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Top 10 Tips for Prostate Health Related Links 10 Signs That You Have Prostate Cancer Bench Press Average for Your Height BodyBuilding-How Much Protein Do You Need? Whey Versus Creatine-Which Is Better? Zinc Increases Your Testosterone Level Fatty Diet Linked to Prostate Cancer Foods That Strenghthen Erectile Performance Blood Pressure-What It Means Foods That Reduce Blood Pressure Low Folate Harms Sperm Penis Shaving Bumps-Home Remedies Yoga That Improves Erectile Performance Better Tasting Sperm Get Lean Diet for Men March 9, 2010 By Rory McClenaghnan, Contributing Columnist Here's a shocker. Of all forms of cancer, prostate cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosed in men in the US. Every year around 200,000 men are told they have prostate cancer, and about 30,000 die of the disease. However, years of research means that if you catch it early, you have an excellent chance of survival. Prevention is better than a cure, as the saying goes. There are a number of things you can do, right now, to greatly reduce your chances of developing an enlarged prostate or prostate cancer. These tips can not only help you prevent prostate cancer but can also help treat or alleviate the discomfort of prostate cancer. Where Exactly Is the Prostate? The prostate gland sits below the bladder and in front of the rectum. As we men age, the prostate swells in size. No on quite knows why. Men over the age of 50 are most at risk of prostate cancer and are likely to have symptoms like difficulty in urinating and ejaculating and erectile dysfunction. If you have these symptoms you should see your physician as a first step, but if you take this advice you could avoid the situation getting that far. Here are the Top 10 tips for keeping your prostate healthy throughout your life: 1. Get tested annually – for some men the symptoms of prostate cancer cancer are very slight or not noticeable at all. That's why UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center recommends that men over 50 take a PSA blood test and a digital rectal exam every year. PSA stands for prostate-specific antigen, a protein produced in the prostate. A high concentration of PSA is a sign you may have prostate cancer. Digital rectal exams are used to find out if the prostate is swollen or has any growths. 2. Keep active – as part of the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (1986 - 2000) found that vigorous exercise in men over the age of 65 has a big impact on their susceptibility to prostate cancer. Those who regularly jogged, swam or played sports were 67% less likely to get advanced prostate cancer and had a 74% lower risk of death from prostate cancer, than those who were less active. That's 67%. Big impact. So, grab the sneakers and hit the gym, the links or the court. Do anything. But get moving and keep moving. 3. Frequent ejaculation – the prostate is a sexual organ, it makes semen for the body and two major studies have shown a link between sexual activity and prostate cancer. Research in Australia in 2003 found that men who ejaculated between 4.6 and 7 times a week had a 36% lower risk of contracting the disease before the age of 70 than those who ejaculated fewer than 2.3 times a week. So, yes, get busy. The Health Professionals Follow-Up Study supports these findings, with a 31% lower risk of cancer among more sexually active men. 4. Eat your greens – as ever, diet plays a huge part in disease prevention. So let's start with the positives, one thing you should be eating more of is vegetables. Researchers in Seattle (2008) found men who ate four or more portions of vegetables a day had a far lower risk of contracting benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH). BPH is not lethal but can lead to a swollen prostate and make life very uncomfortable for a man. It is often found in men who later go on to get prostate cancer. 5. Tomatoes are your friend – research has shown that lycopene, an antioxidant found in tomatoes, can lower the risk of getting prostate cancer. As part of the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study, of 40,000 health workers, those who ate over ten servings of tomatoes or tomato- based products ran a 35% lower risk of prostate cancer. The best source of lycopene is actually processed tomato products. The processing separates the lycopene from the tomato's cell structure and makes it easier for the body to absorb. Tomato paste contains the most lycopene with 42.2mg/100g. 6. Drink green tea – a Philadelphia study published in 2009, in the Cancer Prevention Research journal has found that Polyphenon E, a chemical found in green tea, can reduce a number of the molecules which are indicators of prostate cancer. Levels of vascular endothelial growth factor, hepatocyte growth factor and PSA were all lowered. This means drinking green tea could help prevent prostate cancer and even help to treat those suffering from the disease. 7. Coffee can help too – according to a 2009 Harvard Medical School study, big coffee drinkers have a 60% lower risk of being victims of the most aggressive forms of prostate cancer. 8. Go easy on the red meat – now for the foods to avoid, starting with red meat. The National Cancer Institute revealed in 2009 that a diet high in red meat could increase your risk of prostate cancer by as much as 12%. Researchers believe the high heme iron content of red meat is to blame. 9. Limit your intake of eggs and poultry – studies have shown that men with prostate cancer who eat a lot of these foods double the risk of their cancer recurring or progressing. In 2010, researchers at the University of California in San Francisco and Harvard tested 1,294 men with prostate cancer and confirmed that you increase your risk of prostate cancer recurrence by 100% if you continue to eat eggs and poultry. Other studies have found that , in general, eating fatty diets --and chicken and many other meats can be fatty --is strongly linked with an increased risk of prostate cancer. 10. Use saw palmetto for a herbal treatment – saw palmetto is a palm whose fruits are rich in phytosterols and fatty acids. Although it may not prevent prostate cancer, studies have shown that taking saw palmetto can reduce the uncomfortable urinary symptoms associated with BPH (source, Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2002/3). Bonus Tip. Even after you have been diagnosed with prostate cancer, there are things you can do. New studies have found that eating red peppers can cause prostate cancer cells to enter a early death phase, in effect to "suicide themselves". 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