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Diet - Eggs or no eggs?

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@jeffmarc
Hi Jeff,
I was casually looking up how many eggs a week! I like eggs. Then I stumbled onto the research that eggs are not good for prostate cancer patients. However, if 2 eggs a week is OK for you then I'll take that.
I would add that, along with many others, I did not receive any advice concerning diet related to ADT therapy. Thankfully, I received very useful advice on this forum.

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@johnwf
You can search YouTube for advice on dietary issues with PCRI. There are a lot of other webinars about it as well. A Mediterranean diet, and even a vegetarian diet can improve the odds of having remission longer, It appears.

I know for me I pretty much eat a Mediterranean diet and have been able to keep my PSA undetectable for the last 30 months after 16 years of prostate cancer. I do exercise every day as well as walking a mile fast, twice a day, and going to the gym three times a week.

ADT destroys your muscle muscles, You may notice a bigger belly as the first evidence of taking the drugs. I try to do a lot of situps so I go to the gym.

@johnwf The research says that a chemical ("choline") that appears in eggs also appears in elevated levels in the bloodstream for people with more-serious types of prostate cancer.

That's not proof that eggs are dangerous for prostate cancer, though, especially since the liver regulates choline levels, and can even synthesise some if it gets too low (choline is an essential nutrient; you'd die without it).

The main question is whether high levels of egg consumption cause prostate-cancer recurrence, or whether it's just an accidental correlation: after all, people who consumed a lot of eggs in those studies were also more likely to smoke, ate more red meat, and were more likely to be inactive. So far, none of this has been established in a proper clinical trial.

p.s. Beef liver is also a big source of choline.