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# Antioxidants prevent aggressive prostate cancer
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/antioxidants_prevent_aggressive_prostate_cancer_0825160143/
- Published: 2016-08-25T14:42:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:10:48.000Z
- Description: A Nutrition and Cancer study counting 45 antioxidants from diet and supplements found men with the highest total antioxidant capacity, equal to more than 1,500 mg of vitamin C a day, were 69 percent less likely to have aggressive prostate cancer than men below 500 mg.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Diet, Nutrition, #vivvo-import

[*Terrence M. Vance, Ying Wang, L. Joseph Su, Elizabeth T. H. Fontham, Susan E. Steck, Lenore Arab, Jeannette T. Bensen, James L. Mohler, Ming-Hui Chen & Ock K. Chun, Dietary Total Antioxidant Capacity is Inversely Associated with Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness in a Population-Based Study, Nutrition and Cancer, Volume 68, 2016 - Issue 2 Page 214-224*](http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01635581.2016.1134596?ref=foodconsumer.org)

A man's total antioxidant capacity from diet and supplements can determine the aggressiveness of his prostate cancer, according to a new study in Nutrition and Cancer. The study shows that all men, African American men and European American men who had higher total antioxidant capacity (equivalent to greater than 1500 mg vitamin C per day) from diet/supplements were 69%, 72% and 64% less likely to have aggressive prostate cancer, respectively, compared to their counterparts who had lower total antioxidant capacity (or equivalent to less than 500 mg of vitamin C per day). The study counted 45 types of antioxidants from diet and supplements for the total antioxidant capacity.