Eating a low fat diet does not appear to protect men against prostate cancer,
How was the study conducted?
The researchers measured the risk of prostate cancer in terms of rising levels of PSA, a protein produced by the prostate gland. Spikes in PSA levels may signal a man may have the beginnings of prostate cancer.
They followed a total of 1,350 men, with half receiving intense counseling to opt for a low-fat diet that was rich in fiber, fruit and vegetables. The researchers then measured the men's PSA levels every year for 4 years, and noted when any study participant was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
What conclusions were drawn from this study?
A similar number of men developed prostate cancer in the two groups, which means that a man can't expect a low fat diet will decrease his risk of prostate cancer.
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2002;20:3570-3571, 3592-3598
This study provides further confirmation of the insanity of a low fat diet. The researchers were absolutely clueless that their concept of a "healthy" diet was fatally flawed, so their conclusion was that diet can't help prostate cancer.
However, their conclusion was absolutely inaccurate and should have been their concept of diet could not help cancer.
Had they examined an optimized omega 6:3 ratio diet that also had plenty of vitamin D from either sunshine or cod liver oil and a diet that kept insulin levels low, they would have seen quite different results.
Other useful measures as suggested by the links below:
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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