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Protecting the prostate: get off the couch ... and eat your vegetables.(Your Health)
If you're a middle-aged man (or already past it) here's what should be on your menu today: tomato sauce, watermelon, stir-fried tofu and veggies, selenium and vitamin E. Wash down with a swig of green tea or pomegranate juice and you may be able to ward off prostate cancer.
New and better information is coming to light every day about ways to prevent this common disease. Prostate cancer struck an estimated 234,460 American men in 2006, and 27,350 will die of it, according to American Cancer Society estimates. Since doctors are getting better at catching it early, fewer men are dying of prostate cancer.
But one in six men will still develop the disease in their lifetime, and African-American men have double the risk.
Eat your Veggies, Drink Tea
Luckily, if you are at risk, there are things you can do. Prevention may be as simple as eating better, exercising more and taking a few key supplements. Many of these remedies, which cut inflammation, may also…
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