Tag Archives: prostate cancer

The Okinawa Diet: Living to 100

The Okinawa Diet Living to 100, The dietary guidelines recommend that we try to choose meals or snacks that are high in nutrients, but lower in calories to reduce the risk of chronic disease By this measure. The healthiest foods on the planet, the most nutrient-dense, are vegetables containing the most nutrient bang for our…

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Treating Advanced Prostate Cancer with Diet: Part 2

  “Treating Advanced Prostate Cancer with Diet: Part 2” Dr. Ornish and colleagues were able to show an apparent reversal in the progression of early stage localized prostate cancer with a plant-based diet and lifestyle program, and researchers at the University of Massachusetts and elsewhere showed a similar diet may help slow the progression of…

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Flashback Friday: Uprooting the Leading Causes of Death

“Uprooting the Leading Causes of Death” In past years, I’ve addressed the most pressing dietary issues of our time, like what’s the healthiest variety of apple, or what’s the most nutritious nut or dried fruit, or what’s the best bean, what’s the best berry? What’s the best bowel movement? We had fun. People got to…

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Treating Advanced Prostate Cancer with Diet: Part 1

“Treating Advanced Prostate Cancer with Diet: Part 1” Dr. Dean Ornish showed that a plant- based diet and lifestyle program could reverse the progression of prostate cancer by making men’s bloodstream nearly 8 times better at suppressing cancer cell growth, but this was for early-stage, localized, watch-and-wait prostate cancer. What about more advanced-stage life-threatening diseases? There…

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