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Diet Could be Life or Death for Prostate
Cancer Patients
(San Francisco, Agence France-Presse, 6/22/07)
In a study funded by the National Institutes of Health,
Yong Q. Chen of the Wake Forest University School of
Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and team, fed a
diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids to a group of mice that had
been genetically engineered to develop prostate cancer. The
omega-3 mice developed fewer tumors and lived longer than
those on other diets. The scientists speculate that
consuming foods high in omega-3s, like fish and nuts, may
benefit men who are genetically predisposed to prostate
cancer.
(Journal of Clinical Investigation, online
edition) |
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