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Dairy and prostate cancer: Conflicting information

Posted by rice @rice, Apr 18 8:04am

Hi! I am 73 and have 6 prostate cancer that is being watched. I drink a lot of milk and eat a lot of cheese I have read some studies that say whole milk was associated with prostate cancer and to drink fat free milk. Then I read another study saying that skim milk was associated with prostate cancer, but high fat milk was ok to drink. Then I read another study that says no association between dairy and Prostate cancer. Kind of confusing ! does anyone have an opinion on this

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mikewo | @mikewo | Apr 27 10:05pm
In reply to @northoftheborder "Thank you for sharing that link. In the article, Dr Kenfield recommends eating a maximum of..." + (show)
@northoftheborder

Thank you for sharing that link. In the article, Dr Kenfield recommends eating a maximum of 2 eggs/week (if you're including the yolk) and avoiding high-fat dairy, but also says that "Low-fat and non-fat dairy are not consistently associated with bad prostate cancer outcomes."

That said, there's nothing wrong with choosing to consume non-dairy products like oat milk, so if you prefer it, go for it! For a lot of people, it might even improve their digestive health, because many people have trouble with lactose.

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Sorry, but at 75 I am not changing my diet. If I live another few months, does it really matter if you are not actually living life fully?

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handera | @handera | Apr 28 4:54pm

Many great comments have been made.

I like Dr. Mark Moyad’s 2019 PCRI conference answer to the question - What diet is the best?

“It’s the diet that you can stick to that changes your numbers in the direction you want them to change, that makes you happy”

In other words, BOTH objective information AND subjective goals go into one’s dietary decisions…not unlike ones PCa treatment decisions.

My objective/subjective decisions have led me to focus more on exercise than diet, for a variety of reasons. One of which was Dr. Peter Attia’s book “Outlive” (recommended by my urologist) that provides some convincing objective evidence for exercise over diet regarding longevity, although he does address diet (along with other health issues) in his book.

In any case, every man with PCa will make decisions regarding diet/exercise, even if it’s to decide to make no changes over what they were already doing prior to their PCa diagnosis.

Regarding a specific answer to your question regarding dairy and PCa, I’m always on the hunt for additional information from a balanced perspective. So I’m attaching a rather detailed 12 page summary of the subject (specifically pages 7-8 regarding dairy) by The Prostate Cancer Charity from our friends across the pond….

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TPCC-diet (TPCC-diet.pdf)

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