Diet and lifestyle

....was done among 35,000 men to measure the positive benefits of vitamin e and selenium, however the study was stopped midway, since the study group instead of showing positive benefit, showed negative effect. So, say no to vitamin e and selenium

Yes, food is toxic... I try to only do organic. Recently, there are unacceptable traces of glyphosate showing up in wheat products. It seems that the Monsanto compound is being used to kill the wheat. As you probably know, when a plant is killed, it sends all its remaining energy/nutrients to its reproduction.. i.e. the wheat kernels. They have found that they can shorten the life of a wheat field yet get the same yield. This increases the number of crops they can plant and harvest in a growing season. Then there is GMO... GMO plants are not in themselves toxic, but they are genetically engineered to grow faster and have larger produce, but at the expense of nutrition. Perhaps in a country with little resources and resulting starvation, this would make food stuffs plentiful, but at the cost of nutritional value. There is no reason for us to produce and consume GMO.

I could go on, but I am guessing we all have our stories about the food supply.  Then there is restaraunt talapia... don't get me started.

Grinder said:

Toxic food

Yes, food is toxic... I try to only do organic. Recently, there are unacceptable traces of glyphosate showing up in wheat products. It seems that the Monsanto compound is being used to kill the wheat. As you probably know, when a plant is killed, it sends all its remaining energy/nutrients to its reproduction.. i.e. the wheat kernels. They have found that they can shorten the life of a wheat field yet get the same yield. This increases the number of crops they can plant and harvest in a growing season. Then there is GMO... GMO plants are not in themselves toxic, but they are genetically engineered to grow faster and have larger produce, but at the expense of nutrition. Perhaps in a country with little resources and resulting starvation, this would make food stuffs plentiful, but at the cost of nutritional value. There is no reason for us to produce and consume GMO.

I could go on, but I am guessing we all have our stories about the food supply.  Then there is restaraunt talapia... don't get me started.

The late George Carlin once reported in jest that "Scientists have discovered that saliva causes stomach cancer, but only when swallowed in small quantities over decades."

This thread seems to be chasing it's tail round and round: "Do this, don't do that, this was repudiated, this has weak evidence." I believe that diet has virtually no role in PCa or any other cancer for that matter, and it definitely has no role after PCa has begun in returning to wellness.  

Evidence suggesting dietary links is tenuous, and certainly never rises to the level of "cause." Ok, alcoholism is clearly linked to escophagal and/or throat, but results this clear and intuitive are not the norm. How many tens of millions of dollars have been spent on "saw  palmetto" as a way to maintain prostate health ? And all studies have shown​ it to be worthless.  PCa constantly strikes men of all body types and dietary histories.   I ate what I liked prior to diagnosis, just as I eat what I like now.  

When I was on chemo for advanced Lymphoma, my wife asked my hematologist, who has 5 board certifications, what I should eat, and he said "any damn thing he wants....the critical thing on chemo is to intake calories." It is a near universal understanding that people on multiple harsh chemos will develop food fetishes, cravings, and/or drug-induced anorexia, and that they just need to eat something, anything, to weather the storm.

When my friend Gary was in hospice two days before death, he requested a milkshake; he had not eaten in days. He was clearly terminal and about to pass, in and out of delirium.  A friend objected, saying " the sugar will feed the cancer." The profound stupidity and meanness of her comment has never ceased to amaze me. At times, a little perspective is to be desired. He enjoyed the shake incidentally.

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OK guys, I just got back from my Oncologist. I presented the calcium question to him and he responded that, in my case, taking large doses of calcum supplements does more harm than good. So that's it. I'm off the calcium. Thanks to you all for helping me find and correct another screw-up on this journey. Best/Gene