Evidence for a protective effect of vegetables, fruits, and legumes...

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Vegetables, Fruits, Legumes and Prostate Cancer: A Multiethnic

Case-Control Study

" This analysis examined selected foods and food groups for which

protective effects against prostate cancer have been hypothesized.

Although many different comparisons were made in the analysis, we

emphasized the findings that demonstrated a high degree of interethnic

consistency, thereby reducing significantly the potential for reaching

conclusions based on chance findings. Accordingly, we did not make

further statistical adjustments to allow for the multiple comparisons.

We found inverse associations for vegetables overall, two categories

of vegetables (yellow-orange and cruciferous) and for two individual

vegetables (corn and carrots). We also found inverse associations for

total legume consumption, for soy products, and for all other legumes.

We found no evidence of inverse associations for fruits. "

" In conclusion, this study found an inverse association between

prostate cancer and the intake of legumes and certain categories of

vegetables among white, African-American, and Asian men in the United

States and Canada. The results suggest that a diet with higher intakes

of these foods may lower the risk of prostate cancer in these

populations. "

full text: http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/full/9/8/795