Bill Rogers, Arnold Palmer, Robert DiNero, Dennis Hopper, Dan Fogelbert, James Brown, Sen. Bob Dole, John Kerry, Timothy Leary, Earl Woods (Tiger’s Dad), Bishop Desmond Tutu, Frank Zappa ... ..All “Famous Guys with Prostate Cancer” ...
This year, another 230,000 American dads and sons and brothers will be told they have prostate cancer -- the second-often most diagnosed cancer in men.
Most of the big cancer organizations will says that 16 percent of American men, or 1 in 6 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, with the numbers increasing as men age. Some 38,000 will die of it this year alone.
That’s an eye-opener in itself. But prostate cancer is actually much more prevalent than that, according to forensic scientists studying autopsies on men of all ages.
Here’s what they see …
* By age 65, half to two-thirds of American men have cancerous changes in their prostate gland.
* By age 80, as high as four out of five men have prostate cancer.
* By age 100 and over, postmortem studies estimate that virtually 100% of men have developed prostate cancer.
See a pattern? Prostate cancer grows as a man ages. It’s why one leading research hospital, Johns Hopkins Research at the Brady Urological Institute in Baltimore, calls the prostate “a primordial breeding ground for cancer.”
Here’s another pattern: Whenever they find prostate cancer in a biopsy or autopsy, the gland is usually filled to the brim with BPH and prostatitis (like mine). Could these two diseases of prostate enlargement and inflammation be your warning shots across the bow? The canaries in the coal mine....?
Absolutely.
Interestingly … proliferating prostate cancer and prostate disease are NOT a global phenomenon. American men have 40 times greater incidence of prostate cancer than Asian men. Prostate cancer is very low in African, yet high among African American men. Why?
More than likely, that’s because of the foods we eat. Our pro-inflammatory diet of high fats and high carbohydrates generate chronic inflammation in our joints and organs, including the prostate. According to Johns Hopkins Research, this kind of chronic inflammation at the cellular level can lead to DNA damage and gene mutations … a precursor to prostate cancer.
Could An Anti-Inflammatory Diet Be A Key To A Healthier Prostate?
Consider this:
* Studies show sugar-producing insulin causes inflammation throughout the body and contributes to the growth and proliferation of prostate cancer.
* Experts believe one-third of all cancers could be avoided with dietary changes.
* A top urologist/researcher from a major U.S. university reports that 100% of the surgical and biopsied prostate cancer specimens they have examined indicate the existence of prostatitis – which is also an indication that inflammation underlies the prevalence of prostate cancer.
* Pro-inflammatory trans fats found in processed foods double the risk of non-aggressive prostate cancer tumors, which represents a large portion of prostate cancer found in PSA tests.
Aging, genetics and race are major risk factors for prostate cancer … but so is inflammation. Even the American Cancer Association now includes inflammation in its list of key risk factors for prostate cancer.
That is some very good news … why? Because inflammation in the body is something all guys can do something about.
We can control our diet – what we put in our mouths. An anti-inflammatory diet may hold the keys to nurturing a healthier prostate and – perhaps – even preventing prostate cancer.
I Truly Wish I Had Known All This Earlier
I wish I would’ve known way before the cancer diagnosis. Before all that suffering with my out-of-control prostate.
If you’ve read this far, you probably have some concerns about your prostate health.
You want answers. You may be sick and tired of treating just the symptoms of your problems, instead of attacking the cause.
Maybe too … you are reading because you’ve recently been diagnosed with prostate and you’re stressed to the max about treatment choices and what to do next. I remember very well.
