Higher rates of obesity may help to explain why black men tend to have more advanced prostate cancer at younger ages than men of other ethnic groups.
Black men are known to have higher rates of prostate cancer and higher mortality rates from prostate cancer than whites and Asians. Whether genes or environmental factors such as dietary fat and excess body weight are responsible, however, is not clear.
Researchers reviewed medical data from 860 patients with advanced prostate cancer and found 21% of the men were obese and 49% were overweight.
Obese patients were more likely to have undergone radical prostatectomy at a younger average age, to have an elevated Gleason score -- a method used to classify the aggressiveness of prostate cancer -- and to have had their cancer spread to other organs.
Blacks, who had the highest average body mass index compared to whites and Asians, also had the most advanced cancers. Body mass index is a measurement of weight in relation to height.
Body fat is thought to serve as a reservoir for male hormones and proteins that may promote the growth of tumors. Excess body fat can also inhibit certain immune system cells that normally prevent tumors from progressing.
Urology November 2001;58:723-728
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, so this should study should have most men's full attention, especially if they are one of the majority of men who are overweight.
Clearly losing weight if you are overweight would be a wise choice.
It makes plenty of sense to implement the eating plan that will lower insulin levels. Elevated insulin levels will promote the conversion of testosterone to 5 dihydroxy-testosterone (5HT) which is believed to be the major risk factor for the development of prostate cancer.
Unfortunately, most adults have great challenges implementing the eating plan. That is where EFT can help.
I recently conducted a training seminar on how to perform this technique and it is now available on video. There is a one year money back guarantee on the video and it may be one of the best investments that you could make since it may radically improve your ability to follow the eating plan and implement an exercise program to help you lower your weight. These tapes should provide you with a solid introduction to EFT, complete with numerous live examples.
Other useful measures as suggested by the links below:
Vegetable juicing
Ground Flax Seeds
Vitamin D
Avoiding Milk
Natural Progesterone
It is interesting to note that the most common cancer in women, breast cancer, also appears to be related to vitamin D.
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