Diet and Prostate Cancer

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Diet and
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prostate cancer
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This fact sheet is for men who want to know more about how to improve their diet. It
describes a healthy diet that may benefit men who want to help prevent prostate cancer
or who have already been diagnosed. The fact sheet discusses the various food types
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and why they are important. It does not recommend a fixed diet but instead suggests
how to make sensible changes to ensure you are eating healthily. This fact sheet does
not cover eating problems caused by prostate cancer or its treatment. For information
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on this, ask your doctor to refer you to a State Registered Dietitian or call our free and
confidential Helpline on 0800 074 8383.
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Why should I improve my diet?
to eat more Western foods. Over the last 50
There are several factors that can increase
years, the British diet has included less fruit
your risk of getting prostate cancer. These
and vegetables and more saturated fats and
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include increasing age, an African Caribbean
meat products. This change may increase
background, a family history of prostate
the risk of men developing prostate cancer
cancer and diet. You cannot alter most of
over many years.
these risk factors; however one thing you
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can control is your diet. By improving your
Prevention of prostate cancer
diet, you can take control over your own
The exact link between diet and prostate
health and actively do something to improve
cancer is unclear. One of the reasons for
it. This wil also have other health benefits
this is because our diet is made up of so
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such as reducing your risk of heart disease
many different foods. Scientists have not yet
and diabetes. Research is emerging which
identified all of the nutrients that are involved
suggests that some foods not only help to
in protecting the body from cancer and those
prevent prostate cancer, but may also slow
which may cause the disease.
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down the growth of prostate cancer in men
Several studies have shown that eating
who already have the disease or reduce
certain foods may reduce your risk of
the chance of prostate cancer returning
developing prostate cancer, reduce the
after treatment.
likelihood of prostate cancer coming
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back after treatment, or help slow down
The Western diet
progression of the disease. More research
Westerners have higher rates of prostate
is needed to support these findings before
cancer than people living in Far Eastern
we can say for sure whether certain foods
countries such as China and Japan.
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can benefit men worried about, or diagnosed
However, prostate cancer rates have
with, prostate cancer. We also do not know
increased in men who have migrated from
whether changing your diet later on in life can
Japan to the USA. Researchers think that this
prevent prostate cancer.
may be due to the Western diet. This view is
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supported by the fact that cancer rates have
been increasing in Eastern countries since
more people have begun
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However, by improving your diet your overall
For a healthy diet:
health wil benefit and you wil reduce your risk
• Base your meals on starchy foods like
of developing health problems such as heart
potatoes, rice and pasta. Try wholegrain
disease and diabetes and may protect against
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options such as wholemeal bread,
other cancers.
wholewheat pasta and wholegrain breakfast
How can I make changes to my diet?
cereals. These are high in fibre and also
help you to feel full for longer.
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Finding reliable information on healthy eating
• Eat at least five portions of fruit and
can be an overwhelming and confusing task.
vegetables each day.
This fact sheet suggests ways of making
• Include some protein, like fish, skinless
changes to your diet, which may reduce your
chicken and pulses.
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risk of prostate cancer and improve your
overall health. You may find it easier to stick to
• Eat a low-fat diet.
your new diet if you introduce small changes
• Cut down on sugar. The healthy daily limit
gradually and set yourself goals.
is 70 grams or 17 teaspoons. This includes
sugar hidden in soft drinks and processed
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You must feel happy with your new diet.
foods such as cakes and biscuits.
Eating meals with family and friends is an
• Cut down on salt. Eat less than one and
important part of every day life and changes
a quarter teaspoons each day and look
to your diet should not reduce the pleasure of
out for hidden salt in processed foods. Try
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these social events.
using herbs and spices to add flavour when
Try to cut down on unhealthy foods but do
cooking.
not totally exclude whole groups of food
• Drink six to eight glasses of water each day.
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from your diet. All food groups play a part in
Avoid sugary or fizzy drinks.
making sure you have a balanced diet. Cutting
out one food group completely can make it
You should be able to get all the nutrients
difficult to get the right balance of nutrients
you need by eating a balanced diet rather
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that you need. In general, a diet that is good
than taking supplements. Supplements may
for your heart is also good for your prostate.
not contain all the beneficial nutrients that
Ask your doctor to refer you to a Registered
are found naturally in food and we do not
Dietitian if you are making big changes to
fully understand the possible harm of taking
supplements. Your doctor may recommend
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your diet or if you have any other medical
conditions that could be affected by your diet.
supplements in particular cases. For example
they may advise you to take calcium
What is a healthy diet?
supplements if you are on hormone therapy
and you are not getting enough calcium from
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The picture below shows the five main food
your diet.
groups and the proportions that you should
aim to include in your diet.
A healthy weight
We do not yet fully understand how obesity
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The five main food groups
affects the risk of prostate cancer but it may
be linked to an increased risk of aggressive
or advanced disease. If you have been
Fruit and vegetables
Bread, other cereals
and potatoes
diagnosed with prostate cancer, being
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a healthy weight may also improve the
likelihood of your treatment being successful.
Keeping to a healthy weight can reduce your
risk of other health problems such as diabetes
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and heart disease.
You can measure your Body Mass Index (BMI)
Meat, fish
using the chart on page 3. Mark your weight
and alternatives
Milk and dairy foods
in stone or kilograms and draw a line from top
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Foods containing fat
or sugar
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whether or not you are at a healthy weight for
prostate cancer?
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your height.
Fruit and vegetables
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Eating five portions of fruit and vegetables a
day reduces your risk of heart disease and
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other medical problems, including cancer.
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of your daily routine. All exercise protects
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of aggressive prostate cancer.
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of these vegetables each week may reduce
your risk of getting prostate cancer.
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If you have prostate cancer, cruciferous
you from getting prostate cancer. But we will
vegetables will not reduce your risk of the
have more answers when the study finishes
cancer spreading. However, they are still
in 2013.
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important for your overall health and may
reduce your risk of heart disease.
Good sources of vitamin E include:
Antioxidants
• sunflower seeds
The body protects itself from outside
• hazelnuts and peanuts
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invaders, like bacteria, by producing
• dark green leafy vegetables
molecules called free radicals. If these free
• vegetable oils
radicals get out of control, they can damage
• some breakfast cereals.
normal cells and tissues. They appear to
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be involved in various stages of the cancer
It is better to get vitamin E from these natural
process. Antioxidants mop up excess free
sources rather than from supplements.
radicals and therefore reduce the risk of
If you choose to take supplements,
cancer developing.
taking more than 400 IU per day is not
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recommended as it may increase your risk
Sources of antioxidants that are thought
of health problems. If you have diabetes
to protect against prostate cancer include
or heart disease you should avoid taking
vitamins and minerals such as selenium
vitamin E supplements because they can
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and vitamin E, compounds such as
increase the risk of heart failure.
lycopene and foods such as pomegranate
juice and green tea. A good way to include
Lycopene
antioxidants in your diet is to eat plenty of
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fruit and vegetables.
tomatoes but it is also found in watermelons,
pink grapefruits, guava and papaya. You may
Selenium
need to avoid grapefruit if you are taking
One study has shown that men taking 200
drugs called statins to lower your cholesterol
micrograms of selenium each day were less
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or drugs to treat erectile dysfunction. Ask
likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer
your doctor or chemist for advice.
than men who did not take selenium. This
link is now being studied in a large trial
Lycopene supplements do not give the
involving 32,000 men. The results of this
same protection against prostate cancer
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trial, known as the SELECT study (Selenium
as lycopene-rich foods because the other
and vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial), are
nutrients in the food work together with the
due in 2013. However, results so far suggest
lycopene to protect the body.
that selenium does not reduce your risk of
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prostate cancer. We need to wait until the
Processed and cooked tomatoes, for
end of the study for the full results.
example tomato sauces, soups and pastes,
appear to be a better source of lycopene
Selenium is found in: nuts such as Brazil
than fresh tomatoes. Men who eat two
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nuts; seeds such as pumpkin, sunflower
servings or more of tomato sauce each week
and sesame seeds; bread; cereals; fish and
may reduce their risk of being diagnosed
chicken. However, falling levels of selenium
with prostate cancer by one third. We do not
in British soils has lead to a decrease in the
yet fully understand why tomato products
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selenium content of the food we grow.
such as tomato sauce are better than fresh
tomatoes but it may be due to the cooking
Vitamin E
process releasing the lycopene and making it
There is disagreement about the role of
more easily available to the body.
vitamin E in the prevention of prostate
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cancer. Some studies have shown a link
Lycopene may also slow down the spread
between taking vitamin E supplements and
of prostate cancer in men who have already
a reduced risk of prostate cancer, whereas
been diagnosed with the disease by
other studies have found no link. The findings
increasing the rate at which cancer cells die.
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of the SELECT study described earlier have
so far shown that vitamin E does not protect
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Green tea
You can get calcium from a wide variety of
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Green tea contains powerful antioxidants,
both dairy and non-dairy foods.
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that you get enough calcium and vitamin
drink around six cups a day for the beneficial
D to prevent bone thinning (osteoporosis).
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ingredients to have a significant protective
Between 1000mg and 1500mg of calcium
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effect. This may sound like a lot but, if you
each day and between 400 to 800IU of
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want to include green tea in your diet, you
vitamin D may help to keep your bones
may find it easier to drink it in place of your
strong. If you are concerned about this,
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usual hot drinks throughout the day.
you may like to speak to your doctor about
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Calcium and dairy products
You should be able to get all of the calcium
Protein
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recommended daily limit of 700mg a day.
protein needed for a man under the age of
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increase the risk of prostate cancer. Try
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Dairy sources of calcium
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cancer. These meats often contain high
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levels of salt and nitrates which researchers
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Cheddar cheese (40g portion) 300mg
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choose lean meat instead.
Plain low fat yoghurt (150g
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available in supermarkets
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When you eat fat your body breaks it down
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Kale (95g portion)
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problems such as heart disease. Think
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Broccoli (85g portion)
35mg
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Kidney beans (60g portion)
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Foods that are high in healthier unsaturated
such as tofu, miso and tempeh rather than
fat include nuts, oily fish, vegetable oil and
processed products, such as burgers, which
olive oil.
may be high in fat.
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We cannot say for certain whether reducing
Pulses and whole grain foods
your overall fat intake can lower your risk of
A few studies have shown that eating more
prostate cancer. Some studies have shown a
pulses such as beans, peas and lentils
link between fats found in red meat and dairy
may help to prevent prostate cancer.
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products and an increased risk of advanced
Whole grain foods such as brown bread,
prostate cancer. However, other studies
whole grain cereals and pasta may also
found that eating fat or red meat does not
reduce your risk of getting several cancers,
affect your risk of prostate cancer. Some
including prostate cancer.
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research suggests that fats in oily fish may
lower your risk of prostate cancer and reduce
Storing and cooking food
the chances of cancer becoming advanced.
The way you store and cook your food is an
Fish oil supplements do not appear to have
important part of healthy eating. As soon as
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the same benefit so aim to eat oily fish two or
fruit and vegetables are picked, their vitamin
three times each week.
and mineral content falls. However there
are things you can do to make sure you are
Cut down on fat by:
getting the most from your food.
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• Choosing tomato-based sauces instead of
creamy ones.
Tips for buying and storing food:
• Replacing fatty snacks like crisps and
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biscuits with fruit.
• Buy fresh looking food.
• Avoiding processed meat and eating less
• Look for locally grown food, and food
red meat.
that is in season. Less time will have
• Removing any skin from chicken or turkey.
passed since it was harvested.
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• Using less fat in cooking. Grill, bake or
• Avoid damaged fruit and vegetables as
steam food instead of frying.
these will go mouldy more quickly.
• Choosing low-fat or fat-free milk, cheese
• Store fruit and vegetables in a cool,
and yoghurt or replacing these with dairy-
dark place.
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free alternatives like soya or rice milk.
• Store raw and cooked meats separately.
• Throw mouldy food away. Do not just
Zinc
cut off the mould.
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is found naturally in red meat, chicken,
seafood, nuts and dairy products. The
When cooking vegetables, steam, bake
recommended safe limit for zinc supplements
or lightly boil them rather than frying or
is 25mg a day. However taking high doses,
roasting. Barbecued meat and fish may
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or taking supplements for several years, may
contain cancer-causing substances but you
increase your risk of prostate cancer.
can reduce the risk by cooking at a lower
temperature and cutting off any burnt pieces.
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The low rates of prostate cancer in Asian
What can I do to reduce my risk of
men may be partly due to their soy-rich
prostate cancer?
diet. However, there is uncertainty about
whether eating soy can reduce the risk of
The table on page 7 summarises the
information in this fact sheet. It suggests
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prostate cancer and only one large study
has so far shown a protective effect. Many
some foods that you may wish to eat
new soy products are becoming available in
more of or add to your diet. A healthy diet,
most health food shops and supermarkets
together with regular exercise, wil benefit
including soy milk, soy yoghurts, soy nuts
your overal health and reduce your risk of
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and soy bread. If you decide to add soy to
several health problems including cancer,
your diet, try to choose traditional forms
heart disease and diabetes.
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How do I include it in my diet?
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Fruit and vegetables
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May reduce your
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Lycopene
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every effort to make sure that its
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services provide up-to-date, unbiased
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the medical advice you have had and
Information on a healthy diet and how diet may be
will help you to make any decisions you
linked to cancer.
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research into the causes of and
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treatments for, prostate cancer. We
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Telephone: 020 7343 4200
Provides information on cancer and diet.
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References to sources of information used
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in the production of this fact sheet are available
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on our website.
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Reviewed by:
The Prostate Cancer Charity Scotland
• Liz Butler, Senior Nutritional Therapist, Penny
Unit F22-24 Festival Business Centre,
Brohn Cancer Care
150 Brand Street, Glasgow G51 1DH
• Frank Chinegwundoh, Consultant Urological
Email: scotland@prostate-cancer.org.uk
Surgeon, Barts and the London NHS Trust and
Telephone: 0141 314 0050
Newham University Hospital NHS Trust
Website: www.prostate-cancer.org.uk
• Saira Chowdhury, Acting Highly Specialist
Oncology Dietitian, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS
Foundation Trust
• Lianne Coffey, Macmillan Specialist Dietitian,
Queens Hospital, Romford
• Kathryn Parr, Oncology Dietitian, Clatterbridge
Centre for Oncology NHS Foundation Trust
Email: helpline@prostate-cancer.org.uk
• The Prostate Cancer Charity Support & Information
Specialist Nurses
© The Prostate Cancer Charity 2008
• The Prostate Cancer Charity Information Volunteers
Reviewed October 2008
To be reviewed October 2010
Written and Edited by:
The Prostate Cancer Charity Information Team
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