Diets high in saturated fat increases the risk of prostate cancer said Padma Shri & Dr. B C Roy National Awardee Dr. KK Aggarwal, President, Heart Care Foundation of India and Perfect Health Mela and National Vice President-Elect IMA.

As per a report from University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston published in the International Journal of Cancer.

1. Men who consume high saturated animal fat diet are two times more likely to experience disease progression after prostate cancer surgery than men with lower saturated fat intake.

2. There is also shorter "disease-free" survival time among obese men who eat high saturated fat diet compared with non-obese men consuming diets low in saturated fat.

3. Men with a high saturated fat intake had the shortest survival time free of prostate cancer (19 months)

4. Non-obese men with low fat intake survived the longest time free of the disease (46 months).

5. Non-obese men with high intake and obese men with low intake had "disease-free" survival of 29 and 42 months, respectively.

Take home messages

1. High saturated fat diet has been linked to cancer of the prostate

2. Reducing saturated fat in the diet after prostate cancer surgery can help reduce the cancer progression.

3. Cancer prostate has the same risk factors as that of heart blockages and both are linked to high saturated fat intake.

4. With the increase of heart patients a corresponding increase in prostate cancer patients is also seen in the society.

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