prostate cancer

A high-fiber diet may have the clinical potential to control the progression of prostate cancer in patients diagnosed in early stages of the disease. The rate of prostate cancer in Asian cultures is similar to the rate in Western cultures. In the West, however, prostate cancer tends to progress, whereas in Asian cultures it does not. Why? The answer may be a high-fiber diet.

For such a small gland, the prostate sure gets a lot of attention, as well it should. When it is working well, the prostate gland goes unnoticed. When it acts up, however, it leads to a whole host of problems ranging from the relatively benign (but very annoying) urinary tract dysfunctions up to the second-leading cause of death among American men—prostate cancer.