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Dairy and prostate cancer: Conflicting information
Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Apr 8 8:03am | Replies (62)Comment receiving replies
Good morning. FYI, I’ll be 73 next month. About 2 years ago I was on a Prostate cancer podcast with prostate cancer experts. There was a female prostate cancer nutrition expert who mentioned that dairy products should be avoided. She mentioned eating a lot of plant based products, including plant based milk. She also specifically said to drink RIPPLE Milk. I’ve been drinking it ever since. It’s a little bit more expensive but does taste good. I’ve also cut out most dairy and processed sugars and increased my consumption of fruits and vegetables. I just had my 5th PSA blood test since my RP in November of 2023 and it is still < 0.01🤞🙏. I echo what another poster said that if you feel its working don’t fix. BTW, I’ve also lost 8 pounds that I attribute to my diet changes. I a not even close to being over weight. Best of luck in your decisions!
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Hey Jacko, are you sure that’s Ripple MILK and not Ripple WINE? 😁
Remember that stuff?
Your diet sounds like a sane, well balanced one so stay on it. What always gets me when “experts” say to avoid dairy is that milk - good organic milk - contains estrogens!
So they tell you that milk may cause or enhance the chance of PCa but then they put you ON ADT when you get PCa!! Do you see a totally f****d up mixed message here?
Don’t eat dairy - it contains estrogen hormones!! You have prostate cancer - we’re putting you on estrogen-like hormones!!
Maybe a better treatment should consist of 35% heavy cream since it contains the highest amount of estrogen/progesterone and would be a great and tasty substitute for ADT?
My suggestion is, of course, absurd; but so are the many boilerplate dictums handed out like candy by these “experts”.
Maybe estrogen sensitive breast cancer might be affected by dairy for obvious reasons, but much more actual research needs to be done for PCa.
Phil
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Be aware that podcasters and other online "influencers" (including real experts) often earn a significant portion of their income from product endorsements. That might not be the case here, but it's always important to keep a healthy skepticism.
In addition to selling directly, the sponsors hope people will echo the influencer's endorsement in their own social media posts. I know from an advertising acquaintance that that's called "earned media," and it's highly prized, not only because it's free, but because people see it coming from someone they might already know and trust, rather than from a corporation or online personality.