Unleashing The Beast :: FitBob

For those who don’t know, my father has been battling (and conquering) prostrate cancer recently. His latest tests are all good, and he has a great outlook. I’m a firm believer in the mind-body connection, often using visualization techniques for muscular growth (they’re like mountains!) and overall health (picturing my body destroying and flushing all toxins.)

Recently, a friend expressed concern over estrogen content in soy and it’s effects on men and women. I had my father send me the following resources from research he has done, hope you find them useful.

Here are a number of links to articles for and against on soy and prostate cancer. Some have an agenda, but have cited research papers from people at institutions that don’t have agendas. You have to sort out the pros and cons. My favorites are actually not listed below. They are books: The Spectrum by Dean Ornish, Foods to Fight Cancer by Richard Beliveau, and Anticancer by David Servan-Schreiber. See also a study by Gordon Saxe at UCSD on the effects of a plant-based diet (including soy) on the PSA doubling time od people diagnosed with cancer of the prostate.

Mar 14, 2008 … A compound found in soybeans almost completely prevented the spread of human prostate cancer in mice, according to a new study in Cancer …
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080314085038.htm

SoyNutrition.com
Mar 16, 2007 … TOKYO — Diets rich in soy may protect men against localized prostate cancer, but paradoxically may increase the risk for advanced prostate …
www.medpagetoday.com › … › Urology › Prostate Cancer

WebMD.com
Sep 24, 2004 … A soy-rich diet, thought to prevent the development of certain cancers, may improve the prognosis for men diagnosed with prostate cancer.
www.webmd.com/prostate-cancer/…/soy-improves-prostate-cancer-outlook

About.com
prostatecancer.about.com/od/riskfactors/a/soyprostate.htm

csmc.edu
Cell culture and animal studies have shown that genistein inhibits tumor growth. In one study, a group of human prostate cancer cells was treated with …
www.csmc.edu/3421.html

This is my what my countertop (with food log) looks like at the moment:

In addition to regular meals, I am currently taking the following supps:

Whey Protein

Branched-Chain Amino Acids (BCAAs)

Creatine

Glutamine

Vitamins: Multivitamin, B, C, Calcium

Congugated Linoleic Acid (CLA), Omega-3 (Fish Oil) – DO NOT take together, as they counteract each other

Glucosamine/Chondroitin (for joints – my knees in particular, keeps ‘em greased)

Green Tea Extract

Gaspari Nutrition Superpump 250 Nitric Oxide booster (pre-workout)

Melatonin, ZMA (Zinc, Magnesium, Vitamin B) (pre-sleep)