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Before PC, I was very restricted on what I could eat. To have energy to exercise & get the best sleep, I can not eat: any form of sugar, any form of sugar substitutes, & MSG. We have been label readers for over 35 years. When you are dealing with sugar or sugar subs you take a very large amount of food(?) off your plate, including prepared drinks, most all fruits, wines, beer, licquors, etc. I do eat a lot of red meats, most dairy (no milk), all fats, & lots of veggies. Mostly drink only water. Will eat one or two fruits per month, but that night sleep is difficult .... so for me there are more important things to worry about than PC. I'm 6'1", weight 160 lbs. Have been 160 to 170 lbs since 1960 after Navy Boot Camp. My exercise program is a 2 to 3 day cycle, day 1 floor routine (weights, stretch, crunches), day 2 walk (2 to 4 miles), bike (4 to 7 miles)(off road if I can). Sometimes need day 3 to rest & stretch.
Nettie,
I changed my diet when I was 40 becaues my brother had prostate cancer at 42. I ate right and took 30 supplements a day for 6 years but developed prostate cancer at 46. It is all in the genes in my case. My Dad had prostate cancer at 56 and is 72 today he still smokes,drinks and eats what he wants and has a PSA of 0.01. God only knows if a diet is the answer but it can not hurt.
After all the usual conventional treatment following diagnosis in April 2005 I am coming up to one year of fighting cancer with diet and supplements alone.
But I have a confession to make which would have Jane Plant yelling furiously at me....I have been unable to quit the cigarettes.
I know it's crazy, I ensure that only the healthiest of food passes my lips, yet I pollute my body with all the harmful chemicals apparently contained in the cigs.
However, my PSA remains stable and all my health tests are good. Maybe I'm just lucky and will one day pay the price - so giving up smoking is certainly top of my 'to-do' list. One day I hope I'll succeed.
