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By Randy Cowen
rostate cancer is a problem in the African American community. African American men have the highest diagnosis rates of any race in the United States. It often starts earlier, affecting black men in their late 30s and 40s, and tends to be more aggressive in African American males than other ethnicities. Scientists aren't sure why. Alongside regular prostate exams, a healthy diet can help to prevent cancer from developing in the prostate. Here are 6 foods that are well known prostate cancer fighters: TOMATOES: Tomatoes contain lycopene, an antioxidant and anti-cancer agent that slows down tumor growth. Research has shown that men who ate raw and cooked tomatoes were less prone to developing prostate cancer than men never ever ate those foods. Our bodies have difficulty extracting and absorbing lycopene from tomatoes. So, cooked tomatoes, pureed tomatoes or tomato products, like tomato juice, can be better options for encouraging prostate health.
BROCCOLI: Canadian researchers LEGUMES: Research has shown have found that diets with high that beans, peanuts and lentils amounts of broccoli can decontain cancer fighting agents that crease the risk of cancer, esperestrict tumor growth. Soy is also cially aggressive prostate cancer. important. Review papers have Concrete, scientific reasons for shown that high soy consumption this is still unclear. Many think can reduce cancer occurrence by the key agent is the sulforaphane 30%. in broccoli, a phytochemical that POMEGRANATE JUICE: Studies selectively destroys cancer cells have found that drinking 8 ounces while leaving the healthy prostate of pomegranate juice can reduce cells alone. the PSA levels in the system. GREEN TEA: Green Tea has been a PSA stands for Prostate Specific key component in Asian diets for Antigen and their reduction often many years and Asian countries indicates that the cancer has have the lowest rates of prostate stopped progressing. Research cancer. Whether this is because suggests that the antioxidants in of green tea is unclear. However, pomegranate, like those found in astudyconductedbytheJapanbroccoli, seek and destroy cancer Health Center found that out cells without harming the healthy of 50,000 men, prostate cancer prostate cells. diagnoses were almost 50% less We know that healthy eating frequent in those that drank more can seem like a drag, but there's than 5 cups of green tea per nothing cool about being careless day. Green tea contains catechin, with your health. Think of these EGCG and epicatechin. There's foods and regular prostate check research to support that these ups as investments into compounds are powerful prostate a long, healthy life. cancer fighters.
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