Vegetables + Prostate

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Hi,

Protocol 1 includes a raw vegetable juice diet as used in Gerson

therapy.

This article provides more evidence of benefit from such a diet.

moonbeam

Diet, Stress Reduction May Slow Prostate Tumors

Reuters Tuesday, December 4, 2001

NEW YORK, Dec 04 (Reuters Health) - A low-fat, high-fiber diet coupled

with stress reduction may slow the growth of prostate tumors, results of a

small study suggest.

Researchers found that a plant-based diet combined with a stress reduction

program lowered the rate at which prostate specific antigen (PSA)

increased in 8 of 10 men over 4 months. These new findings suggest a way

for prostate cancer patients to modify risk factors for tumor progression

while minimizing risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, and

improving their quality of life, Dr. Gordon A. Saxe, from the University

of California, San Diego, and colleagues report.

The 10 study volunteers, who had all undergone radical prostatectomy, or

removal of the prostate, were in the early stages of recurrent prostate

cancer. They received individual nutrition counseling and followed a diet

rich in whole grains, legumes, fresh vegetables, soy-based food and fruit.

Caffeine, animal-based foods and processed and refined foods were strictly

limited.

Patients also participated in 12 weekly group stress-reduction sessions

lasting 3 to 4 hours. The patients were accompanied by someone close to

them, in most cases a spouse.

After 4 months, the rate of tumor progression was found to have slowed in

8 of the 10. In three men, PSA levels had actually decreased, according to

the report. All men lost weight.

Saxe and colleagues suggest that future research try to confirm the

findings and investigate the mechanism by which diet and stress reduction

might prolong the lives of men with recurrent prostate cancer.

SOURCE: The Journal of Urology 2001;166:2202-2207.