Prostate Cancer is a leading cancer threat to men in United States. And now, there are studies showing that a high fat intake can have a direct correlation to the risk of prostate cancer.
According to wikipedia, Prostate Cancer is "a disease in which cancer develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. It occurs when cells of the prostate mutate and begin to multiply out of control. These cells may spread (metastasize) from the prostate to other parts of the body, especially the bones and lymph nodes. Prostate cancer may cause pain, difficulty in urinating, erectile dysfunction and other symptoms.
Rates of prostate cancer vary widely across the world. Although the rates vary widely between countries, it is least common in South and East Asia, more common in Europe, and most common in the United States.
Prostate cancer develops most frequently in men over fifty. This cancer can occur only in men, as the prostate is exclusively of the male reproductive tract. It is one of the most common types of cancer in men. However, many men who develop prostate cancer never have symptoms, undergo no therapy, and eventually die of other causes."
The article from Newschief.com suggests that fat makes up about 35% of calories in American diet, while it's only about 15% in Japanese diet. This is probably a known fact to most American, as some of our daily lunch or dinner usually contain of fried food or fatty meat. It is exceptionally difficult for a lot of working people who simply go get fast food as daily lunch items.
There are of course things we can start to do. A high vegetables intake during the week can help lower the risk of prostate cancer, among which broccoli and cabbage are the best good to help protecting against the men threat. Also, tomatoes contain high level of antioxidant called lycopene - bright red carotenoid pigment and phytochemical that some preliminary research has suggested an inverse correlation between lycopene (consumption of tomato) and risk of cancer (which the kind of research is yet to get approved from FDA). One thing that anyone can prove is, however, a good amount of vegetables servings would be good to help reduce bad enzymes in our fragile body.
So, next time when you have to dine out, try to incorporate some tomatoes, broccoli or cabbage in your meal. Or, the best of all, try to reduce the amount of fat intake in your diet!
References:
http://www.newschief.com/article/20081109/NEWS/811090351/1011/LIVING02?Title=Prostate_cancer_affected_by_amount_of_fat_in_diet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate_cancer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycopene
