Don't count on coffee to fight prostate cancer

Editor's note: A new study found a correlation between coffee intake and prostate cancer. The study is not a trial, it does not prove that drinking coffee will definitely reduce the risk even though the possibility exists. There are many things men can do or not do to help prevent prostate cancer, which is diagnosed in more than 170,000 men and kill 25,000 men each year in the United States. The following are some reports published early on foodconsumer.org that may interest some readers.

Exercise cuts prostate cancer risk

Nov 7, 2009 ... A new study suggests that men who get moderate amounts of exercise regularly may reduce their risk of prostate cancer, including the type ...

Exercise can reduce your sexual hormones which affect the risk of prostate cancer.

Sunlight exposure may lower prostate cancer risk

Aug 3, 2009 ... There is no known means of preventing prostate cancer although lifestyle and dietary habits have been linked to the risk. ...

Sunlight triggers production of vitamin D, deficiency of which has been associated with as many as 17 cancers.

Green tea may prevent prostate cancer

Drinking green tea regularly may help prevent prostate cancer, according to a new study in the journal Cancer Prevention Research. ...

Green tea is demonstrated in the laboratory to have anti-cancer properties.  Evidence suggests that tea is more likely than coffee to have a protective effect against prostate cancer.

Red meat processed meats may raise prostate cancer risk

During the follow-up between 1995 and 2003, 10313 prostate cancer cases with 1102 ... Meat and meat-related compounds and risk of prostate cancer in a large ...

Associations between meat consumption and cancer risk is well known.  Some carcinogens found in processed and cooked meat are recognized by the U.S. government to be human carcinogens. 

Drinking coffee cuts advanced prostate cancer risk

"Coffee has effects on insulin and glucose metabolism as well as sex hormone levels, all of which play a role in prostate cancer. ...

This is controversial. But there is a possibility.  The problem is that not every man may get the same benefit from coffee.

Obesity may raise prostate cancer risk

Sep 12, 2009 ... For the study, Hernandez and colleagues analyzed data from 83879 men of whom 5554 developed prostate cancer and found that overall men who ...

Obesity per se may be a risk factor for cancer. Some readers may be ware of this: The medical circle is trying to blame obesity for everything.  Chances are good that the food that results in obesity may be more risky than obesity.

Low Serum vitamin D level means high risk of prostate cancer death

The study led by Dr. T. E. Robsahm at the Cancer Registry of Norway, Institute of Population-based Cancer Research and colleagues found prostate cancer ...

Again vitamin D is important in preventing all kinds of cancer.  One thing men need to remember is that low doses of vitamin D would not help prevent cancer. One needs to take high doses to maintain a high level of vitamin D in the blood to make it work.

Sex linked to high risk of prostate cancer

Jan 26, 2009 ... Prostate cancer is associated with hormones which determine a man's sexual drive. Having sex more frequently could means that the man has ...

This is an interesting part.  If you are a man, which is sexually active, you might have noticed one fact that after having sex, your beard grows faster.  That means that your male hormones are boosted after sex (there is a reason for that of course).  Elevated hormones are not a good thing as they promote growth of prostate cancer in many cases! 

Physical activity cuts prostate cancer risk

Nov 2, 2009 ... Actor and filmmaker Dennis Hopper has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the common male reproductive malignancy. ...

One common explanation is that physical activity lowers your sex hormones, which may not make sense always.  Many men may have noticed that exercise, which facilitates blood flow to the penis for one thing, actually promotes sexual drive.

Retrovirus potential risk factor for prostate_cancer

Retrovirus potential risk factor for prostate cancer. ... Prostate cancer affects nearly 200000 U.S. men each year. Previous studies have linked elevated ...

This type of virus is risky because they may insert themselves into human DNA causing mutations which are the fundamental cause of cancer.

Flaxseed fights prostate cancer

Jun 3, 2007 ... Prostate cancer patients may be better off taking flaxseed supplements, suggests a study led by Duke University Medical Center researchers ...

Americans may eat too much of omega 6 fatty acids and too little of omega 3 fatty acids.  There should be a balance between the two. A good ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 is said to be 4 to 1.  Imbalance of these fatty acids can lead to a series of health problems.

By Jimmy Downs