Monday, November 17, 2008

HEART HEALTHY DIET GOOD FOR PROSTATE

As baby-boomer men gain appreciation for the value of a healthy prostate gland, research indicates that the same low-fat diet that is good for the heart is also good at slowing benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

According to research published at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and published in the American Journal oif Epidemiology, the risk of BPH was reduced 32 percent by eating four or morre servings of vegetables daily and l5 percent by making lean protein 20 percent of the daily calorie intake.

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