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Posted 1/18/2016 3:14 PM (GMT 0)
Hello,
I’m relatively new here, diagnosed on December 30th and still gathering more diagnostics. It seems I have a chance at Active Surveillance and will move to an AS diet now while waiting. I need to decide how strict to do that. A Johns Hopkins urologist, when I described having cut out red meat, cheese, etc., said it’s taken 5-10 years for my PC to reach it’s current stage, there’s no need for drastic diet changes. Another urologist, here in Sarasota and given my same diet description, said a steak once a week was fine. It’s possible both of them assumed I wound be doing aggressive treatment and diet would be less critical.

For now I’d like to hear what other AS participants are doing for diet. I’ve read some that are essentially on a vegan diet while others seems a bit less strict. Some specific questions:
Red meat (steak, lamb, veal): none, quarterly, monthly, weekly?
Cheese: none, quarterly, monthly, weekly? Garnish on a salad?
Milk: 2%, skim milk, milk alternatives

Thanks!
Rob
Posted 1/18/2016 3:41 PM (GMT 0)
I think Snuffy Meyers recommends a Mediterranean diet.
Dean Ornish had early studies of vegetarian diet sometimes with egg white added for patients on AS.
I am trying for vegan diet part of the time.
Quite a few patients avoid milk and use soy or almond milk.
Urologists typically are not trained in nutrition.
Good luck.
Posted 1/18/2016 3:52 PM (GMT 0)
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Posted 1/18/2016 6:17 PM (GMT 0)
The link to the diet thread that was provided by Startech has a lot of good, common sense advice for an anti-cancer diet.

Dr. Servan-Schreiber's book is very useful. He has since died of his cancer, but he survived a highly lethal glioblastoma for almost 20 years.

I am part of Johns Hopkins' AS research study program, and I was never given a diet to follow. Rather, I was asked to describe what I ate, and in what quantities.

I do take green tea extract, pomegranate, aspirin, and vitamins C and D3 every day.
Posted 1/18/2016 7:16 PM (GMT 0)
I agree with your JH doctor, but I do support a heart-healthy diet: plenty of highly colored fruits and vegetables, low on animal fats, higher on vegetable fats (nuts, grapeseed oil, soybean oil, etc.), lots of fish (not omega 3 supplements), and low on dairy. I'm not a big believer in extreme diets. The only food I've seen that may make a difference in PC are cruciferous vegetables. I'm generally against supplements, but the one exception may be sulforaphane. But even with that, taking it with even a small amount of broccoli florets or sprouts may increase bioavailability markedly.

There's been some analyses that suggests that a 5-ari (Proscar or Avodart) may delay progression. They can have sexual SEs, though. Something to think about and discuss with your Uro.

- Allen
Posted 1/18/2016 8:53 PM (GMT 0)
There are studies that show the the supplement Pomi-T decrease the rate of increase of PSA in men with early detection of prostate cancer (but we do not know if the disease process itself affected). The supplement is a concentration of green tea, pomegranate seed extract, broccoli extract and turmeric.
Generally - Good nutrition for the heart is good diet for prostate! And smoking is of cause bad for the prostate as well.
Posted 1/18/2016 9:06 PM (GMT 0)
Rob-234
Dr Dattoli, who heads up the Dattoli Cancer Center in Sarasota which treats only prostate cancer is a health nut as well as top Radiation Oncologist . You're lucky to live near his office. His list of foods is for anyone dealing with prostate cancer. If you want, I'll email it to you.
Bob
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