Melaine said...
What’s the thinking behind taking Pomi-T? Does it make any sense to take Pomi-T if you no longer have a prostate?
I started it after my RP, and still take its 4 ingredients, but in separate capsules of each (in addition to others), which is either more economical or gives you higher doses for about
the same price. The idea is that some phytochemicals may act by helping to prevent PCa or slow its growth once it has begun. Of concern are any malignant or benign cancer cells left behind, either in the prostate bed or in undetected micrometastases.
I look on my excellent post-RP results for G9 cancer as an investment that I want to protect as far as I can. I'd rather not have my PSA rise in years to come only to find out from new research that I really should have been taking X.
There is a good deal of peer-reviewed research that has demonstrated many different mechanisms of action of various plant/food substances on PCa cells in vitro. Fewer studies have been done on men. The majority of these mechanisms involve inducing
apoptosis in PCa cells, which means they undergo the death that normal cells do, rather than live on, with zombie growth.
Of course the big question is that of bioavailability -- can you really ingest enough of a plant or food extract to have the effect seen in the lab when the substance is placed in direct contact with PCa cells? Probably not, but, on the other hand, there may be some effect and recent studies have shown that certain
combinations of phytochemicals have a synergistic effect.
The British double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized Pomi-T study showed some benefit, including a reduction in lesion size as seen on imaging.
Another question is genetics. Study results on pomegranate (one of Pomi-T's ingredients) have been very uneven. One pomegranate study found
no benefit overall for all men, but found that men with a certain genotype (about
25% of the subjects) did show a benefit. This complicates research considerably if we discount a phytochemical that benefits some, but not all.
Can you also just eat healthy? Sure, but do you really want to eat a large amount of cooked tomato and broccoli or Brussel sprouts and ...
every day?
Djin