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 »
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Prostate Cancer Risk Rises with Heavy Alcohol Use
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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 »
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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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Foods with Highest Levels of BPA; Supermarkets and Stores with Highest BPA Risk
A new report by the Environmental Working Group shows that BPA (Bisphenol-A) on a paper receipt is 250 to 1,000 times greater than the amount typically found in a can of food or a can of baby formula. BPA has been linked to various forms of cancer including prostate cancer. For a summary of the… Continue Reading »
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Black Men and Prostate Cancer
Compared with white men, African-American men are twice as likely to develop prostate cancer in their early 50s and twice as likely to die of the disease. (American Cancer Society) They are also more likely to be in an advanced stage of the disease when diagnosed. (Winterich 2009). Recent findings released at the American Urological… Continue Reading »
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Environmental Chemicals and Cancer – The Presidents Cancer Panel Report
Prostate cancer risk has been linked to a number of environmental and other toxins and now the recently released President’s Cancer Panel Report on Environmental Cancer Risk has warned that “environmentally induced cancer has been grossly underestimated.” The New Environmental Cancer Risk Report The Panel’s report noted that approximately 80,000 chemicals are on the market… Continue Reading »
More about: BPA, Environmental Toxins, Prevention, Prostate Cancer
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 »
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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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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 »
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