San Francisco: A study has shown that a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, nuts and whole grains can reduce the chances of developing prostate cancer by almost 50%.
More than 2,000 American men who were diagnosed with prostate cancer between 1999 and 2018 participated in the study conducted at the University of California, San Francisco.
Men whose diets consisted mostly of plants showed a reduction in cancer growth and spread to bone or eventually death.
Research results show that simple lifestyle changes can help men with the disease live fuller lives.
In the study, researchers found that men whose diets were rich in vegetables were 47 percent less likely to develop prostate cancer.
The findings, published in the journal JAMA, suggest that consumption of a plant-based diet may be associated with better prostate cancer-related health outcomes in men.
