1. Red and Processed Meat* 2. Nonorganic Meat* 3. Calcium and Dairy Foods* 4. Canned Tomatoes and Tomato Products* 5. Microwave Popcorn* 6. Nonorganic Potatoes* 7. French Fries and Potato Chips* 8. Artificial Sweeteners* 9. Farmed Salmon* 10. Sugar*
It’s not enough to know the best foods you should eat to promote prostate health, you should also know which foods are the worst so you can avoid them. Some of the foods on this list may surprise you, but all of them are best to cross off your menu if you want to support prostate health.
1. Red and Processed Meat* April 8, 2011 By Dr. Geo Espinosa, N.D., L.Ac, CNS, RH (AHG)
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Eating a lot of red and processed meats is unhealthy for several reasons, one of which is it may increase your risk of prostate cancer. Studies show that men who ate the most red meat were 12 percent more likely to develop prostate cancer and 33 percent more likely to have advanced cancer than those who ate the least amount of red meat. (Sinha) Read more about meat and prostate cancer
Nonorganic meat encompasses the majority of the meat available on the market, including beef, pork, lamb, veal, and poultry raised using conventional methods that involve the use of hormones, antibiotics, and steroids, as well as animals being fed food they were not meant to eat. Cattle, for example, evolved to eat grass, but they are fed corn, soybeans, and other grains because it fattens them up faster for slaughter. When you do include meat in your diet, make it organic so you can avoid the additives that can have a negative impact on both prostate and overall health.
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