Men's Health: Recipes That Build Muscle, Prevent Cancer
Oct. 20 -- You could just eat. Or you could beat stress, build muscle, protect your prostate, save your heart, and survive a hangover. Here’s your menu:
Preventing Prostate Cancer
Tangerines turn margaritas into medicine, thanks to tangeretin and nobiletin — flavonoids that inhibited the growth of prostate cancer in the lab — and vitamin C. Researchers found that a high-C diet may cut prostate-cancer risk by 23 percent.
Tequila We don’t know if the worm has anything to do with it, but Harvard researchers found that downing two alcoholic drinks a day may reduce your risk of an enlarged prostate.
Broccoli tastes better when you realize that a study of 1,200 men showed that those who regularly ate the most broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables reduced their prostate-cancer risk by 41 percent.
Sweet potatoes and carrots contain 4,250 milligrams (mg) of beta-carotene. That’s enough to help your body absorb all of the lycopene in the tomatoes while possibly reducing your risk of prostate cancer by 32 percent.
Chicken Grab a breast; you’ll get about half of your RDA of selenium. According to one study, men taking a selenium supplement for 41 years were 63 percent less likely to die of prostate cancer than those who took a placebo.
Whole wheat tortilla and beans Both contain selenium and a heavy dose of fiber. Canadian researchers found that a diet high in soluble fiber was able to lower levels of PSA, the body’s marker for the presence of prostate cancer.
Wheat germ A study at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center showed that men who took supplemental vitamin E had a 20 percent lower risk of prostate cancer, while those who took zinc daily had 45 percent less risk. Wheat germ is high in both.
Watermelon is red for a reason. Like tomatoes, watermelon contains lycopene, a phytochemical that may reduce your prostate-cancer risk by as much as 40 percent. A single 1-inch slice has as much lycopene as four tomatoes.
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