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Alternative Medicine for Prostate Cancer |
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Thursday, 10 May 2007 |
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Alternative medicine has been around longer than chemotherapy and most surgeries. I personally do not believe that we would be created in a world where we had no options to cure our ills. As it is in modern society, if you are thinking of treating your prostate cancer with alternative medicine you should do this in conjunction with medical treatment and with the approval of your doctor or medical team.
Studies on the effect on prostate cancer of alternative medicine show there are real benefits of using alternative medicine when it comes to the treatment of prostate cancer and other diseases. Tomatoes have been shown to have an effect on the treatment of prostate cancer. Lycopene, abundantly found in tomatoes, watermelon, and pink grapefruit. This should be supplied by the fresh fruit instead of dietary supplements.Fish oils have been associated with great health benefits when it comes to prostate cancer and alternative medicine, as well as the prevention of heart disease. Men with a higher intake of fish oil were 11% less likely to develop prostate cancer. Fish oil supplements are slightly less effective than fish oils from eating certain fish. This tells us the added vitamin D and vitamin A are a necessary additive to obtain the maximum benefit. At least 5 major clinical trials have concluded that higher levels of selenium in the blood are associated with a sharply reduced risk of prostate cancer. Supplementing the diet with 200 micrograms of selenium every day cuts the risk of prostate cancer by 50%. Vitamin E has also proven to be a prostate cancer preventative when taken daily. You will absolutely need to keep your medical team current with any supplements you plan to take or are taking. Even natural remedies can have a bad effect on some prescription medications. |
