Prostate Cancer Nutrition Recommendations

• Fruits and Vegetables

 -Eat 8-10 servings (about ½ cup=1 serving) of colorful fruits and vegetable daily  (especially nutritious choices include: broccoli, cauliflower, collard greens, Brussels sprouts, arugula, garlic, leeks, onions, carrots, sweet potato, berries, melon, citrus fruits, grapes, herbs and spices) -Consume adequate lycopene:

         ¾ cup of tomato sauce or 12 oz of tomato juice or 6 T of tomato paste

-Consider drinking pomegranate concentrate 1 oz per day

• Grains, Legumes

 -Limit processed and refined grains, flours, sugars

-Achieve 25-35 grams of fiber from food daily

     include 1-2 tablespoons per day of ground flaxseeds

-Avoid overconsumption of foods high in carbohydrates

• Fats and Oils

-Limit intake of butter, sour cream, cream cheese, and whole milk/dairy

            -Limit intake of linoleic acid found in corn oil, safflower oil, cottonseed oil

            -Instead, eat more olive oil, nuts & seeds (especially walnuts, pumpkin seeds, hempseeds, chia seeds, flax seeds), avocado, cold-water fish

                       Eat 2 brazil nuts per day for adequate selenium (or may consume via halibut, sardines, and                              shrimp)

Eat more wheat germ, sunflower seeds, almonds and hazelnuts for vitamin E Animal Foods

-Limit red meat (beef, pork, lamb) intake to 18 oz of cooked weight per week

-Avoid processed meats (ham, bacon, salami, hot dogs, sausages, pastrami)

-Limit intake of flame grilled meats (grilled veggies are a great alternative!)

  Instead, replace meats with soyfoods, try for 1 serving per day of soyfood (tofu, edamame, tempeh soynuts,etc)

            -Limit dairy intake to less than 2 servings per day, preferably lower fat versions

(8oz of milk or yogurt, 1 oz of cheese, ½ cup of ice cream)

• Beverages

            -Limit alcohol intake to 2 drinks per day

            -Increase consumption of green tea to 1-4 cups per day

            -Avoid sugar-sweetened drinks (like soda, juices, sports drinks, sweet teas)

• Other

-Consume adequate, but not excessive calcium

• Total intake from foods and supplements not to exceed 1200mg per day
• Only take calcium supplements if recommended by your physician
• Do not consume foods that were reheated in plastic containers in the microwave