@brianjarvis @handera
I am learning a lot of cranberry juice and studies from you guys, thanks. I think I am going to change to drinking the juice versus the supplement I am taking. Thanks! It really added to me knowledge of cranberry supplements during radiation treatments.

Just to clarify UFHPTI asked me to drink cranberry juice to help prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs). It was not briefed for me to do to help prevent or treat the prostate cancer. The studies you mentioned really added to my understanding of possible benefits of cranberry juice.

UFHPTI provided me with research on the cranberry juice helping prevent UTIs. UTIs are one of the common side affects I could experience and studies had shown cranberry juice could help prevent UTIs. I had heard that before just from the day to day world of living not having PC radiation side affects . I just found the juice itself so tart asked if could take supplement and was told yes.

I thank you for information on cranberry juice and possible other factors on prostate cancer itself.

The studies and research shown to me about supplements helping to protect normal prostate cells in some studies could also help protect prostate cancer cells as well. They did not mention cranberry juice to me just as a possible reduction in chances of UTIs.

UFHPTI R/Os stated that UFHPTI moved to go with research and studies that were some pro and some saying negative side affects of taking certain supplements protecting PC cells as wells as normal cells to move to that they help protect prostate cancer cells as well and asked me to come off certain supplements.

This information was personal experience with being treated with proton radiation for PC and where that recommendation came from for me. I have not done any research myself on this so cannot reference and pro/con personally.

@brianjarvis

Thank you for these links! I will review them more thoroughly.

Being on AS, I’m always on the hunt for credible evidence regarding exercise and dietary protocols that have shown, via some level of scientific evidence (RCT’s being the best) to show a statistically significant lowering of known PCa progression related biomarkers.

I fully understand (and expect) that “natural methods” will never be absolutely conclusive for beneficial effect in PCa progression reduction,

However, when one runs into a favorable double blinded, placebo controlled RCT’s that shows clear PCa biomarker related beneficial effect, whether (as in this study) the PSA reduction was related to the elimination of chronic prostatitis, prostate size reduction (BHP), inflammation reduction, UTI elimination or a true slowing of PCa progression, I say “sign me up”.