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Years after prostate surgery: Is it okay to eat steak once a month?
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Yes I've read the articles about diet & cancers and do believe there is a connection, but is only one piece of the puzzle. Again with most men being in their 60's & 70's when they get diagnosed with PC are you suppose to stop enjoying life? After going to battle with PC and the harsh treatments, then have hardly any sex life if any, feel like crap, doesn't it make sense to have some quality of life added in, even if it's only food. It's not only about quantity of life but has to have some quality added to it. Enjoy a steak, hamburger or pizza once or twice a month, and add some french fries. But offset it with exercise and eating right the other days of the month. Some supplements can help as well. I think about my Italian grand parents and all my uncles who ate cheeses & cured meats their whole life, smoked cigars or cigarettes and all lived well into their 80's & 90's. Much of this was before they even tested for PC. Perhaps many died with it not from it. Makes me wonder some times if they didn't test for PC how many men would live out their lives and die of something else? I believe the average age of being diagnosed with PC is 68-69? An average man's life span is 78? So it's possible a man not knowing they have PC never has to endure the harsh treatments, continues to eat what they want, continues to have sex, etc, etc. and dies near or even more than the average life span? Just a thought.......
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@copyman I too often wonder at that - especially with my Italian heritage. But think back…
We ONLY had prosciutto and mozzarella ONCE a year on New Year’s eve; today, people eat it multiple times per week - and they’re not even Italian! Lasagna and manicotti - holidays only.
Also, our grandparents/parents ate a LOT if vegetables: escarole and beans, lentils and spinach, broccoli de rabe, cabbage and beans, lots of fresh tomatoes, chickory, walnuts and fruit after the meal…
I could go on and on, but you get the picture.
And yes, the wine flowed and the DiNobilis perfumed the air…and most of those relatives lived to be very old.
But our generation became more ‘americanized’ and we ate more processed foods just as a matter of course - many a baloney and American cheese sandwich was eaten by yours truly as a teen; more candy and sugary cereals were the norm since they were heavily advertised on Kids daytime TV…
So you and I are a long way from how are grandparents lived - especially with all the toxins, pollutants and carcinogens prevalent during our lives that our forbears never came across, right?
So YES, there are a variety of factors that influence the initiation and growth of any kind of cancer and I think it will get worse, unfortunately.
Look at the booming rise in colon cancer in the 40 year olds; and now look at the junk they put in their mouths! I mean, you can assemble a 5 course meal at the check out line in 7/11 and never have to use to stove!!
Call THAT eating??
Best,
Phil