Eating more vegetables, fruits and nuts along with fewer animal products associated with a reduction in the risk of prostate cancer progression

New research from UC San Francisco of more than 2,000 men with an average age of 65 with localised prostate cancer found that eating a primarily plant-based diet was associated with a 47% lower risk that their cancer would progress compared to those who consumed the most animal products.

According to the research published in JAMA Network Open (JAMA Network Open is an international peer-reviewed, open access general medical journal) eating just one or two more servings per day of vegetables, fruits, nuts and whole grains while eating fewer animal products like dairy and meat slowed the progression of cancer.