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Exercise, Dietary Changes Can Kill Prostate Cancer Cells, UCLA Scientists Report.

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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- UCLA scientists report that 11 days of daily exercise and a low-fat, high-fiber diet induce prostate cancer cells to die.

The research, published in the new issue of the journal Cancer Causes and Control, is the first to show that diet and exercise can kill prostate cancer cells.

"You can make changes in a short period of time that have a dramatic impact on your health - in this case, on the growth and death of prostate tumor cells," said R. James Barnard, professor of physiological science at UCLA and lead investigator on the study.

Barnard and his UCLA colleagues studied two groups of men: 14 obese men, ages 42 to 73, without prostate cancer, who participated in an 11-day diet and exercise program at the Pritikin Longevity Center; and …

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