Aggressive Prostate Cancer fueled by Western Diet

     When I was diagnosed with prostate cancer I read about some natural remedies that many people claim to help ward off the disease. One of the things I noticed was that in certain parts of the world prostate cancer is rare as opposed to how common it has become in the western world. I have changed my diet, eating more salads, fruit, and less red meat. I also researched that many hospitals have their patients on a "cancer diet" to help fight off the disease.
     Last month I read an article posted in the Daily Mail about a breakthrough in research that finally connected the western diet with aggressive forms of prostate cancer. Click on the Daily Mail link in the previous sentence to read the article. The research was done by Harvard and Beth Israel. For those of us who have had the prostate cancer diagnosis the fact that we can change our diet to help prevent the disease from metastasizing is fantastic.Notice I said help prevent, anything that slows down aggressive prostate cancer is a great thing, but it doesn't say it reverses the disease. It's not that hard to only have a cheeseburger once in a while instead of on a regular basis. Not only that, it's good for my running. I already have switched to veggie pizza, and I eat raspberries with my cottage cheese every day for breakfast. I do enjoy treating myself to a good meal when we run, but that is now my exception, not the norm.
     I was one of those people that thought that because I ran so much I could eat anything and burn it off. My doctor in the 1970's even said this to me. We all know now that this isn't the case. No matter how much we train we must still be watchful of what we put into our bodies.