Healthy diet 'key in prostate battle'

MEN with prostate cancer who adopt a heart-healthy diet significantly reduce their chances of dying of from the disease.

MEN with prostate cancer significantly increase their chances of dying from the disease if they fail to eat healthily after being diagnosed, a US study has found.

THOSE most wedded to a "Western" diet containing a lot of red and processed meat, fat and refined grains, were two-and-a-half-times more likely to die from a prostate cancer-related cause than men least likely to eat such foods.