What is the best diet for the prostate, and maybe all organs?

Please read first The key to a younger skin is also through your mouth to understand why the layout below.

BENEFICIAL
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Vegan diet had a 35% lower prostate cancer risk than those following a nonvegetarian, lacto-ovo-vegetarian, pesco-vegetarian, or semi-vegetarian diet.

PLANT

• Fruits
  • Berries
    • Strawberries
    • Blueberries
    • Raspberries
    • Blackberries
    • Pomegranate
    • Red Grape (resveratrol)
    • Cranberries (polyphenols)
    • guava (lycopene)
    • Goji
    • cranberry ?
  • Citrus (vitamin C)
    • Oranges
    • Lemons
    • Limes
    •  Grapefruits
      • Pink (lycopene, carotenoids)
    • tangerines (carotenoids)
    • clementines
    • kumquats
    • tangelos
    • ugli fruit
  • Sub/Tropical
    • Rosaceae
      • Apricots (carotenoids)
      • Mangoes (carotenoids)
      • nectarines (carotenoids)
      • peaches (carotenoids)
    • Apples
      • Peels (ursolic acid, quercetin)
    • Pineapple ? one study
      Hot peppers (capsaicin)
      • Chili peppers (Cayenne)
      • Jalapenos (capsaicin)
      • Habañeras (3-8/week)
    • Tomatoes (lycopene, carotenoids)
      • Raw
      • Cooked
      • Tomato sauce
    • Red Peppers
      • raw (vitamin C)
      • cooked (lycopene)
    • Avocados
    • Watermelon (lycopene, carotenoids)
    • cantaloupe (carotenoids)
    • guava (carotenoids)
    • Kiwi Fruit (lutein)
    • pumpkin (carotenoids) ****
    • squash (carotenoids) ****
    • cucumber (cucurbitacins)
    • luffa (saponins, flavonoid)
    • Ash gourd, also known as Benincasa hispida, winter melon, wax gourd, white pumpkin, bitter melon and Chinese watermelon
      • Chi or Chieh qua or Jointed Wax Gourd – a variant
    • olive
      • olive oil (Omega-3 Fatty Acids ?)
        • extra virgin
          • better unheated
          • if heated, set on low (< 200 degrees Fahrenheit)
        • balsamic vinegar
        • Italian dressings
    • Buckwheat
    • corn (carotenoids, lutein, α-carotene, β-carotene, folic acid)
    • Saw palmetto
    • legumes (Zinc) – pulses
      • soybean
        • milk
        • tofu
        • miso
      • beans
      • peanuts
      • lentils
      • peas
      • quinoa (quercetin)
      • baked beans
      • garden peas
      • green/broad/runner beans
      • but not dried lentils/beans/peas
      • carob
      • Aburage
      • beans
        • azuki
        • black
        • garbanzo – Chickpeas
        • green
        • kidney
        • lima
        • mung
        • navy
        • pinto
        • red
        • white
        • yellow
      • black-eyed peas
    • Nuts (Zinc) = Seeds
      • Walnuts
      • Almonds
      • Hazelnuts
      • Cashews
      • Pumpkin Seeds
      • Brazil Nuts
      • Flaxseed
      • Sesame Seeds (gamma tocopherol <- sesamin)
      • Sunflower Seeds
      • Coconut
        • Coconut Oil (not as good as olive oil)
      • macadamias
      • pecans
      • pine nuts
      • pistachios
      • Coix Seed
    • Cacao (at least 70%, acticoa – polyphenol)
    • Coffee Cherry
      • Pulp
        • Cascara
      • Tea
        • Nut
          • Bean = Seed of the fruit
            • Decaf
  • Petals
    • Cruciferous vegetables (isothiocyanates, indoles) **** (lutein plus zeaxanthin)
      • Broccoli (glucosinate, carotenoids)
        • Sprouts
        • Rabe
        • Romanesco
        • Chinese
      • Cauliflower (glucosinate)
      • Brussels sprouts (sulforaphane, glucosinate)
      • Kohlrabi (glucosinate)
      • Cabbage (sulforaphane, glucosinate)
        • green mustard cabbage
        • head cabbage
        • red cabbage
        • Chinese
      • Kale (glucosinate, carotenoids)
      • Bok choy
      • mustard (carotenoids)
      • collard greens (carotenoids)
      • Beets – root
      • Artichokes
      • Collard Greens
      • Rutabagas
      • pak choy
      • turnip greens
      • Watercress
      • won bok
      • Arugula ? leaf (indoles) leaves, stems, flowers, and seeds are all edible
      • Daikon
      • Garden cress/Land cress (BITC (benzyl isothiocyanate))
      • Horseradish
      • Kohlrabi (phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC))
      • Komatsuna
      • Mizuna
      • Radish
      • Tatsoi
      • Wasabi
    • Banana Flower Extract ?
  • Root
    • Carrots (carotenoids) ****
    • Turnip (glucosinate)
    • beets (carotenoids)
    • Turmeric (ursolic acid)
    • Ginger (polyphenol)
    • Cassava
    • Ginseng – Panax/Asian (saponins)
    • Tuber
      • sweet potato (carotenoids) ****
      • yams
      • Jerusalem artichoke
      • Onion Family (organosulfur compounds)
        • Onions
        • Garlic
        • leeks
        • shallots
        • scallions
        • chives
  • Pollen
    • Rye Flower (Secale cereale)
  • Bark
    • African Plum ? (Pygeum)
    • African Cherry
  • Stem
    • Celery (apigenin) ?
    • Sugarcane (alkaline – good for prostatitis)
  • Leaves – these seem to be the good ones, there are some studies showing bad ones ?
    • Spinach (neoxanthin)
    • chicory greens
      • Endive (kaempferol)
    • Parsley (flavonoid – apigenin)
    • Chamomile (flavonoid – apigenin)
      • tea
    • Chard
      • Swiss
    • Romaine (carotene)
    • taro leaves (modest improvement in some)
    • Green Tea (Decaf) leaf and bud
    • Rosemary (ursolic acid)

FUNGI

• Asian Mushrooms
  • shitake mushrooms
    • soups, stews, and pasta sauces

ANIMAL

• shellfish (Zinc)
  • Oysters
  • Crab
  • Shrimp (carotenoids)

SUPPLEMENTS

• vitamin D3 supplement of 2000 IU daily
• long-chain n-3 fatty acids
• linoleic acid

Conclusions: Higher blood levels of long-chain n-3 fatty acids, mainly found in marine foods, and of linoleic acid, mainly found in non-hydrogenated vegetable oils, are associated with a reduced risk of prostate cancer. The direct associations of linoleic acid metabolites with prostate cancer risk deserve further investigation.

MIXED ?? NOT SURE (SOME ARE NOT A FRUIT OR VEGETABLE) OR NO ASSOCIATION
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seed

• Canola oil

stem

• Asparagus (carotenoids + asparagine -)

whole grains

• Unprocessed whole grains such as oats, brown rice, barley

cayenne, spur or Tabaco peppers, and green or red chili peppers (? prostatitis <- capsaicin but some say causes apoptosis of prostate cells so beneficial )
beef liver (carotenoids)
Turkey (zinc)
arachidonic and α-linolenic acids
Omega-3 (good in fish but not capsules ??)

• Cold-water fish (zinc + selenium +) – poached, baked or grilled better
  • Salmon
  • sardines
  • trout
  • tuna
  • flounder
  • trout
  • herring
  • sardines
  • mackerel
• fish oil capsules
  • Selenium or vitamin E, alone or in combination

AVOID
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(diuretic)

• Caffeine
  • coffee
  • tea
  • soda
  • chocolate
  • Alcohol

leaves

• light green lettuce and dark leafy green vegetables – one study said they were bad
• wheat -> prostatitis (choline)

seeds

• rice (arsenic)

Red and Processed Meat

• Heme iron intake,
  nitrite and nitrate consumption, and
  grilling and barbecuing all were associated with higher risk. (heterocyclic amines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons)

Poultry with skin
Dairy

• Butter
• Cheese – high or low fat
• Milk – high or low fat (some say low fat slightly better ?)

Sodium
Eggs
Omega-6 Fatty Acids (linoleic acid -> arachidonic acid)

• corn oil
• safflower oil
• sunflower oil
• cottonseed oil
• soybean oil
• other polyunsaturated oils

Trans-fatty Acids (trans isomers of oleic and linoleic acids)

• margarines
• microwave popcorn
• fried and some baked foods

The highest choline-rich foods are:

• Egg yolks (egg whites are fine)
• Organ meats
• Wheat germ
• Chicken
• Pork
• Beef
• Cow milk and related products (butter, yogurt, etc.) (Ca ?)

seaweed
γ-linolenic and dihomo-γ-linolenic acids, fatty acids resulting from the metabolism of linoleic acid
flax seed oil

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