Friday Favorites: Lycopene Supplements and Tomato Sauce vs. Prostate Cancer
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2023-03-31

High doses of lycopene—the red pigment in tomatoes—were put to the test to see if it could prevent precancerous prostate lesions from turning into full-blown cancer. What happened when cancer patients were given three quarters of a cup of canned tomato sauce every day for three weeks?

So what are the Best Supplements for Prostate Cancer? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/best-supplements-for-prostate-cancer). Watch the video to find out!

More on natural treatments for prostate cancer in:
• Pomegranate vs. Placebo for Prostate Cancer (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/pomegranate-vs-placebo-for-prostate-cancer)
• Treating Advanced Prostate Cancer with Diet: Part 1 (http://www.nutritionfacts.org/topics/Treating-Advanced-Prostate-Cancer-with-Diet-Part-1)
• Treating Advanced Prostate Cancer with Diet: Part 2 (http://www.nutritionfacts.org/topics/Treating-Advanced-Prostate-Cancer-with-Diet-Part-2)
• The Role of Soy Foods in Prostate Cancer Prevention and Treatment (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-role-of-soy-foods-in-prostate-cancer-prevention-and-treatment/)
• Treating Prostate Cancer with Green Tea (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-prostate-cancer-with-green-tea/)

Are there any foods we should avoid? Check out, for example, Prostate Cancer Survival: The A/V Ratio (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/prostate-cancer-survival-the-av-ratio/) and How Our Gut Bacteria Can Use Eggs to Accelerate Cancer (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-our-gut-bacteria-can-use-eggs-to-accelerate-cancer/).

We may be able to prevent cancer and even reverse the progression of cancer with diet. See:

• Cancer Reversal Through Diet? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/cancer-reversal-through-diet/)
• From Table to Able: Combating Disabling Diseases with Food (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/from-table-to-able/)
• Treating Advanced Prostate Cancer with Diet: Part 1 (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-advanced-prostate-cancer-with-diet-part-1/)
• Treating Advanced Prostate Cancer with Diet: Part 2 (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-advanced-prostate-cancer-with-diet-part-2/)
• How Not to Die from Cancer (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-not-to-die-from-cancer/)

It isn’t always easy to get guys to change, though. See Changing a Man’s Diet After a Prostate Cancer Diagnosis (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/changing-mans-diet-prostate-cancer-diagnosis/).

Check out the How Not to Die Cookbook for a bunch of green-light recipes! As always, all of my proceeds go to charity. Get a dose of tomato sauce with my Roasted Vegetable Lasagna (https://nutritionfacts.org/recipe/roasted-vegetable-lasagna/).

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