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# Cholesterol linked to aggressive prostate cancer
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/cholesterol_aggressive_prostate_cancer_1121130653/
- Published: 2013-11-21T07:52:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:21:24.000Z
- Description: A review by K.R. Solomon and colleagues gathers human, animal and laboratory evidence that high circulating cholesterol can raise the risk of aggressive prostate cancer, while lowering cholesterol with drugs may protect against advanced disease.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Disease, Health News, #vivvo-import

Thursday Nov 21, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- Many studies have suggested that high serum cholesterol concentrations may increase the risk of prostate cancer. A new review in Prostate Cancer Protein Reviews provides evidence to suggest that high cholesterol can promote aggressive prostate cancer.

The review by K.R. Solomon at Harvard Medical School and colleagues summarizes the findings from human studies, animal studies and laboratory studies and all evidence suggests that "high circulating cholesterol can increase the risk of aggressive prostate cancer while pharmacological cholesterol lowering may be protective against incident or advanced disease."

Cholesterol can be synthesized in humans. High serum cholesterol can be caused by eating foods with cholesterol such as meat, seafood, eggs and dairy products and foods that provide nutrients that can boost the production of cholesterol. 

Plant-based foods or diets do not contain any cholesterol and people who eat plant-based diet have lower cholesterol. In Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, Timothy J. Keya and colleagues from Cancer Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford in Oxford, UK report that vegetarians and vegans have a lower serum cholesterol compared with those who eat animal-derived foods. Therefore, it is likely that cholesterol rich animal-derived foods increase the risk of cancers including prostate cancer.

People with high plasma cholesterol may want to consider taking statins. Those who are concerned about side effects of these medications may take some dietary supplements like spirulina and red yeast rice, whose efficacy in lowering cholesterol has been demonstrated. (David Liu, PHD)