Veggies, Alcohol May Ward off Prostate Woes

A research team at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, suggests that men who want to avoid developing the benign but bothersome prostate enlargement that typically accompanies aging should cut their intake of fat and red meat, eat more vegetables, and have a couple of drinks a day.

Researchers found that men who had two or more alcoholic beverages daily were 33% less likely to develop benign prostate hyperplasia than teetotalers, while those who consumed at least four servings of vegetables daily were at 32% lower risk than those who ate fewer than one serving per day. It’s almost saying that this is a diet that seems to be associated generally with less aging, but more research is necessary to conclude that these aging-related diseases are consistently lower with the same type of dietary pattern.