What is the diet against prostate cancer? A diet rich in fruit, vegetables, nuts and whole grains can almost halve the chances of this carcinoma progressing. Once again, scientific research has confirmed what he said lifestyles can impact the prevention of tumors and the improvement of the effectiveness of therapies. You can read the results in the scientific journal JAMA Network.
Diet against prostate cancer: risk of worsening decreases by 47%
According to experts, hire high doses of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds lowers the risk of prostate cancerbut also of rapid progression if one were ill.
The researchers analyzed over 2,000 men with prostate cancer in the early stages. They were followed for more than six years regarding diet and lifestyle. Those who followed a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, nuts and whole grains they were 47% less likely to see the cancer progresscompared to those who did not eat enough of it.
Diet against prostate cancer: the Mediterranean diet also works well
Previous research had already shown that following a Mediterranean diet, which also includes omega 3 contained in tuna and oily fishslowed the progression of the tumor.
Eating less meat and dairy also helps limit the most common side effects that patients with prostate cancer experience. The main ones are lack of bladder control and erectile dysfunction.
The numbers of carcinoma in Italy
In 2023 there were approximately 41,100 new cases of prostate cancer only in Italy. The estimates do not bode well, given that in the last three years there has been an increase in new diagnoses of 14 percent. In 2020, estimates spoke of 36,000 new patients. Luckily more than 60% of patients manage to definitively defeat the carcinoma.
Even if the numbers are high, the chances of this tumor having a fatal outcome are low, especially if an early diagnosis is made in time. In 2020, a reduction in mortality rates of 15.6 percent was estimated. Also data relating to the number of people still alive five years after diagnosis is on average 92 percent.