Podcast: Beating Prostate Cancer

New research on prostate cancer screening and diet. This episode features audio from:
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[spoudaois]

Im a Urologist. Prostate cancer screening and treatment have evolved . The AUA has evidence based guidelines. Not all prostate cancer is the same. The disease aggression is variable. We now have genomic testing and many patients who have low grade disease are routinely recommended surveillance (observation without treatment). But some prostate cancers are very aggressive and need treatment. If you have it and wait too long then you loose the window of time to have nerve sparing treatments that save erectile function. Both robotic surgery and radiation are much more precise. It is mostly a disease of diet and I recommend all my patients get off of dairy asap and transition to a plant based or even better low fat vegan nutrition. If you have been on the western diet and are between the ages of 45 and 75, I recommend doing the screening each year.

[koreyb]

A few simple foods can be very helpful in reducing the risks of prostate problems. Tomato paste, just a few tablespoons per day eaten with your regular meal. Frozen cranberries or cranberry powder added to your meal or a smoothie. And plain old pumpkin seeds added to your meals. And they all taste good to me.

[Brinaweenahwoo]

I had a coworker whose husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer when he about 60. I suggested they investigate dietary change and just watch and wait. They didn't and he had a prostectomy. They didn't realize before surgery that he could never have an erection again, not including the urinary and fecal incontinence and long term pain. Very sad....and unnecessary.

[raystaar]

It's truly disturbing that there is so much resistance to a plant based diet when something as dire as a cancer diagnosis is in play.

[doug]

I recently received my biopsy results which showed Gleason 6 and Gleason 7 (3+4). I have an appointment with my Urologist to discuss. In the meantime I have been researching treatment options and switching to a mostly plant based diet. Mostly fruits and vegetables. I have eliminated or severely restricted processed and fried foods, meat, dairy, sugar and salt. I actually lost 5 pounds so far.

[eliananewall]

We love you Dr. Greger, thank you for educating us❣️

[jys]

I have advanced prostate cancer so I did some research on things that may help as I had nothing to lose and plenty to gain. I came across your videos on cooked tomato products and Lycopene. I now take tomato puree 20g 3 times a day with added low-sugar ketchup. This had stopped my PSA from rising and hopefully reversed it. I have now started HDT on the advice of my oncologist So it is difficult to keep track of my progress. The HDT apparently will fail at some point and hopefully, The tomato puree will do its job.

[mikesimons]

Father died of prostate cancer in his 70's, and both younger/older brothers had cancers in their 50's, with them removed without major complications. I'm the outlier so far, and at 68 still have PSA < 2. Can afford the whole body scan every so often even though most docs don't recommend it. Would never do biopsy, just take it.

[mikefox]

Great, I wasn't going to get tested anyhow 😅

[RandyOm]

of the 30, 000 men who die each year in the USA (?) from prostate cancer, what percentage of those were treated with chemo?

[zztgr]

Well, you can recommend the corresponding vaccine!You know yhe drill lately!