A first-of-its-kind study has found evidence that dietary calcium, including calcium from non-dairy sources, may increase the risk of prostate cancer. Results of the study, which involved Chinese men, were published in Cancer Research. Previous studies performed in populations in North America and Europe have noted an association between a high consumption of dairy foods… Continue Reading »
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Non-Dairy Calcium May Increase Prostate Cancer Risk
More about: Calcium, Prostate Cancer, Risk factors, The Prostate Diet
Prostate Cancer Risk Rises with Heavy Alcohol Use
Men who are heavy alcohol users are at least twice as likely to be diagnosed with high-grade prostate cancer than those who engage in less heavy drinking. That’s the word from researchers at the University of California San Francisco. In the University of California study, which was published in the journal Cancer, researchers evaluated data… Continue Reading »
More about: Prevention, Prostate Cancer, Risk factors, The Prostate Diet
Who Screwed with My Soybeans?
That would be Monsanto. Chemical giant Monsanto is the king of genetically modified soybeans. Along with the fact that no one has definitively determined that genetically modified soybeans (or other GM foods) are safe (the fact that no one has definitely linked any deaths or serious illnesses to consumption of GM foods does not mean… Continue Reading »
More about: Environmental Toxins, Prevention
BPA Free Cans-Vital Choice Wild Seafood and Organics Policy
BPA has the potential to be an endocrine disruptor meaning that it can influence the hormonal balance (mainly testosterone and estrogen) in humans. Scientists have known for about 80 years that BPA acts like a synthetic estrogen, but that has not stopped the food industry from using BPA in the lining of food cans. Given… Continue Reading »
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Dangers of Yohimbe Supplement for ED
Reports this morning from consumer organizations on the dangers of Yohimbe. Here is Prostate.nets review: Yohimbe (Pausinystalia yohimbe) is an evergreen tree that grows in various locations throughout the African continent. Traditionally yohimbe was used in Africa to treat fever and leprosy, and as an aphrodisiac. The bark of the tree contains alkaloids, the main… Continue Reading »
More about: ED, Supplements
The New 2010 USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans – Impact on Prostate Health
The US Department of Agriculture has issued new Dietary Guidelines for Americans, a lengthy, comprehensive, and sometimes convoluted report that most Americans do not have time to read. However, some of its main points can be boiled down, as we have attempted to do here, and particularly in their relation to prostate health. As way… Continue Reading »
More about: Prevention, The Prostate Diet
Green Tea, Red Wine Inhibit Prostate Cancer
Substances in green tea and red wine called polyphenols have been shown to inhibit the growth of prostate cancer, but until now scientists were not sure how they did it. Now they believe they know. An international team of investigators has discovered that polyphenols in green tea and red wine interrupt or “snarl the traffic”… Continue Reading »
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Register for The Prostate Diet
Prostate.net will soon be publishing The Prostate.net Diet, a lifestyle, nutrition and wellness guide to maximum prostate health. Its a book for all those wanting to live a life free of inflammation as well as those wanting the maximum protection and immunity from prostate and other disease. The foundations of The Prostate Diet are The… Continue Reading »
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White Tea and Prostate Cancer
White tea is the least processed of the tea varieties. In fact, you may not know that black, white and green tea all come from the same leaf variety. The difference is in the level of processing. White being the least processed, black being the most. With white tea, the tea leaves are picked before… Continue Reading »
More about: Green tea, Prevention, White tea
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