It's crazy when you think about all the different kinds of foods we eat.

We just swallow and hope it all works out for the best.

Well, as it turns out, there are better ways to think about keeping our bodies humming healthfully along.

Welcome to the Nutrition Facts podcast.

I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger.

Today we look at how a plant-based lifestyles put to

the test against early and late-stage cancer. Higher consumption of a healthy plant-based diet

was significantly associated with a lower chance of having an elevated PSA, which can be a sign

of prostate cancer. We're talking about potentially cutting the odds of having an elevated PSA, which can be a sign of prostate cancer. We're talking about potentially cutting the odds of having an elevated PSA in half with diet.

The resources concluded that this study provides strong evidence supporting the potential

use of plant-based foods in the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer.

Not so fast, replied an editor of the journal. This paper certainly doesn't present

final convincing proof that reduced PSA levels due to a plant-based diet, in fact, translate into

what we actually care about, less prostate cancer. Harvard cohort researchers took up the mantle

to answer that question, and indeed greater consumption

of a healthful plant-based diet does appear to reduce the risk of getting prostate cancer and

dying from prostate cancer by nearly half for men under age 65.

And those adhering more to a healthy plant-based diet who do get cancer had 90 percent

lower odds of ending up with high-grade, more severe

prostate cancer, and appeared better able to handle cancer treatment and ended up with better

sexual function, less incontinence, and more vitality. This is consistent with the role of diet

and nutrition and the prevention and treatment of cancer more generally, where the evidence

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