4 Fun Ways To Help Prevent Prostate Cancer

4 Fun Ways

To Prevent Prostate Cancer

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Prostate cancer is the single most common cancer in men. It’s also the second deadliest cancer, behind only lung cancer. So, if you’re a man — and presumably most AM readers are — you should be aware of how to prevent this malignant menace.

Unfortunately, however, proper prevention might mean denying yourself of things that you as a man enjoy (take for example your red meats, your beers and your fried foods). Thankfully, AM has decided to keep prevention pleasant as we present four fun ways to help prevent prostate cancer.

Note: Don’t get us wrong, we’re not pretending that there’s anything fun about prostate cancer. We are, however, attempting to encourage men to take measures to prevent the disease.



1- Eat marinara sauce

The main ingredient in marinara sauce is tomato, and tomatoes are chock-full of lycopene, a powerful antioxidant that has been shown to reduce the risk of developing prostate cancer in men. In fact, the tomato is just one of several anti-prostate cancer foods that we introduced to you not too long ago. Using these foods in creative combinations like marinara sauce is just one of our four fun ways to help prevent prostate cancer.

How to prepare: Recipes for marinara sauce are not hard to come by, so spend some time surfing the internet until you find one that tantalises your taste buds. And if you’re not the kitchen type, don’t worry, marinara recipes are a cinch to carry out, plus you can freeze or refrigerate the results for future meals. Serve with pasta or as a healthy dipping sauce for homemade pizzas.

Pro tip: Add garlic to increase protection.



2- Masturbate

Now before you shake your fist in anger, allow us to explain. By no means is AM promoting that men everywhere start masturbating to prevent prostate cancer. But several studies conducted in the last few years have indeed suggested that masturbation protects against prostate cancer. Actually, it was ejaculation , achieved by either sex or masturbation, that showed benefit.

Just how does ejaculation protect against prostate cancer? One theory is that it allows the prostate to clear itself of carcinogens. In other words, masturbation may literally clean your pipes.

How to perform: Yeah, nice try — that’s for you to figure out. But as far as frequency is concerned, we can give you an estimate for that. According to the largest study of its kind, a 2004 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, to gain any protective benefit against prostate cancer, more than 12 ejaculations per month (i.e., masturbating or having sex every other day) was necessary. What’s more, each increase of three ejaculations per week was associated with a 15% decrease in prostate cancer risk.

Pro tip: Don’t use disease prevention to sell the idea of more sex to your girlfriend.

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