Good news on preventing prostate cancer....

Today's post: Friday, 6-27-2008

Just a week ago, I did a post on a way new to me to cut your chances of getting prostate cancer in half.

(Slash your risk of prostate cancer....Friday, 6-20-2008)

And, in that post, I also listed a quick summary of many other ways to prevent cancer, prevent prostate cancer, & prevent the most dangerous & aggressive form of prostate cancer.

I also posted not long ago about the information I read that taking resveratrol, in addition to likely slowing your rate of aging, apparently both increases new blood vessels for health supporting needs AND turns OFF new blood vessels being connected to cancer cells which made it an effective cancer preventative & possibly an effective complementary treatment for cancer.

I forgot to include it in last week’s post. It seems I really should have included it.

The good news is that resveratrol has tested as particularly effective in preventing prostate cancer & preventing the dangerous & aggressive kind.

That is good news indeed.

As often happens, I got that news in my Early to Rise earlier today.

Here’s their article.:

This article appears courtesy of Early To Rise, the Internet’s most popular health, wealth, and success e-zine. For a complimentary subscription, visit http://www.earlytorise.com.
“An Antioxidant That Can Help Prevent Prostate Cancer

By Dr. Ray Sahelian, MD

Wine lovers are probably already aware that red wine contains a powerful antioxidant: resveratrol. And Dr. Sears has written about the anti-aging effects of resveratrol in ETR. For instance, animal studies hint that it can help prevent weight gain and developing the symptoms of diabetes and obesity. But the health benefits of this antioxidant don't end there.

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology gave male mice, on a daily basis, the equivalent of resveratrol found in a bottle of red wine. They discovered that the mice were significantly less likely to develop prostate cancer. And those mice that consumed resveratrol but still got cancer developed less serious tumors.

Red wine has about two to three milligrams of resveratrol per liter. (A liter is almost 34 ounces.) But even if you drink wine fairly regularly, taking resveratrol in supplement form is a good idea. Most resveratrol supplements on the market have about 10 mg per capsule. Taking one or two resveratrol supplements a week is fine if you are also consuming many other antioxidants every day. However, if you hardly take any antioxidant supplements, you can take the resveratrol more frequently. You can find resveratrol supplements in most health food stores.

[Ed. Note: Sometimes the difference between poor and good health is simply knowing the right supplements to take. ....For more about the supplements you should and shouldn't be taking, visit www.RaySahelian.com, the website of Ray Sahelian, MD, internationally recognized as a moderate voice in the evaluation of natural supplements and the author of Mind Boosters.]”

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As I mentioned above, there is MUCH more to the anti-cancer & anti-aging action of the resveratrol than its antioxidant effects alone.

So, my take on it is that it is considerably more likely to prevent cancer & prostate cancer if you take resveratrol daily.