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Posted 6/16/2016 8:10 PM (GMT 0)
If they just weren't so high in fat. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/news/nuts-could-reduce-risk-of-prostate-cancer-death-by-a-third/
Posted 6/16/2016 8:20 PM (GMT 0)
Nuts have the healthy kind of fat. I eat them every day -good on oatmeal or as a snack.
Posted 6/16/2016 8:28 PM (GMT 0)
Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't.
Posted 6/16/2016 9:11 PM (GMT 0)
Yes! Nuts! - JR
Posted 6/16/2016 9:30 PM (GMT 0)
Jeez, don't mention nuts. I'm still on HT.
Posted 6/16/2016 10:15 PM (GMT 0)
I really think some of you are NUTS
Posted 6/17/2016 1:45 AM (GMT 0)

alephnull said...
Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't.

Almond Joy got nuts, Mounds don't.....

I'm re-living my youngin' days here, LOL!
Posted 6/17/2016 2:07 AM (GMT 0)
And who can forget the famous response by the brigadier general commanding the 101st airborne during the battle of the bulge when the German command demanded his surrender?

NUTS!
Posted 6/17/2016 2:15 AM (GMT 0)
All good....until you sit on them.
Posted 6/17/2016 3:17 AM (GMT 0)
Or crush them when you are climbing onto your surfboard...happened to me this morning...ouch
Posted 6/17/2016 2:03 PM (GMT 0)
/www.youtube.com/watch?v=irssr0ZfoUY
Posted 6/17/2016 2:28 PM (GMT 0)
Yikes, thanks for posting,
The researchers, experts at Harvard Medical School in Boston, studied 47,000 men over 26 years and identified 6,800 who had developed prostate cancer.
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they found that "patients who consumed nuts five or more times per week after diagnosis had a significant 34 per cent lower rate of overall mortality than those who consumed nuts less than once per month."

They added: "This suggests nuts, although not associated with being diagnosed with cancer, may still improve the overall survival of patients."
Posted 6/17/2016 6:02 PM (GMT 0)
Love those Brazil nuts. I also take a selenium supplement daily.

"Brazil nuts are known to contain high quantities of 'selenium', a mineral with anti-cancer properties that protects cells and tissue from damaging molecules. "
Posted 6/17/2016 6:20 PM (GMT 0)
The media, as often happens, got this completely wrong. In fact, the study did not at all show what the Daily Telegraph reported:

Nuts to the Daily Telegraph … and nuts for most of our readers!

- Allen

Faustmann - careful with that selenium! The SELECT study found that high levels of selenium in conjunction with Vitamin E can cause prostate cancer.
Posted 6/17/2016 7:05 PM (GMT 0)
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20160615/Nut-consumption-may-lower-risk-of-overall-mortalityc2a0in-prostate-cancer-patients.aspx
Posted 6/17/2016 8:26 PM (GMT 0)
I love eating nuts - especially almond butter (yum!)

But isn't eating more grains and less carbohydrates contradictory?

"If you have prostate cancer, improve your diet: more nuts, more fish, more grains; less red meat, less dairy products, and less carbohydrates!"
Posted 6/17/2016 8:50 PM (GMT 0)
Works Out-

I think he meant whole grains vs refined carbohydrates. Similarly, Mike is talking about nuts and fish as preferred sources of fat than from red meat or butterfat (although being religious about it is unnecessary). I would have had added to the list green leafy vegetables (especially cruciferous veggies) and highly colored fruits and veggies. Variety is important too - we evolved to be omnivores.

For guys like you and I who have already had curative therapy, I don't see any point to dietary changes, other than for cardiovascular health.

- Allen
Posted 6/18/2016 3:40 PM (GMT 0)
TA,

"For guys like you and I who have already had curative therapy, I don't see any point to dietary changes, other than for cardiovascular health."

Interesting. I've had curative treatment, RP, and I still try to follow all of the dietary recommendations for PCa. Since we know that PCa can recur, even 20 years after treatment, that must mean that some dormant cells are left in the body. Wouldn't it make sense that diet would affect how, and whether, those cells ever result in recurrent PCa?

Posted 6/18/2016 5:25 PM (GMT 0)
Frack Me,

Since all available evidence tells me I'm cured, I see no purpose in pursuing any treatment, dietary or otherwise, for a disease I don't have. This is especially true for those dietary studies that deal with prevention of prostate cancer - I've had it -- whatever caused it to happen probably took a lifetime of combined effects to cause it, and there is no point in closing the barn door after the horses are out. If I had evidence of residual disease, I might think differently. And if there is some residual disease lurking somewhere, I'll deal with it if it ever rears its ugly head, based on evidence.

However, I am much more concerned about cardiovascular disease, and there is some credible evidence that dietary changes can reverse it even at this late date. I eat heart-healthy anyway and have for many years, exercise regularly, have no excess bodyfat, so I've got those bases covered.

- Allen
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