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5 Tips for Avoiding Advanced #Prostate #Cancer

“Better get your prostate checked every year after 40,” my dad would say. We had just walked out of the doctor’s office. I was seventeen, and had the funny walk every man gets when he’s had a doctor’s finger, wrapped in a rubber glove and jellied, checking his prostate. I vowed to never get my prostate checked again. Fast forward a lifetime, and I remember crying into a towel on the couch. My Dad dropped by to let me know the news.

 He’d been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Allow me to share a few tips you need to keep in mind if you are a man. 

Before I share those tips for surviving prostate cancer, let me share some new information that came out in early 2023.

The Skinny on Advanced Prostate

You may know why prostate cancer is so hard to treat if not caught early. One minute, your PSAs are fine. The next, they warrant a visit to the Doc. The doctor calls you in, and gives you the bad news. There’s something wrong. Worse, there’s no cure for advanced prostate cancer that has metastasized, which spreads to multiple sites, all of them hard to reach. From 2014 to 2019, the CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians reported that it became the leading cause of cancer death in males in the United States. That’s a three percent increase for a disease that has, as Rebecca Siegel puts it, “no durable cure.” 

How do you avoid getting prostate cancer, or catching it early? You drop your pants and let the proctologist have his way with you. Getting old sucks, doesn’t it?

Five Ways To Keep Yourself Safe

Let’s explore five ways to keep yourself alive and kicking. Special thanks to Hopkins Medicine for the insight.
  1. Adopt a Mediterranean Diet. Avoid trans fats and saturated fats. Go for healthy fats from nuts, seeds, and fish.
  2. Drink green tea and eat soy. These can reduce your risk for prostate cancer.
  3. Eat more vegetables and fruit. Broccoli, cauliflower both contain sulforaphane, which may protect against cancer. They may make you gassy, but lower your risk. Cooked or processed tomatoes also slow the growth of prostate cancer cells.
  4. Skip the charred meat. Avoid that charred steak, whether fried or grilled. Charring meat produces a chemical that may increase your risk of cancer (source).
  5. Stay healthy. Get regular exercise, don’t smoke or drink alcohol, and take Vitamin D. Oh, and have lots of sex.

A Final Smoke

My Dad always wished for a final smoke before he died of lung cancer many years later. Yeah, that’s right, my Dad didn’t die of prostate cancer, but cancer got him all the same. Darn those stogies. So, in addition to the five ways to stay alive, try to work some diet, exercise, and fun into your time on earth. Who knows, your prostate may let you live a long life.
Everything posted on Miguel Guhlin’s blogs/wikis are his personal opinion and do not necessarily represent the views of his employer(s) or its clients. Read Full Disclosure

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