A Diet For Prostate Cancer

cashlessclay said...
Fifteen months ago my PSA was 0.525. Last four test results were
0.415, 0.363, 0.312 and 0.305 (on 2/19/20). This was achieved with
diet and moderate exercise. I'm not taking any meds for PC, and the
only supplements I'm taking are B12 and D3, for general health. My
gleason score was 4 + 3 biopsy and 3 + 3 pathology. My PSADT was
7 months, prior to the diet.

I have already applied the brakes to get 0.305 through the increase of dietary
iron - - using mussels and shrimp. I don't want the PSA to go much below 0.3.
This way, the "therapy sensitive" cells are kept around to help keep the "therapy
resistant " cells under control. This is referred to as adaptive therapy.

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2007066

Good for you! And good to hear about the B12, as I have had a rather sudden increase in PSA, which is currently under investigation. But about the only thing I had changed lately was the addition of sublingual B12 for inflammation/hip pain, and Ginger hoping to keep the doses of Naproxen/Ibuprophen NSAID type drugs to a minimum. And I have indeed had a significant improvement with that pain situation. But I have also wondered what could account for such a jump in my PSA(assuming it is not lab error, TBD after upcoming repeat tests), and wondered if either of those could have somehow contributed. But good to see that B12 does not appear to have caused you any problems with PSA measurements. I can't imagne Ginger being a problem with PC either, but who really knows?

Thanks, Cashless. I'm not ready quite yet, but it might come to that.

cashlessclay said...
A new PSA reading of 0.243 on 1 Sept. 2020.

Last reading was 0.305 on 19 Feb. 2020. That
equates to a PSA "half life" of 19.22 months.

My highest "post treatment" PSA was 0.525 on
26 Nov. 2018, when the "roll-back" diet began.
The PSA "half life",from 26 Nov. 2018 through
1 Sept. 2020, is 19.17 months.

I'm not sure how much you can read into the consistent
"half life" number, but I thought it was worth noting.

Cashless

Cashless, you are my hero. You are proof enough for me that diet and other approaches can indeed help. Yes, I realize you are just an anecdote, but still useful info for me. I have not yet been willing to us your severe dietary approach, but maybe I will. And who is to say that other approached might not work?

Are you still taking any supplements? I know you were for a while, if memory serves.

Post Edited (BillyBob@388) : 9/3/2020 12:17:14 PM (GMT-6)

BillyBob asks . . . Are you taking any supplements?

Billy, I'm taking Methyl B-12, in the form of Methylcobalamin. I'm using
enough to bring my B-12 level to about 600 pg/mL, up from the mid-100's.
I have not seen a negative affect on controlling my PSA using this form
of B-12.

I also take Bluebonnet Liquid Vitamin D3, raising my levels from borderline 30
to the 40's, and now 55 this week. Could not move the needle with tablet form
of Vitamin D.

Although not in traditional Vitamin form, I have K-2 from fermented bean curd
everyday. Most important to my diet is the avoidance of "iron" and "insulin spikes".

Cashless