Re: PSA: public service announcement

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:50:58 GMT, Rabid Weasel
<lawson@NO20035SPAM+dayton.net> wrote:

>On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:31:21 -0500, Badger_S wrote:
>
>> Well, folks after sweating it out for about a month, I just got back my
>> repeat Prostate Specific Antigen results or "PSA" test and it's low-normal.
>
>Hey, glad to hear that!
>
>Interestingly enough I was *just* thinking about PSA today. There's an
>article in the _Men's Health_ 'zine I was reading.
>
>Peace favor your sword (IH),
>Kirk

Did they mention anything about the preventative effect of the good stuff
in tomatos, especially cooked tomatoes or juice - they're called lycopenes?

Seems like good stuff, especially if you have a family history of prostate
problems.

-B

"a line of research stemming from a finding from the Health Professionals
Follow-up Study suggest that tomatoes may help protect men against prostate
cancer, especially aggressive forms of it. (*) One of the pigments that
give tomatoes their red hue - lycopene - could be involved in this
protective effect. Although several studies other than the Health
Professionals' study have also demonstrated a link between tomatoes or
lycopene and prostate cancer, others have not or have found only a weak
connection. Taken as a whole, however, these studies suggest that increased
consumption of tomato-based products (especially cooked tomato products)
and other lycopene-containing foods may reduce the occurrence or
progression of prostate cancer."

(*) Giovannucci E, Rimm EB, Liu Y, Stampfer MJ, Willett WC. A prospective
study of tomato products, lycopene, and prostate cancer risk. J Natl Cancer
Inst 2002; 94:391-8.
.

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