GOOD PROSTATE (AND BREAST) HEALTH
(to emulate Far Eastern eating régimes)
EAT (words in BOLD print are especially important)
Less red meat. Less fats, particularly saturated fats & dairy products like cheese, full-cream milk, cakes, biscuits, chocolate, pastry, in fact most desserts; instead use soya milk and cream (Soya Dream for example) as substitutes. Less butter: use olive oil and olive oil-based reduced-fat spreads.
More fibre and starch; fruit and vegetables; fish and poultry. More weak oestrogens (phyto-oestrogens: natural plant oestrogens). More oily and white fish.
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NATURAL FOODS (those highlighted in BOLD print are especially important)
High fibre and starch:
all-bran, two shredded wheat at one time, prunes, soft dried apricots, wholegrain breads, beans (tinned baked), broad beans, chick peas, baked potatoes (with skin).
Fibre and starch:
bran flakes, muesli, sweetcorn, peas, spinach, lentils, boiled potatoes, green beans, pasta, apples, pears, citrus fruits. (Sprinkle linseeds & pumpkin/sunflower/sesame seeds on cereals.)

Fruit and vegetables:
tomatoes (lycopene: carotenoid: antioxidant) always cooked; yellow, orange, red and dark green vegetables - like broccoli, sprouts, cabbage, kale (four cruciferous varieties), watercress, spinach, carrots, sweet potatoes - and fruit like bilberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, apricots, peaches, plums, melons (all the former vegetable and fruit with carotenoids: vitamins A/C/E);
wholegrains (selenium: zinc); pulses, eggs (zinc); almonds, sunflower seeds (both vitamin E); organic mushrooms (especially shitaki), cabbage, shallots and onions (quercitin: selenium);
bananas (potassium); eggs, soya beans and tofu, brazil nuts, green leafy vegetables (magnesium);
citrus fruits, guavas, green peppers, strawberries (vitamin C);
fruit juices: especially both tomato and cranberry juice (vitamin C);
dried fruits: prunes, dates, raisins, sultanas, etc. (vitamin C).
Weak oestrogens (phyto-oestrogens):
Isoflavonoids (isoflavones) - soya beans & tofu (for genistein, daidzein and glycitein), peas, beans;
Lignans - linseeds/sesame seeds (both ground down and sprinkled on cereal); lentils, cereals, grains, fruit and vegetables (especially cruciferous varieties: for example broccoli, kale, sprouts, cabbage);
flavonoids - apples, pears, bananas, onions, rosemary, turmeric, red wine, green tea (half-a-tea
bag sprinkled daily on cereal); try also red bush tea (also an antioxidant, caffeine-free and much else).
Use Amoy light soy sauce for stir-fry cooking.
Oily fish: salmon, mackerel, sardines (omega-3 fatty acids: vitamins B12 and E).
White fish: many varieties (vitamins A, B12, D, E).
Vitamin B15:
whole brown rice, pumpkin seeds (vitamin E), sesame seeds.
Vitamin B17:
barley, millet, beans, chickpeas, lentils, ground kernels of apricots (preferably Hunza or other Himalayan varieties; say one level teaspoon per day on cereals), apples, cherries, peaches, plums and nectarines (all with notrilodsides; also called laetrile).
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SUPPLEMENTS (ALL essential - though saw palmetto is for men only!)
Overall cost? £1 a day.
Lignans See weak oestrogens (linseed/ sesame seed): tablespoon daily: essential fatty acids, i.e. EFAs;
Saw palmetto (Nature's Best called 'Prostex') with EFAs: vitamins A, B1, B2, C, E: 15mg zinc: beta carotene: two capsules daily - total 320mg. Natural alternative to finasteride; also oestrogen blocker;
Soya Isoflavones - see weak oestrogens above (Holland & Barrett); 3 capsules daily (total of 50mg of isoflavones). The importance of soya isoflavones is considerable; they are angiogenesis inhibitors (help to stop the growth of new blood vessels around cancerous cells) and also oestrogen blockers;
Lycopene (also H&B; 2 capsules, 20mg total, daily); also Lutein (H&B), a natural carotenoid, 6mg capsule daily - increases 'bioavailability' of lycopene 15-fold;
Selenium 200mcg daily (Nature's Best); no need for 'Selenium ACE' (latter in food & supplements):
Fish oil and cod liver oil ratio of 4:1; one per day: omega-3 fatty acids: vitamins A, B12, D, E;
Evening primrose oil GLA - gamolenic acid: antioxidant: vitamin E; one with each saw palmetto;
Vitamin E and Vitamin C no additional doses - plenty in 'Prostex', see above line; and fruit and veg;
Aspirin 300mg dissolvable disprin daily: anti-inflammatory, to raise Th1.

Modified on 1st June2003