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Nutrition
and Prostate Cancer in African American Men
African American men suffer a
disproportionate burden from prostate cancer when compared with the White
male population. Prostate cancer is the leading cause of malignancy in
African American men.
Studies
Confirm Threat
The fact that
prostate cancer hits African American communities particularly hard has
been well documented. Three national cancer surveys; four registries; and
surveys completed by the American College of Surgeons provide a solid
database from 1949 to the present(1). The latest SEER statistics
illustrate the point: African American men have a 34% greater chance of
being diagnosed with prostate cancer and a 123% greater chance of dying
from it than White men (2). Epidemiological studies of prostate cancer in
African American men suggest the disease is far more devastation in these
men independent of diagnostic stage or socioeconomic status.
Exact
Reasons Unknown
The exact reasons for
the discrepancies in incidence and mortality between African American men
and White men is unknown, but it appears that African American men are
either exposed to different cancer promoting agents or they are more
susceptible to prostate cancer-promoting events (3-4). Whittemore et al,
(5) recently reported that among groups of men who consume high amounts of
saturated fat, African Americans consume the most, compared to Whites,
Chinese Americans and Japanese Americans. Since the prostate is a target
for hormonal action, there have been many attempts to demonstrate
abnormalities in serum hormone levels, principally androgenic and
estrogenic steroids, in prostate cancer patients.
Consistent with the hormonal
hypotheses is the report by Ross et al (6) that college aged African
American males, who have an extremely high prostate cancer risk relative
to other population worldwide, have significantly higher serum total and
no protein bound (biologically available) testosterone concentrations than
do corresponding White American males.
The goal is to change your
taste buds permanently so that unhealthy foods are no longer appealing.
- Decrease percentage of
dietary fat to 15% of total energy intake.
- Increase fruit and
vegetable servings to 5 or more per day.
- Increase dietary fiber
intake to 25 to 35 grams per day
- Increase soy protein
intake to 40 grams per day.
Before implementing any of
these recommendations, check with your doctor and be sure you have some
excess body fat to work with.
Source:
Nutrition &
Prostate Cancer
A Monograph from the CaP CURE Nutrition Project
Third Edition: January 1999
www.capcure.org
To find out more visit:
http://www.capcure.org/living/nutrition.html
References:
1. American Cancer
Society, 1991. Cancer Facts and Figures for Minority Americans, Atlanta,
GA.
2. Reynolds, P. 1996, SEER
Reports Cancer Rates for Racial and Ethnic Groups. J Nat Cancer Inst. 88
(9): 578-79
3. Burke DA, Littleton RH,
1992. The epidemiology of prostate cancer in black men. Henry Ford
Hospital Med J. 40: 1-2
4. Natarajan N. 1989,
Prostate cancer in blacks: An update from the American College of Surgeons’
patterns of care studies. J Surg Oncol, 40 (4): 232-36
5. Whittemore AS, Kolonel LH,
Wu AH, John EM, Gallagher RP, Howe GR, Burch JD, Hankin J, Dreon DM, West
DW et al. 1995. Prostate cancer in relation to die, physical activity and
body size, in blacks, whites and Asians in the United States and Canada. J
Nat Cancer Inst. 87:652-61
6. Ross R, Bernstein L, Judd
H Hanisch R, Pike M et al. 1986 Serum testosterone levels in healthy youg
black and white men. J Nat Cancer Inst. 76:45-48
The following are links to
articles related to Prostate Cancer and diet.
1996 Guidelines on Diet,
Nutrition, and Cancer Prevention
By the American Cancer Society.
http://www.cancer.org/guide/guidpros.html
Prostate Cancer -- Diet Trial
http://www.wellweb.com/ALTERN/cancer/diet/msktrial.htm
Protective Food Practices
http://www.cyberdiet.com/modules/pros/outline.html
Nutrition & Prostate
Cancer: The Complete Report
Diet and Prostate Cancer in African-American Men
http://www.capcure.org/members/living/report_p5.html
Grains, Nuts Can Reduce
Prostate Cancer Death Risk
http://onhealth.com/conditions/briefs/item,33325.asp
Prostate Cancer and Diet
Is there a relationship between diet and prostate cancer?
http://www.hhp.ufl.edu/fit/ARTICLE/ProsCa.HTM
Soy and prostate cancer
http://stratsoy.ag.uiuc.edu/archives/experts/health/1998a/1169.html
FAT ACCELERATES PROSTATE CA
http://www.ralphmoss.com/fat.html
Saturated Fat Linked to
Prostate Cancer
http://onhealth.com/conditions/in-depth/item/item,34414_1_1.asp
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