Re: Supplements Do Not Lower Risk Of Cancer or Heart Disease, StudyFinds

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perhaps:

http://www.ahcpr.gov/clinic/3rduspstf/vitamins/vitaminsrr.htm

Additionally:

These full texts at mdconsult.com: (free 30 days). I rec to anyone interested in their health to logon and use the service to get the full texts. It costs a lot less than most supplements. I have no financial interest in anything (not after enron). These are just the titles - a lot of info in the full text. They also say they apply to heart disease.

May 04

Lifestyle recommendations to prevent prostate cancer, part I: time to redirect our attention?

Lifestyle change #1: patients should know their lipid profile and other cardiovascular risks and markers as well as they know their prostate-specific antigen values and other results from their prostate exam.

Lifestyle change #2: encourage patients to maintain a healthy weight; the body-mass index or waist-to-hip ratio should become a part of the clinical record.

Lifestyle change #3: emphasize to patients that there is no ideal weight loss diet or intervention; the primary goal is motivation and action to maintain a healthy weight; help patients choose diet or lifestyle changes that suit them; most diets and interventions consist of several related healthy messages.

Lifestyle change #4: replace saturated, trans-fatty acids, and cholesterol with unsaturated fat; types of dietary fat consumed may matter more than total fat intake; the use of commercial plant sterol/stanol products may be heart- and prostate-healthy.

Summary

This article provides a foundation for clinicians willing to provide lifestyle change recommendations for the prevention of prostate cancer. In part II, more general and specific lifestyle recommendations will be provided. It is imperative to provide patients with realistic and practical recommendations that are not only consistent in the medical literature, but will improve overall compliance.

Lifestyle recommendations to prevent prostate cancer, part II: time to redirect our attention?

Lifestyle change #5: encourage the consumption of dietary fiber, especially viscous (soluble) fiber.

Lifestyle change #6: encourage the regular consumption of a diversity of fruits and vegetables.

Lifestyle change #7: encourage the use of moderate amounts of traditional dietary soy and other plant estrogen products.

Lifestyle change #8: encourage moderate weekly intakes of canned, broiled, baked, and raw fish and other healthy sources of omega-3 fatty acids, dietary vitamin D, vitamin E, and selenium.

Lifestyle change #9: encourage approximately 30 minutes of physical activity per day and weight-bearing or resistance exercises several times per week.

Lifestyle change #10: emphasize obvious changes such as smoking cessation or moderate alcohol consumption because of their impact on health.

Summary

This article provides a foundation for men who want to incorporate lifestyle changes to reduce their risk for prostate cancer and, more importantly, impact all-cause mortality. Table 1 summarizes some of these lifestyle changes that can be recommended to patients in most settings.

Regards.

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From: Francesca Skelton

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Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 10:28 AM

Subject: [ ] Supplements Do Not Lower Risk Of Cancer or Heart Disease, StudyFinds

If anyone has the actual study, feel free to post:People hoping vitamins can protect their hearts need to eat healthful foodsinstead of popping pills, the American Heart Association says. A review of studies on whether supplements can reduce heart disease riskshows they have virtually no effect, the group said in a statement publishedyesterday in its journal, Circulation. Antioxidants are molecules that work to reduce the damage done to cellsand to DNA by free radicals -- charged chemical particles caused by everydaybiological processes. Foods rich in antioxidants can reduce the risk of cancer and heartdisease, and scientists have been working to isolate the compoundsresponsible. Vitamins A and C are antioxidants. But several studies have shown that people who took antioxidantsupplements did not have a lower risk of cancer or heart disease, and oneFinnish study showed that male smokers who took supplements actually had ahigher risk of lung cancer. Nutritionists now think it is probably combinations of compounds in foodsthat yield benefits.