By: Robert Blanks Vachieri
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise (BRITE),
College of Arts and Science, North Carolina Central University,
Durham, NC 27707, USA
Running Title: Foods That Help Prevent Prostate Cancer
Corresponding Author:
Robert Blanks Vachieri
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise (BRITE),
College of Arts and Science,
North Carolina Central University, 1801 Fayetteville Street
Durham, NC 27707
Phone: 919-360-4133
Email: rvachier@eagles.nccu.edu
March 25, 2014
Dear Dr. Theodore S. Lawrence, editor-in-chief
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Although prostate cancer is not considered a life threatening cancer, it is still vital for men to get correctly in order to avoid this burden. First I provide a quick background on what prostate cancer is and how it comes to fruition. Then I present the information regarding the foods that can be helpful and/or hurtful in preventing prostate cancer such as: how tomatoes reduce the chances of prostate cancer, how proteins reduce the chances of prostate cancer, the effect of green and yellow vegetables, the advantages of vitamins, liquids and drinks that are beneficial, along with legumes and soybeans effects.. Also, I have included the best life style choices and medical supplements that can be beneficial.
Every year, men across the globe are “clamped down” with prostate cancer. Just like any other form of cancer, prostate cancer is the over growth of the gland tissue (5). During the course of a man’s life, the prostate gland starts off as the size of a walnut as the man grows, so does the prostate gland. Contributing to the semen becoming more of a fluid based substance, the protection and nourishment of sperm cells that is found in semen is ensured by the prostate. As seen in figure.03 the seminal vesicles, which are just behind the prostate gland, make most of the liquid for sperm