendazole and blend in 1 Ivermetin and 1 HCQ two of those 4 days. I drink Turmeric/pepper/Ashwangda Powder, drink a little Appricot Seed Oil, MCD oil and exercise now only half as much at 1.5 hours a day. I now switched to no boiled eggs daily and eat something better, Ground up Flexseed in water, a little salt, pepper, a bit of Olive oil and make it cold and it taste like an egg or is better so not bad. I have followed Prof. Seyfried of Boston College and keep asking him in the comments all under his 100 utube articles or more PROF. I HAVE IMPLEMENTED 5 MONTHS AGO ALL YOUR KETO METABOLIC DIET. MY GKI HAS BEEN UNDER 2 ALL THIS TIME AND UNDER 1 HALF THE TIME SO HOW DID MY PSA DOUBLE THE LAST 3 MONTHS? ALL QUIET. Now, I am having a follow up new combo CT/PSMA Pet Scan tomorrow as the first one 4 months ago said no RED Dots but a small lesion on the bone. My PSA only got to 6.9 before I had it taken out and since my PSA is still very low.

Poor lifestyle choices increase one’s chances of dying earlier (from something) than one might, doesn’t it? I have “agressive” prostate cancer (PSA 230+ when diagnosed) and a year of ADT + 6 rounds of chemo got rid of the symptoms arising from bone metastases and urinary symptoms. No diet change. Downsides were gential shrinkage and hot flushes galore so I stopped the ADT a couple of years ago. I am back in the danger zone (PSA 9 at last check) but am taking a daily pill to stop the caner from uptaking testosterone. I may have to go back on the ADT. SO far though I’ve outlived the grim prognosis by 6 months already. No substantial diet change. The main lesson I’ve learned about life in my 70 years of existence is that it is a lottery with a strong genetic factor built-in. And that includes susceptibility to various ailments.

The six lifestyle factors affecting prostate cancer outcomes: 1. Smoking; 2. Lack of exercise; 3. Obesity; 4. Consumption of processed meat products; with the following factors being protective against prostate cancer: 5. More fish intake; and 6. Higher consumption of tomato products. Although he advocates a so-called “plant based” diet, he also seems to differentiate between processed and unprocessed meat. That’s a biggie. Especially for those of us who are experimenting with the so-called “carnivore” diet. While I don’t go so far as to say “Plants are trying to kill me,” I was eating a lot of skinless chicken and juicing a lot of veggies (few fruits) for the many years (6+) while I was also cooking up my prostate cancer. Note: Eliminated it with high-dose Vitamin D3 and K2 MK-7 over two years. Let’s see how I do on carnivore!

I think it’s important to read the original study (it’s short), especially the discussion section, and to download and study Table 6 in the supplementary data files. They are focusing on subjects that rank as being at high polygenic risk for progression or death of prostate cancer, and in their summaries of their results, they are basically talking about the highest risk group, which is the one that had the greatest effect of healthy lifestyle. Once you start looking in Supplementary Table 6 at the other risk groups (i.e., < 75%tile), then the results are much less clear, in that the direction of the difference in hazard ratio goes back and forth between the "healthy" and "unhealthy" ranges of the various lifestyle factors, or in several cases the difference is essentially nil. For example, for the next-to-highest polygenic risk group (50-75%tile), risk of lethal prostate cancer actually increases for high vs low vigorous exercise (.83 vs .45) and high vs low eating fatty fish (.65 vs .42). I think the bottom line is that the results of this paper may be less generalizable than one might have hoped (although for those who know they are in the high polygenic risk group, it could be useful).

I’m recently had prostate surgery. I have a genetic condition with two cousins who have also had prostate cancer. After my surgery, evidence of cancer was detected in one of eight lymph nodes. Since then, I’ve been following everything you presented today in your presentation. I found it so helpful and encouraging. Thank you so much!

A good life style is consuming only meat without any carbs. Cancer needs carbs to grow, so a diet of only fatty meat will starve cancer while boosting your immune system to better fight the weakened cancer cells. I am also Arthritis free and watched my high blood pressure drop to normal levels within three weeks of changing to only meat with high fat.

I lost a very dear friend I had known for over years. He did everything right in regards to a healthy lifestyle. He was never over weight, did not smoke or drink, (was a somewhat “radical” anti drinking person. I often told him that he was doing a good job. He did have a meat center diet however. So I was shocked when he died of stage four in his early 60’s. I sent him the DVD called “forks over knives”. He rejected the plant based diet, but it was likely too late anyway. He had no blood work and his personal doctor only had him do exercise for his lower back. I guess he did not want the tests because he had poor insurance, (I do not know this for certain). He hated government healthcare and I am sure he thought he would not need it because of his health style.

A year ago my PSA jumped from normally around 5, to 11. I had been keto for awhile but I went more strictly keto, started taking brocoli sprouts, lots of Vit D etc. Next two PSA scored were 8 and now at 6. I am eating lots of good veggies as well as plenty of meat and animal fats. I will keep doing what I am doing and keep taking PSA tests. I would like to fast more but find it hard at my age, 71. I do lift weights and I am very fit and strong.

If you think about it, a family history of prostate cancer doesn’t necessarily imply genetic predisposition, because families tend to have similar eating habits. If your parents eat badly, you tend to pick up the same bad habits. If your family has a culture of eating well, you will also tend to eat well.

Great information, a lot more detail about the health benefits of a vegatarian, vegan diet are in a article called Forks Over Knifes that I now own just because of the endless health information about animal proteins, and dairy impact on your body. With out a doubt is tough to give up meat completely but like the man says moderation is ok. Wild caught salmon is now almost the only animal protein I eat and my blood work is always excellent and Salmon is off the charts in omega 3. Great article, need to know information!

1. Fruits with lycopene – tomatoes, grapefruit, papaya apricots, watermelon, etc. 2. Fish & fish oil (Omega 3) Fatty fish like anchovies, herring, mackerel, black cod, salmon, sardines, bluefin tuna, whitefish, striped bass and cobia are high in omega-3 fatty acids. 3. Citrus fruit – oranges, lemons, limes. 4. Nuts containing Zinc – cashews, peanuts, almonds. 5. Brazil nuts (Selenium), vitamin D (salmon) or supplements. 6. Olive oil, avocados and its oil, pistachios, dark chocolate. 7. Allium vegetables: garlic and onions. 8. Have sex once a month.

A flawed study in many ways, you have with those 6 factors confounding effects and there is no study that shows that for instance red meat causes or accelerated cancer . As to processed meats, again the nitrate etc addition in meats is Much less than naturally occurs in Plants ! So based on your hypothesis plants should be avoided. Conjecture does not make a good study, self reported observational studies Do not good data make . Further suggesting tomatoes as a health food or cancer severity plant is again totally without basis, tomatoes are a nightshade poison and should never be eaten with skin or seeds included. You use these factors as if they were proven causation between the food and the results. How did you choose the list ? What criteria? Why just 6 ? How did you measure what quantities of foods these people are ? The fact is the study probably did not and certainly relying on questions and responses is flawed. All in all this is completely BS . Sure don’t smoke or drink or be obese that’s a given but the rest is a total pull out of the air convulsions. You guess so I can too you are pushing people to a plant based diet . You can eat all the corn you want I will eat the animal that eats the corn . You tube should take this down .

So there is no prove of anything, he is elaborate with his own hypothesis. What is definition of processed meat, and non processed meat? If sugar can affect other cancer, why this study didn’t survey on sugar but conclude that processed meat and animal fat may or may not related to this cancer? Not logical and confusing already vulnerable people. Fish is also meat and can be processed meat.

Some animal protein is essental for a healthy diet, but it doesn’t have to be meat, and as man is an omnivore the diet shpould be mainly vegetable. Milk, cheese, eggs and fish are healthy proteins. I recommend running for those who can manage it, but if not, some other cardio-vascular endurance exercise or long distance walking. Healthy lifestyle wards off many other diseases apart from cancer, and the earlier you start, the better the result. Much of healthy lifestyle is just common sense. I have no idea what my BMI is, my cholesterol levels,calory intake or footsteps per day. I’m 84.

Thank you for this article. It’s a very interesting topic. There are tons of publications on dairy and prostate cancer relations.. I am surprised that you don’t talk about it. Another important things that wasn’t mentioned at this study and at this article; metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance…. We can probably say that these two different ways to call the same health issue. And again, there are tons of publications talking about metabolic syndrome and prostate cancer, hypertension, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, mental disorders…. What is the easiest way to get rid of metabolic syndrome?… Keto or Carnivore diet. I did this for myself, some of my relatives and at least a dozen of people that are around me.

I had a cancer spot on my prostate and my lung I started taking myrrh gum capsules and the cancer spots stopped growing the myrrh gum surrounds the cancer and keeps protein from getting to the cancer, you can’t let the cancer get to big or it may not work, this happened about 15 to 20 years ago . I’m ninety now and in pretty food health now, I still workout and walk a lot .

Could you please show /link studies that show animal fats cause increased growth of prostate cancer? I do see comments below, but I’ve seen plenty of comments by those who reduced their PSA by removing sugar and reducing insulinemia, etc. might that just be the physiology is different from person to person?

Stumble over this article coincidentally. It is astonishing the fact that animal protein and fat didn’t had any influence of the outbreak of cancer but after. I read in some studys, the cancer needs protein to grow but after treatment of prostate cancer by radiation or under ADT the cancer changes it’s metabolism and uses carbons instead of protein to survive and that fact then makes the cancer sensible for low carb. But that would contradict the statement of this article. Other studys say some treatments only work after the intestinal flora was put into a better condition. Possibly one depends on the other. That woud be an explanation. However the best way ist to avoid both to much carbs and animal nutrients I guess.

What the physician revealed in summary is that if one doesn’t have genetic predisposition there is no evidence that following or not a healthy anti-prostate cancer diet (less diary, red meat, processed food) will raise one’s risk to get this type of cancer. However this doesn’t apply for BPH (enlarged prostate) risk, where no matter what most men will have sooner or later with disturbing or not symptoms, right..

Hi I’m healthy and just a watcher as they say .. I don’t have any conditions as yet touch wood. At 62 that’s a blessing but I do a physical job as a builder and car restoration guy as a hobbyist. Weigh 95 kg slim build 6’3 . Why am I telling you this well it’s because I’ve discovered NAC and Glycine which go to form Gamer Glutathione which is the stem cell enhancement and master antioxidant. I follow Dr Brad Stanfield a NZ doctor with life extension theories etc. he’s worth a look as they say .. Cheers Guy’s

Alex & Dr Scholtz. “PLEASE” A Very important urgent question. I am a Vietnam veteran, was exposed to the Agent Orange for almost a year. Most vets were hit with prostate cancer & many other cancers etc. My 1/2 brother on my dads side passed away having prostate cancer. He was a truck driver with daily restaurant diet. I am a lifelong 95 % vegetarian. Ok. Will the toxic exposure be likely cause or genetics.

I am curious if vasectomy has a role in developing PC. Not one mention of it in any article or article. Also my husband had his vagus nerve intentionally severed during surgery for bleeding ulcers. The doctors thought it might help end recurrence. My husband not given a choice. The vagus nerve is basic to our body’s well being.

First the guest says the research was about tomatoes, then he says you must go vegan. The conclusion is unacceptable, since there are many tomatoe-specific factors, and the quoted survey didn’t eliminate them. Then the guest says the research was about processed meat, from where he jumps to the conclusion that animal fat and protein are bad for your prostate. The conclusion is unacceptable for the same reason as the other one. I find this article disturbingly misleading. To anyone interested in the prostate cancer I recommend familiarizing with the findings in the role of prolonged zinc deficiency. I will appreciate your good recommendations.

The mutated or compromised mitochondria of cancer cells cannot process ketones, as normal cells can. (Normal cells make ATP thru “oxidative phosflorylation”) In stark contrast with normal cells, cancer cells are instead making their energy thru fermentation, using sugar (or carbs) for fuel, and they also use glutamine for fuel. (and they don’t “respire”, as normal cells do) Cancer cells make their energy without oxygen. When you reduce sugar and carbs enough in your diet, (about 50 grams of carbohydrates a day, and no or very little sugar, maybe 5 grams max), then cancer cells get “hungry”. Second step to killing cancer cells is intermittent fasting, (or vigorous exercise) which reduces the glutamine in your body. Takes about 36 hours for the glucose stored in the liver to be depleted, (or possibly a bit longer), then the body starts burning fat to make ketones. At this point, the healthy cells are living on the ketones, but the cancer cells have nothing left to “eat”, and they will either be suppressed, or die. There are also glutamine-reducing drugs being developed, that are not needed in great amounts and do not damage the body, like chemo, radiation, drugs and surgeries do. How focused is the medical industry on healing cancer patients? Consider that in the hospitals, they feed those already weakened with chemo skinny and sick cancer patients jello, ice cream, bread, cookies, orange juice. How ironic, and how ignorant, and what a shame. The cancer industry is worth hundreds of billions of dollars annually.