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Thanks. Probably the best wisdom on the subject is what you said. I remember back in the 90s reading how vitamin E was more important than quitting smoking - according to experts at Tufts University. Boy that didn't turn out to be true.
Nonetheless I find articles like this interesting:
Re the utility of supplements for PCa. I had a look at the literature and suffice to say that I did not find any compelling arguments for the partaking thereof. I suspect the taking of supplements are for the most part based on a personal perception rather than science. But is that a bad thing? Maybe not, given the goodly number of trial participants doing well on placebos. So while I may not be into supplements as they tend to be very expensive here in Australia, I would not seek to dissuade the opinions of those that do.
I would just encourage prostate cancer survivors to keep their D3 levels up...40-70.... D3, according to doctors, makes vitamin c look like a joke. It is antiviral..anti fungal...antibacterial....also pomegranate juice seems to help according to research.
Dr. Joseph Evans in Nassau Bahamas claims D3 helping men with pc. Check him out.
Anyone heard of this? Seems info is 5 years old but sounds great. 4-mu
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/04/16/dietary-supplement-may-prevent-and-treat-prostate-cancer-study-says/
A lot of people think Snuffy Meyers is worth taking advice from.
He thinks these things are worth taking
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Fish Oil - high quality capsules
Fish
Vitamin D
Exercise
nuts
olive oil
pomegranate
Actual science and knowledgeable doctors.
A few other supplements he recommends are in the document that can be purchased - see below
He thinks these may be bad for you
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Co-Q10
Flax seed oil
19 out of 20 new supplements that haven't been thoroughly tested are at best useless.