A study out of Tohoku University in Japan has found that there may be a link between eating mushrooms and avoiding prostate cancer.
A scientific study that lasted almost 25 years has found evidence suggesting that the regular consumption of mushrooms may be related to lower chances of developing prostate cancer., was conducted by researchers at Japan's Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine., prostate cancer is a disease that begins when the cells in the prostate—a walnut-shaped gland found only in males that helps produce semen—start to grow out of control.
It is one of the most common cancers in males, the press release read, with over a million new cases diagnosed in 2018 alone. The disease kills an American male about every 17 minutes, which approximates 86 deaths per day and 31,620 within a year,For the study, researchers monitored 36,499 men between the ages of 40 and 79.
Each of the men was asked to complete a questionnaire that asked to provide information about his lifestyle choices, including his diet, physical activity, smoking and drinking habits, as well as his medical and family history. "Long-term follow-up of the participants indicated that consuming mushrooms on a regular basis reduces the risk of prostate cancer in men," the press release read,"and was especially significant in men aged 50 and older and in men whose diet consisted largely of meat and dairy products, with limited consumption of fruit and vegetables."
Those participants who reported eating mushrooms three or more times a week had a 17 percent lower chance of developing prostate cancer compared to those who said they ate mushrooms less than once a week. Those who ate less mushrooms—once or twice a week—were still 8 percent less likely to develop the disease than men who ate mushrooms less frequently than once a week.
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