If you’re wondering which supplements you can take to prevent prostate cancer, or if you’re looking for something that you can do to increase your chances of a good outcome after having prostate cancer surgery, we have some good news for you! Expert, Dr. Jill Hamilton Reeves will be joining us on the podcast today to answer these questions, and also some other questions about nutrition and prostate cancer. Stay tuned for more!

Dr. Reeves is a registered and licensed dietician with doctoral training in translational and clinical nutrition science. She is an Associate Professor of the Department of Dietetics and Nutrition at the University of Kansas Medical Center, and she’s the Director of the EDGE (Exercise, Diet, Genitourinary, and Endocrinology) lab of the Department of Urology. She works with urologists and medical oncologists to foster the discovery of better diet and exercise approaches to benefit patients with cancer, including prostate cancer. Be sure to listen in today to learn about the relationship between nutrition and outcomes after prostate cancer surgery.

Disclaimer: The Prostate Health Podcast is for informational purposes only. Nothing in this podcast should be construed as medical advice. By listening to the podcast, no physician-patient relationship has been formed. For more information and counseling, you must contact your personal physician or urologist with questions about your unique situation. 

Show highlights:

• Why diet is so important during prostate cancer treatment.
• The role that diet, exercise, and lifestyle play in the incidence of cancer.
• How forty to fifty percent of cancers can be preventable.
• Why obesity is a concern for people who treat prostate cancer.
• Being overweight or obese is associated with an increased risk of advanced prostate cancer.
• People who have a prostatectomy are more likely to have a recurrence and die if they’re overweight or obese at the time of the surgery.
• Dr. Hamilton Reeves shares an “Aha” moment that she had in her research.
• Everyone’s needs in building up their resilience are different.
• People usually know what they need.
• Society as a whole seems to have a damaged relationship with food.
• What men can do to improve their outcomes after prostate cancer surgery. 
• What WARRIOR does. It stands for: Weight management aimed to reduce risk and improve the outcomes from radical prostatectomy. 
• Why scientists think cancer is so smart.
• Disrupting cancer links by losing weight.
• What is currently being looked at in terms of nutrition, exercise, and hormone treatment for prostate cancer.
• Dr. Hamilton Reeves talks about some of the studies she’s working on currently, regarding prostate cancer.
• Where to start, in achieving weight loss.
• Exercise reduces the risk of many different cancers.

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