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A couple of notes on diet and cancer
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agree 100%- however, I will say this: about 1 yr ago I got into a kick of eating the fatty cottage cheese late at night when I couldnt sleep..I would put honey on the cottage cheese and I could easily eat 1/3 container . Loved the stuff...high protein and with honey- had to be a good thing, right ?
then in late May, I was diagnosed with PC..and in my research, I read that high fat cheese, like the cottage cheese I was hooked on, was not good for prostate health. So I immediately stopped..but cows had left the barn.
I am also an avid cyclist and I believe once you have a breach in prostate wall, cycling will push lots of PSA out in bloodstream ( along with cancer cells)..even tho I read that there is no conclusive study that cycling causes prostate cancer. I do believe cycling can exacerbate the situation once you have a breach in prostate wall...
lastly, I also believe there is an absolute epidemic of late stage PC right now due to the policy of 10 yrs ago ( or so) of not checking prostate/ PSA in older men during physicals.
I know my correlations may be incorrect..just my casual observations
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Prostate cancer deaths are up 90% due to the government guideline urging no PSA's after age 69.
@xahnegrey40 The lack of physicals/PSA testing during that period DEFINITELY produced the rash of advanced PCa cases we’re seeing today. I totally agree and count myself in their number.
I do not think, however, that a brief interval (or even a long one) of eating natural cottage cheese with honey caused or exacerbated a case of aggressive PCa…your DNA is not THAT susceptible to damage by wholesome foods, regardless of what the food police will claim.
I eat 2% Greek yogurt every single day - lowfat simply because of calories, nothing more. (I love the full fat too, but prefer ice cream if I’m gonna go for it)🤗.
I have it with blueberries (not organic) and chopped almonds.
It’s delicious, nutricious, full of vitamins, minerals, etc. If eating this is gonna kill me, I might as well just pack it in now and be done with it.
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@xahnegrey40 I am sorry to hear that, but I wouldn't blame yourself for your cancer: while some prostate cancer (like mine) is fast moving and aggressive, most is not.
You probably had prostate cancer cells dividing for years or (more likely, decades) before the cancer finally reached the point that it was detectable. A few months of eating fatty cottage cheese right before your diagnosis couldn't have had an impact, even if scientists do some day find a meaningful correlation.