What dietary factors are important in prostate cancer prevention?
There is so much convincing evidence on the role of diet in prostate cancer that Dr. William Fair and colleagues from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer suggested that prostate cancer may be considered a “nutritional disease.” The prime suspects are diets that are • high in animal foods, particularly grilled and broiled meats (which are high in heterocyclic amines); saturated fat; and dairy products • low in protective nutrients such as lycopene; selenium; vitamin E; soy isoflavonoids and other dietary phytoestrogens; omega-3 fatty acids (particularly those from fish); and isothiacyanates from cabbage family vegetables. As is true of breast cancer, these dietary factors are known to affect sex hormone levels, detoxification mechanisms, and antioxidant status. In addition to being protective against breast cancer, the isoflavones of soy, genistein and daidzein, exert significant protection against prostate cancer according to population-based studies. As is the case with breast cancer,
There is so much convincing evidence on the role of diet in prostate cancer that Dr. William Fair and colleagues from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer suggested that prostate cancer may be considered a “nutritional disease.” The prime suspects are diets that are • high in animal foods, particularly grilled and broiled meats (which are high in heterocyclic amines); saturated fat; and dairy products • low in protective nutrients such as lycopene; selenium; vitamin E; soy isoflavonoids and other dietary phytoestrogens; omega-3 fatty acids (particularly those from fish); and isothiacyanates from cabbage family vegetables. As is true of breast cancer, these dietary factors are known to affect sex hormone levels, detoxification mechanisms, and antioxidant status. In addition to being protective against breast cancer, the isoflavones of soy, genistein and daidzein, exert significant protection against prostate cancer according to population-based studies. As is the case with breast cancer,
