The Cause of Prostate CancerWhat is the cause of Prostate Cancer? The cause of prostate cancer, to speak bluntly in layman's language, according to numerous independent researchers, is a diet high in animal fats. Fats, both animal and plant fats, boost the production of testosterone, which promotes prostate cancer growth. Strictly speaking, it is difficult to say with certainty what "causes" cancer, because nearly all men above forty years of age have some cancer cells in their prostate. What is most important is not how those few cancer cells got there, but what "promotes" them to start growing actively. According to the best peer-reviewed scientific research in numerous studies, cancer growth can be turned on with the levels of animal protein that are found in the typical Western diet. What A Top Cancer Researcher Says About Prostate Cancer Cancer growth can also be turned OFF by reducing the level of protein in the diet to 5% of total calories. If the diet is a strict vegetarian or vegan one, plant sources of protein won't promote the cancer growth, no matter how high they are. (Plant-source protein doesn't stimulate cancer growth.) Reducing meat, dairy foods, and other sources of animal protein at the same time reduces the fats that come with them. At this point many readers may be questioning -- "If this is true, why haven't I heard it before?" When you asked your doctor for the best treatment for prostate cancer, did he tell you to quit eating meat, dairy products, and oils? He didn't? This is where the story gets interesting. Essentially, there are three powerful forces that may lead doctors to downplay simple dietary changes. One factor is that the meat and dairy industry are very powerful in the United States and other Westernized industrial countries. They have been very effective at teaching the public through public schools, ad campaigns, and by wangling their way onto the policy-making committees of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which makes sure that meat and dairy products are always well-represented on the USDA official Food Pyramid recommendations. As a result of all this pro-meat propaganda, the average Joe will tend to believe that eating meat is a healthy, normal thing to do -- and besides, he enjoys it. Another factor is that your physician makes most of his money and perks from prescribing pharmaceutical drugs, sending you in for tests, referring you for surgery (or doing the procedure himself, if that is his specialty)and having you come in for follow-up visits. He or she is not normally trained to give dietary advice and -- more importantly -- there is not nearly as much money in doing so. Finally, to be fair, your doctor may have tried asking patients to change their diet, and simply got tired of not getting much compliance. There is a lot of resistance to changing our All-American diet so radically, as you can imagine. So, when you visit your doctor and inquire about the cause of your prostate cancer, he may briefly mention dietary factors, alcohol and nicotine use, etc., but most likely what he will do is fall back on one or more of several treatment options that are smiled upon by the American Medical Association. After all, that is his specialty. That's how he pays his bills. Eating Red Meat Increases Cancer Risk 250% Finding the Best Treatment for Prostate CancerNow, if you are like me, you won't relish the thought of treatments that are likely to reduce one cause of prostate cancer -- the presence of too much testosterone (which is associated with the hormone-stimulating effects of animal and vegetable fats and obesity) -- by causing you to become impotent, grow breasts, and/or become incontinent.I don't know about you, but -- after doing a LOT of reading on the subject of how to stay healthy without the "help" of doctors -- it was an easy decision for me to give up meat and dairy products in order to dramatically reduce my chances, not just for prostate cancer, but for many (if not most) of the diseases that plague us. I am quite fit and healthy at 61 years old and have no problem with my weight, my blood pressure, my heart, or my prostate. It is no sacrifice at all to give up the temporary pleasure of eating meat and dairy products now to gain an old age without diapers, weight gain, and impotence. It is worth considering that prostate cancer is, in most cases, a slow-growing cancer that is rarely the cause of death. Men may die with prostate cancer, but not from it. So, "watchful waiting" is a recommended policy in many cases, even in the mainstream medical world. “As noted, few men with newly diagnosed prostate cancer are left untreated [via] watchful waiting, even though the recent evidence suggests that they have a low risk for death from the cancer at 10 years if left untreated,” said Timothy Wilt, MD, MPH, professor of medicine at the Minneapolis VA Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research, referring to Lu-Yao’s study. From MedPage Today, August 31, 2009: "Overdiagnosed patients cannot benefit from treatment because their disease is not destined to progress to cause symptoms or death." What they are saying is that, because of the popularity of very accurate early screening for prostate cancer, it is possible to find miniscule amounts of cancer cells and begin aggressively treating them, when, if left alone they might not even cause symptoms. A healthy body has ways to destroy cancer within it. The key is to maintain a healthy diet, a strong immune system, and a positive mindset so our body can effectively do its work. More Info on the Cause of Prostate Cancer There is something you need to understand about the way modern medicine works. An important decision has been made for you as to which way to treat not just the cause of prostate cancer, but ALL diseases. It is especially important in the case of prostate cancer, which is typically a slow-growing cancer that can very easily be managed by changes in the patient's diet, weight, level of fitness, and even mental attitude. Most doctors seem to be encouraging aggressive treatment (surgery, cryogenics, radiation, etc.) that can potentially cause more discomfort than the cancer ever will. The leading medical spokesman for the American Cancer Society, Dr. Otis Brawley, announced recently that he wouldn't submit to PSA screening for just this reason. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with early signs of prostate cancer, you have a very important decision to make. If you make the wrong choice, it can leave you with impotence, incontinence and a big medical bill for treating a problem that 1) could be resolved another way; and 2) in 90 % of cases, it would not be anything more than a minor inconvenience for the rest of your life. What you need is a second opinion. There ARE other options. There is no reason to allow yourself to be rushed into a decision that may lessen the quality of your remaining years, in most cases unnecessarily. The best book I have found that deals with both the cause of prostate cancer and the best treatment for prostate cancer is "The Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers", by Ralph Blum and Mark Scholz, MD. This is the story of one patient, Ralph Blum, who chose to "watch and wait" over his other treatment options more than 20 years ago. It has excellent reviews by Dr. Andrew Weil, Dr. Christiane Northrup, T.Colin Campbell, PhD, and Dr. Dean Ornish, among others. If I had just received a diagnosis of prostate cancer, I would read this book in a hurry. (It comes in a Kindle version, too, BTW.
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