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I'd think a healthy diet is a good enough way to go. If you want to completely eliminate foods (red meat) and add daily supplements (pom, tumeric) you can probably find a list somewhere around here.

Yes, our odds can be very very promising if treated on time. Happy for you.

I am too very interested in any advice. My husbands pc at 42 should be a wake up call for our family. We can all use better nutrition n exercise but what supplements should I get my hubby on?

Google Dr Mark Moyad. He is probably the best and most experienced in PC based diets and does a good job of debunking what really works from all the claims.

My Uro, Dr Aaron Katz, is known for integrating traditional methods with dietary/supplement/herbal methods. He recommended 2 supplements which i purchased through DesignsforHealth.com, Brocco-Protect (which is what it sounds like, a Broccoli type supplement) and Inflamattone, which is a vegetable supplement. I also am increasing my Vitamin D supplements from 1000 IUs daily to 5000, doing that on my own.

Not sure how all this will help me avoid eventual diagnosis, but it can't hurt.

We can all use better nutrition n exercise but what supplements should I get my hubby on?

at minimum I would take POMx capsules, which I have done daily for three years.  I also take resveratrol and turmeric as well as D and calcium.  I may drop resveratrol if my PSA holds on the next test in four months or so.  and so forth but my plan is to take POM for the forseeable future.

ed

 

DGV/damgoodview said...
I am too very interested in any advice. My husbands pc at 42 should be a wake up call for our family. We can all use better nutrition n exercise but what supplements should I get my hubby on?

Exercise is certainly very important, along with weight control. As for eating habits -- I think the best general rule I've ever hear paraphrases like this: "Eat anything you want, but do it in three different ways -- moderation, moderation & moderation."

I don't know if any supplements really do any good. Seems there is always some study saying one thing that is usually followed up with a subsequent study that says just the opposite.

I think just good exercise & "moderation......" is the best way. The rest of it is probably up to individual genetics.

Chuck

Resident of Highland, Indiana just outside of Chicago, IL.
July 2011 local PSA lab reading 6.41 (from 4.1 in 2009). Mayo Clinic PSA Sept. 2011 was 5.7.
Local urologist DRE revealed significant BPH, but no lumps.
PCa Dx Aug. 2011 at age of 61.
Biopsy revealed adenocarcinoma in 3 of 20 cores (one 5%, two 20%). T2C.
Gleason score 3+3=6.
CT of abdomen, bone scan both negative.
DaVinci prostatectomy 11/1/11 at Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN), nerve sparing, age 62.
My surgeon was Dr. Matthew Tollefson, who I highly recommend.
Final pathology shows tumor confined to prostate.
5 lymph nodes, seminal vesicles, extraprostatic soft tissue all negative.
1.0 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm mass involving right posterior inferior,
right posterior apex & left mid posterior prostate.
Right posterior apex margin involved by tumor over a 0.2 cm length, doctor says this is insignificant.
Prostate 98.3 grams, tumor 2 grams. Prostate size 5.0 x 4.7 x 4.5 cm.
Abdominal drain removed the morning after surgery.
Catheter out in 7 days. No incontinence, occasional minor dripping.
Post-op exams 2/13/12, 9/10/12, PSA <0.1. PSA tests now annual.
Semi-firm erections now happening 14 months post-op & VERY slowly getting a bit stronger.

highlander's way of putting it reminded me of something - exercise/activity is much more important than weight control.

If you can't manage both, be active and too heavy, rather than skinny-but-not-active.