Guest guest Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 I noted cocoa had health benefits and tried some. I got an unfortunate worsening of my dupytrens in my hand. When I looked up the main ingredient among noted tests results was a link to prostate cancer. i am not sure about spelling but think it was throbomine that was the main ingredient. The same ingredient is in chocolate. I don't know if the strength of relation is strong enough to worry about but thought I would share it. i think back in 2003 when I got prostate cancer I was eating a 1 1/2 " square of bakers chocolate a day. I will try to get back with the author of the study and the correct spelling. Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Theobromine is the correct spellingSubject: Cocoa and prostate cancerTo: ProstateCancerSupport Date: Friday, February 18, 2011, 7:47 PM I noted cocoa had health benefits and tried some. I got an unfortunate worsening of my dupytrens in my hand. When I looked up the main ingredient among noted tests results was a link to prostate cancer. i am not sure about spelling but think it was throbomine that was the main ingredient. The same ingredient is in chocolate. I don't know if the strength of relation is strong enough to worry about but thought I would share it. i think back in 2003 when I got prostate cancer I was eating a 1 1/2" square of bakers chocolate a day. I will try to get back with the author of the study and the correct spelling. Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 I found the article under Theobromine side effects at Zhion website. I guess if it can make my dupytrens in the hand worse it can also make perionnes disease worse too since they are related. DougSubject: Cocoa and prostate cancerTo: ProstateCancerSupport Date: Friday, February 18, 2011, 7:47 PM I noted cocoa had health benefits and tried some. I got an unfortunate worsening of my dupytrens in my hand. When I looked up the main ingredient among noted tests results was a link to prostate cancer. i am not sure about spelling but think it was throbomine that was the main ingredient. The same ingredient is in chocolate. I don't know if the strength of relation is strong enough to worry about but thought I would share it. i think back in 2003 when I got prostate cancer I was eating a 1 1/2" square of bakers chocolate a day. I will try to get back with the author of the study and the correct spelling. Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 Here's a link FYI : http://www.springerlink.com/content/tp5728721k4g76u1/ Too bad. My wife just bought me a pound of the best dark chocolate I've ever tasted for Valentine's day. She thought it was good for my heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 > This finding needs further exploration in studies with a wider range of theobromine exposures and more men with aggressive tumors. You are looking at a very old study with this link, indeed the 'related studies' on the RHS panel of the PubMed page will not show anything of recent origin implicating theobromine and cancer. I'd suggest you ignore the study and enjoy your chocolate. Sam. Cancer Causes Control. 1993 Nov;4(6):559-63. Smoking, alcohol, coffee, tea, caffeine, and theobromine: risk of prostate cancer in Utah (United States). Slattery ML, West DW. Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84132. Data from a population-based study of newly diagnosed cases of prostate cancer (n = 362) and age-matched controls (n = 685) conducted in Utah (United States) between 1983 and 1986 were used to determine if cigarette smoking, alcohol, coffee, tea, caffeine, and theobromine were associated with prostate cancer risk. These factors were examined since their use differs in the Utah population, which is comprised predominantly of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon), from most other populations. Pack-years of cigarettes smoked, alcohol intake, and consumption of alcohol, coffee, tea, and caffeine were not associated with prostate cancer risk. Compared with men with very low levels of theobromine intake, older men consuming 11 to 20 and over 20 mg of theobromine per day were at increased risk of prostate cancer (odds ratio [OR] for all tumors = 2.06, 95 percent confidence interval [CI] = 1.33-3.20, and OR = 1.47, CI = 0.99-2.19, respectively; OR for aggressive tumors = 1.90, CI = 0.90-3.97, and OR = 1.74, CI = 0.91-3.32, respectively). We present biological mechanisms for a possible association between prostate cancer and theobromine. This finding needs further exploration in studies with a wider range of theobromine exposures and more men with aggressive tumors. PMID: 8280834 > > > Here's a link FYI : > > http://www.springerlink.com/content/tp5728721k4g76u1/ > > Too bad. My wife just bought me a pound of the best dark chocolate I've ever tasted for Valentine's day. She thought it was good for my heart. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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