Zinc: Essential for Men With Prostate Cancer

A new, long-term, Swedish study shows that zinc is invaluable for men with prostate cancer. Researchers found, especially with early prostate cancer, that if men get enough zinc in their diets, they are more likely to die from other causes than from their prostate cancer.

The study was conducted on 525 Swedes under the age of 80, who had just been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Some of these men had tumors that were localized; in others the cancer was more widespread.

Men were asked to join the study as early as January 1989 and as late as July 1994. When the study’s results were analyzed in 2010, some of the men had been followed for 20 years, and the average was 6.4 years.

Each participant was given a questionnaire, which included 68 common foods eaten by Swedes. The men identified how often they ate the foods, and the scientists determined how much zinc was in their diet. None of the men were taking zinc supplements.

At the study’s conclusion:
•    218 men (42%) died of prostate cancer
•    257 men (49%) died of other causes
•    50 men were still alive

Among all cases of prostate cancer, patients  whose diets included the highest amounts of zinc were 36% less likely to die from prostate cancer than those ingesting the least amount of zinc.
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My Health Advice on the Tragedy in Japan

I have gotten many calls from patients concerned about the tragedy in Japan, and of course concerned how it could affect their own health.

I am sending out this blanket e-mail to tell everyone to RELAX.  The radiation that is coming from the nuclear power plants in Japan is thousands of miles away from the United States.

Before sending you this e-mail, I have spoken with Donna Earley, the Radiation Safety Director at Cedars Sinai Hospital, and I have spoken with a radiologist.  They have both reiterated to me what I already know, which is there is no risk to us in this country.

Donna Earley specifically gave me an example of the amount of radiation that we could expect to receive in the United States from the disaster in Japan.  She said it is analogous to a multi-millionaire finding a penny on the street and picking it up. The amount that penny would add to his fortune is analogous to the amount of extra radiation that we will be getting compared to the background radiation that we get every day from just being alive. She also reminded me that this was NOT a nuclear bomb that would have a large amount of scatter.

There is ABSOLUTELY NO NEED to take potassium iodide.  As I have already said, there is no risk from this radiation, and in fact, taking potassium iodide unnecessarily could actually be harmful to your thyroid, or activate a thyroid problem.

In further conversations with the Radiation Safety Director, she told me that really we should use this shocking awakening of our realization of just how small our planet is, and how a disaster could strike, to prepare ourselves, our homes, our family for a possible REAL disaster in the United States and especially for the West coast of our country. Use your energy to get a stockpile of supplies and equipment for the possibility of needing them for a REAL disaster in our country.

Also please note that even with immediate exposure to radiation, potassium iodide ONLY protects against thyroid cancer.  It does not protect against any of the many other cancers that radiation would induce.

In summary, there is no need to worry about the radiation from Japan affecting you or your family in the United States.  The best thing we can do now is to support the people that are directly involved with this tragedy with our money, love, and prayers.

 

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Soy is Safe for Women to Take Long-Term

There has been a lot of controversy about whether soy is safe. I believe that soy is very safe, especially when used in moderation. There have been many, high-quality studies showing soy’s safety for short-term use. Now there is a reliable study showing that soy is safe for postmenopausal woman when taken long-term. 

Many midlife women take soy supplements and eat foods containing soy to alleviate menopausal symptoms. They prefer this to taking traditional hormone therapy.

Soy contains phytoestrogens, which are plant compounds that have structural similarity with estrogen. Soy contains an active substance called soy isoflavones, which is very unique because it adapts to the body’s needs for estrogen.

People who worry about soy’s safety are concerned about its estrogenic activity. Certain tissues, like breast and uterine, have estrogen receptors.  If these receptors are over-stimulated, it may increase your risk of cancer.

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