Ep. 187: Dr. Benny Gavi and Maya Eylon - Prevent Prostate Cancer with These Four Foods
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
What do cruciferous vegetables, tomatoes, soy, and green tea all have in common?
According to hundreds of scientific studies, they all can drastically reduce the risk of prostate cancer in men.
Here are a few facts:
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Prostate cancer is the 2nd leading cause of cancer in men
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One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point in their life
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Sadly, one in 40 will succumb to this disease
However, much like heart disease and many other lifestyle diseases, this cancer can mostly be prevented, and today's guests lay out the extensive research and practical solutions in their book, Preventing Prostate Cancer: Reduce Your Risk with Simple, Proactive Choices
Dr. Benny Gavi, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Stanford University, teamed up with researcher Maya Eylon to compile more than one hundred recent, reliable, and relevant international studies on the effects of diet on prostate health.
As you probably guessed, all signs point to a whole-food, plant-based diet, combined with exercise and screenings, as your best defense against prostate cancer.
Today, we discuss some of their research, along with outlining the biggest cancer-fighting foods to consume on a regular basis.
16:00 Cruciferous Veggies - super fighters for our bodies
20:25 Tomatoes and Lycopene
23:20 Healthy Soy Consumption
27:28 Green Tea
They also share research on foods you should avoid, including meat, dairy, and eggs in excess
This book is a powerful tool to empower men (and those of you who love those men) to make healthy, lifestyle changes that can save thousands of lives.
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| 0:00.0 | We know that you have choices and I am so proud of all of you for choosing to eat |
| 0:07.1 | plants strong whole food plant-based it is where it's at. There's some pretty powerful new research |
| 0:16.0 | that shows that a keto like diet may be associated with a higher risk of heart disease |
| 0:22.2 | and this is based on an average of 11.8 years of follow-up and this is after adjustment for |
| 0:30.4 | other risk factors for heart disease such as diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity and smoking |
| 0:37.9 | and the discovery is that people on a low carbohydrate high fat diet had more than two times higher |
| 0:45.9 | risk of having several major cardiovascular events such as blockages in the arteries that |
| 0:52.0 | needed to be opened with stenting procedures, heart attacks, stroke and peripheral arterial disease. |
| 0:59.5 | So again thank you for your choice. I also know that you have lots of choices when it comes to |
| 1:06.8 | what you subscribe to and I want to thank you for subscribing and choosing plant strong podcast. |
| 1:13.3 | Now another choice that you might be considering is whether or not to attend a |
| 1:18.9 | plant strong retreat and I am here to tell you that spending a week immersed in the lifestyle |
| 1:24.9 | surrounded by learning and laughter and incredible food is one of the greatest gifts that you can |
| 1:31.0 | give yourself. We have a few spots left this spring from April 16th to 21st in gorgeous Black |
| 1:38.3 | Mountain North Carolina and we are excited to announce our fall dates in Sedona, Arizona |
| 1:45.1 | that will be October 9th to the 14th. Both of these retreats will help you enhance or elevate your |
| 1:52.0 | journey to eat more plants and you'll be surrounded by our world class team of physicians and behavioral |
| 1:57.6 | experts to help you unlock your best path forward. Now side note we also offer CME and CEU credits |
| 2:06.5 | for physicians, nurses and other healthcare providers as part of the registration fee. |
| 2:12.4 | To check out either of these events simply go to plantstrongfoods.com and then click on more. |
| 2:20.4 | I hope to see in Black Mountain or Sedona, Arizona in 2023. |
| 2:27.8 | About 10 years ago I went into a private practice focusing on health and primary care |
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