Lawoko simon
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CHANGE YOUR GENES!
December 5, 2008 - 02:40 AM
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The results of a 3-month study of 30 men with low-risk prostate cancer, who decided against surgery, radiation, or hormone therapy in favour of lifestyle modification, diet, and supplementation, was reported last week in the journal ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America’ (PNAS, for short).
Starting with a 3-day intensive residential retreat, the volunteers were tutored in healthy lifestyle changes. These included a whole-food, plant-based diet, low in fat (10% of daily calories from fat). The men were also taught stress management: an hour each day of gentle yoga-based stretching, breathing, meditation, imagery, and progressive relaxation. They were also encouragd to do moderate aerobic exercise by walking 30 minutes a day, 6 days a week.
In addition, each man had 1 serving of tofu, and 58g of a soy-protein drink; 3g fish oil; 100 units of vitamin E; 200mcg of selenium, and 2g of vitamin C every day.
Not surprisingly, the men lost weight. And reduced their waist measurements. They also reduced their blood pressure, and improved their cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
Biopsies of their prostate glands were taken before and after the trial, so that changes, if any, could be assessed. Remarkably, 48 genes that prevent disease were found to be upgraded, and 453 that are involved in disease were downgraded. The downgraded ones included cancer-forming oncogenes.
The research team from the University of California was led by Dr. Dean Ornish, head of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, California, and a well-respected author advocating lifestyle changes to improve health.
If you’d like to read the study for yourself on the PNAS site, you can do so here… Study
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