Plant-Based Diets Improve Quality of Life After Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the United States.¹ Eating more plant-based foods was associated with better sexual, bowel, and urinary function, and improved hormonal/vitality measures in prostate cancer survivors, according to a new analysis of the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study data.² A previous randomized trial showed men with prostate cancer who began a vegan diet had no cancer progression and rather, had a reduction in their mean PSA value, over the course of the year-long study.³