High-fat diet found as potential cause of prostatic diseases

Experts consider diet as one of the most important controllable risk factors for inflammation and prostate diseases including benign prostatic hyperplsia (BPH), prostatitis, and prostate cancer.

A recent study provides evidence that a high-fat diet increases the activation of nuclear factor kappa B, a protein complex that controls DNA transcription which is activated as a result of inflammation and stress, along with elevated levels of NADPH oxidase components which might lead to intraprostatic inflammation. This study strengthens the link between a high-fat diet-typical of “Western style” high fat diet-as a potential cause of prostatic diseases including BPG and prostate cancer.