diet and exercise?

Diet or "proper diet" seems to be an issue I've seen lately in the disease prevention and or treatment for Prostate health. Is there any documented cases or have any of you folks here that have something to say. Also I see diet and exercise being part of some treatments. I do understand these regiments are usually good regardless.

Understand I have no plan on being someone to go all holistic, I'm just asking about supplemental therapy to compliment certain meds and or prostate health in general.

Just looking for some input, thanks.

A proper heart healthy diet (Mederternian style or similar) plus some form of regular exercise, is considered good advice for anyone's good health, PC or no PC.

There are many threads here at HW PC, that can be searched, where the subject of diet, exercise, and supplement use/non-use has been discussed to the ninth degree.

Not-smoking should be high on that list of healthy living, IMO. In my 2 years plus of going through oncology rehab, the therapist all agreed, that if a patient isn't willing to quit smoking, then there is no point about worrying about diet in general, that the smoking will ultimately do more damage to their bodies than the positives of a diet change. They advocated doing both, don't smoke, and do a heart healthy diet along with moderate exercise.

There are doctors that advocate supplements, and doctors that don't. No supplement is going to stop or reverse any cancer. Some say that certain supplements slow down cancer growth, considering there are experts on both sides of that thinking, I feel the jury is out.

My long term PCP, my urologist, and my oncologist, are all of the school that don't feel that I should be on any supplements, including common multiple vitamins.

So a lot of this depends on whom you talk to, and what school of thought they prescribe to.

david in sc

Dr. Brian Lawenda has published some good info on nutrition and exercise.  Tony(TC Lasvegas) originally posted this link to his web site: http://www.integrativeoncology-essentials.com/about/brian-lawenda/.  I think you will find it informative. 

Carlos

Heart Healthy Diet:  Nuts and Vegetable Oil (Olive Oil) and PC: 

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/805555

I think it's a good idea to get as healthy as possible, and I also think there are strong indications that cancer can be affected by our diet and lifestyle.  I've done a lot of study on this and recently met with the dietician that works with the cancer treatment center I'm using.  Basic ideas I've gotten include:

1.  There are some foods that are "known" to contribute to cancer, such as too much red meat and meat fats.

2.  There are some foods that seem to help fight cancer, such as cruciferous vegetables.

3.  Exercise, in the right amount/intensity seems to help.

4.  Keeping a positive mental/emotional balance also is helpful.

Since I got the word that my cancer has metastasized about 2 months ago, I've personally been working on all of these.  There is a lot of data supporting limiting intake of refined sugar and processed wheat, so I've mostly cut these out of my diet.  I'm down to only one or two servings of red meat a week, and it used to be my main food.  I now run 6 miles on an elliptical at least 5 times a week as well as spend 3 days with weight training, and I try very hard to push back on the negative emotions that come with a cancer diagnosis.  I just got my latest monthly PSA test and should hear back today or Monday to see if it all has helped.  At the very least, I feel much better, have great energy, and my mood is much, much lighter than before I started doing this.

 RobertC suggested the book "Anticancer", and I second this.  I have a copy of the book online and it's been my main source of information about what to eat and do.  There is a lot of interesting information and background throughout the book, but you can get a quick understanding of the basics from the summaries at the end of the book.  I'm sure there are other sources, and you may want to see a dietician. 

Best wishes!

Greg.