Nutrition & Prostate Cancer Virtual Presentation - Mon July 31, 8pm EDT

Nutrition & Prostate Cancer Virtual Presentation - Mon July 31, 8pm EDT

All those questions you always wanted to know about how to eat right after a PCa diagnosis .....
do I need to change my diet?
does a vegan diet really make a difference?
will Lupron make me fat?
what supplements should I take?
how should I change my diet during treatment?
..... no doubt you can think of many more!

Greta Macaire, the resident Registered Dietitian at UCSF Cancer Center will be give her excellent presentation on Nutrition and Prostate Cancer and be available to answer questions.

You can join online OR simply by phone .... for more information, please visit https://www.ancan.org/prostate-cancer
Please e-mail questions for Greta to Snipped email address, see Rule 7 -- PeterDA

Onward & upwards, rd

Post Edited By Moderator (PeterDisAbelard.) : 8/2/2017 6:50:16 AM (GMT-6)

Greta's the one to sort you out ...... please e-mail Snipped email address, see Rule 7 -- PeterDA with any questions - I will be forwarding to her ahead of time!

Post Edited By Moderator (PeterDisAbelard.) : 8/2/2017 6:50:44 AM (GMT-6)

Eat a well balanced diet of good food and in moderation. Exercise and enjoy life! Vegetarians die, meat eaters die, rich people die, poor people die.. While us Amercans spend billions on diet plans, diet pills, healthy and unhealthy diets, organic grown versus non organic, vegetarian versus meat diet A large majority of the world is just trying to figure out where they are going to get their next meal! Be ever so grateful for the good food we have! Don't overeat and try to get some exercise and worry about things that are important!

Larry

Maybe we should just defer to the Healing Well experts ..... or better still. they should pose their scepticism to Greta Macaire.

There are dietitians and supplement 'experts' and then there are dietitians and supplement 'experts' ... in MY humble opinion, and I've been in this game since 2007.

What I do find is that those who cast dispersion rarely want to debate those who are truly in the know. @Skypilot56 .... this is NOT about regular diet and regular nutrition, nor the millions of starving people on our planet.

It IS about whether eating right for prostate cancer can make a difference in your own longevity. Take the time to go to the linked site, read the linked UCSF and PCF pamphlets, and maybe even some of the 360 + references.

Please listen to the presentation, review the materials, ask your questions, and if you still think diet and nutrition are irrelevant to our disease, you may have more credence.

Just sent my questions! Thanks again Ardeee!

Thanks for putting this on here!

The zero vs 'going easy' debate is worth a comment.

I too counsel men to 'go easy' ..... not because Greta proposes this, but because I believe for some men, NOT all, strict adherence to a diet can be quite stressful. And stress, along with exercise and diet, is something we can control.

So if eating a steak once or twice a month makes life more tolerable and enjoyable, it works for some guys. For others who easily handle a vegan diet, they may be better off - but every man is different.

Please note the UCSF resources are listed on our webpage https://www.ancan.org/prostate-cancer. And if you are a UCSF patient, you are entitled to a free consult with Greta in person or by phone.

@cashlessclay ... so sorry you could not have debated P O'Shea on Health Unlocked who had a 180 degree opposed view of Greta. Unfortunately we were banned from that site for advertising this upcoming forum - it was considered commercial by the moderator, so O'Shea's negative comments have now been removed.

<<<What is the phone number for the call-in Monday evening?>>>

1-646-749-3129. access code: 222-583-973

@cashless, if you drop me a line on Snipped email address, see Rule 7 -- PeterDA, I will send you O'Shea's post on 'Health Locked Out' ...

It would be interesting to hear Greta's thoughts on your hypoothesis ... maybe I will craft a question.

Post Edited By Moderator (PeterDisAbelard.) : 8/2/2017 6:49:02 AM (GMT-6)

Ardeee, I reviewed the comments by O'shea. It appears
that he is Patrick O'shea M.D. He has made many valuable
contributions on the HealthUnlocked Board, backed by
medical journal references.

His comments on one of Greta's past presentations, appears
to be based on three concerns.

First, he believes Greta is favoring a vegan, low fat, high carb diet
that will lead to high triglycerides, leading to insulin resistance and
aggressive PCa. I believe she is not pushing a vegan diet,
but rather a vegan-based diet with healthy fats found in much
of seafood (wild, not farmed). Her diet, including avocados,
nuts, seeds and seafood and is neither a low fat nor high carb diet.
Greta's diet is basically my diet and my triglycerides have never
been lower, now in the 50's versus about 200 prior to the diet.

Second, he is concerned with flax and chia seeds. I don't care to
join the great seed debate, I used neither. I would stay away from
flax seed oil, however, on the advice of Dr. Meyers.

Third, he is concerned with adequate vitamin D from diet. Well,
I agree that vitamin D is important, I measure it and supplement
as necessary. This is the only supplement I use.

The forth of his three concerns is fiber. He thinks it's a non factor.
Greta thinks it's important. I think it's a non concern. It comes with the diet.

In closing, I think Dr. O'shea leans toward "fats and supplements" are OK
while Greta leans toward "unsaturated fats and natural foods" are the way.
My personal experience supports Greta but does not disprove Dr. O'shea.

Cashless

@cashless ..... thanks so much for your review. I think the tone of Dr. O'Shea;s response bothered me more than the context ..... it was less than respectful to Greta who I doubt he even knows.

Appreciate your heavy lifting - I have been snowed the past few days.

Tx - the presentation will be posted by Wed or Thur @ www.ancan.org/prostate-cancer

Pratoman says. . .

"@Cashless, sorry to say, discipline is hard and you are blessed
to possess it. I tried but the last month and a half, trying to follow
your diet hypothesis, i've been pretty horrible."

Pratoman, once I found out that an ultrasensitive PSA test was
available, and with my prostate gone, thereby removing removing
PSA "noise", I couldn't help but consider the possibility of running
"medical experiments". I then researched diets and decided on a
baseline diet. It was apparent that diet had an impact on the PSADT
when compared to a baseline, from post prostatectomy and post SRT
values.

So, I had to make a choice. I'm I going to do this meticulously or not.
I understand that to get serious data, you must control the "independent
variables" (food intake, in this case) as much as possible.

As an example of how tightly I control my food intake, the total cholesterol/HDL,
a measure of interest concerning heart health, taken once per year for the
last four years, have been: 2.71, 2.73, 2.73, 2.72.
Triglycerides were: 53, 51, 59, 51.

Once you see that you can influence PSADT is a serious way, "discipline"
becomes easier... though still not easy, for many, I'm sure.

Cashless