The following 2012 article discusses a study that shows green tea can slow prostate cancer growth:
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Other foods that might slow prostate cancer growth are noted in this article:
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I also found tI am a coffee drinker, 2-3 cups/day, filtered.
The following articles about the benefits of coffee regarding prostate cancer:
Hi, i have a blueberry/acai green tea in am and a decaf reg green tea in pm. I do IF(Intermittent fasting) for 16 hrs. In my fasting broth I have tomato paste, curry, cabbage, ginger, garlic, seaweed and shiitake shrooms. Maybe that got me to 8 yrs, but LOL also still on Lupron and had 39 chemos also.
Fight on Brother
Randy
I’m thinking the ADT and 39 chemos got you to 8 years, not green tea. 😉
Glad he's smart enough to stick with SOC treatments along with the green tea and other things. I had a friend who just went with the holistic/diet/supplement stuff and didn't live long. He's not one of the supposed "success" stories so will never get mentioned.
My husband eats and drinks everything he shouldnt. Same results. But, if it makes you feel you are helping, go for it.
The first study shows lower psa and inflammation from green tea, but no inhibition of tumor growth. The researcher says this could be because of the short time of the trial, 3-8 weeks, which is a major limitation of the study.
I thought lower PSA is an indication of reduced tumor growth.
One would think so but the report says there was no inhibition of tumor growth.
True, so it does, but if they only measure the tumors once, after surgery, how can they conclude "no inhibition"?
Right. The study should have been longer with new measurements. Now we don’t know.
Some tumors don’t express PSA, the bone met of mine that was biopsied was PSA-Negative PSMA-Positive.
PSA may be an overall good indicator, but it’s not the be-all-to-end-all tool some think it is.
Could also be PSA masking. Some substances lower PSA but probably without having effect on the tumour. Offhand I don´t recall if EGCG / green tea is amongst those.
Green tea doesn't affect PSA per this article: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/334...
Conclusion: The results of this review show that green tea has no significant effect on PSA level. However, due to the heterogeneity among studies more consistent clinical trials, with larger sample sizes are required.
Eat and be merry.........
Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.
j-o-h-n Tuesday 02/07/2023 11:10 PM EST
Interesting?🤔 have PC just finished radiotherapy sessions two weeks ago, having terrible trouble with urinary flow, have diabetes 2 into the mixture, my diet presently is at best hit and miss, do not trust medication due to other serious medical conditions, guess who has a recent consignment of green tea, tried when trying new local cafe🤔? Cheers!☕
Its a study. That's all. Then they decided to discuss the study. I could discuss a study too. Then when there was no concrete evidence they summarized with the only logical summary for a study "this needs to be looked into more".
Whilst I totally agree with your summary, it's very difficult to prove a negative, all these things require significant research and research costs lots of bucks.
Big pharma will only invest if they feel their profits will be increased, that's why these studies are normally carried out by small groups, normally with minimal funding.
I have posted a reply to NecessarilySo below with some professional studies into natural compounds, as you assert with no definite results but a lot of promising leads. From my point of view, with locally advanced PCa and Gleason 8, I prefer to do something positive rather than dismiss everything that doesn't guarantee a cure....makes me feel I'm doing something.
Good luck
I also found the following article about the benefits of coffee regarding prostate cancer: webmd.com/prostate-cancer/c...
I am a coffee drinker, 2-3 cups/day, although filtered.
webmd.com equals clickbait.
Seriously not coffee again lol. I have drank coffee prolifically nonstop since the age of 14 and here I am as an anecdotal stage 4 prostate cancer guy. You know what comes next in these coffee studies "maybe too much coffee is bad". And the circle just begins again round and round.
Could be that you have made the same mistake as me, drinking filtered coffee. According to the study, the two components of coffee that kill prostate cancer cells, (in vitro and in mice) get filtered out with paper filters. I am just now, after decades of "Mr. Coffee" coffee, beginning to make my coffee differently. Now I just put ground coffee in a cup and add hot water from the coffeemaker. The grounds, for the most part, sink to the bottom of the cup. But the good stuff is not filtered out!
I found these articles very helpful although you need to spend a bit of time studying them:
I think you should look into every study from Valter Longo, he is a well known researcher in the field of nutrition for life extension and also as adjuvant to cancer treatments. He teaches/partners with various institutions. "Edna M. Jones Professor of Gerontology and Biological Sciences and Director of the Longevity Institute at the University of Southern California –Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, Los Angeles, one of the leading centers for research on aging and age-related disease. Dr. Longo is also the Director of the Longevity and Cancer Program at the IFOM Institute of Molecular Oncology in Milan, Italy."
His research group just received 1.8 million to carry out an in-depth study of various fasting techniques and how they help with cancer at IFOM. He also owns a foundation, where he rises founds for research and offer consultation and so on.
