Current health guidelines are recommending that men start screening themselves for Prostate cancer starting at the age of 40. Prostate cancer is a more serious concern in men the older they get.
This article is suggesting a protective link between coffee, exercise and prostate cancer as seen in two studies. However, the lead researcher is the first to admit that there still needs to be a lot more study regarding the connection but it appears that both can help to reduce a man's mortality to prostate cancer.
The study looked at data collected for 50, 000 men. It found only a weak relationship between coffee consumption (6 or more cups per day) and a reduced risk of all forms of prostate cancer. But the interesting thing was, this relationship grew stronger if the form of cancer was more aggressive. The researcher also hinted that the more coffee a person drank, the larger the effect noted.
"I wouldn't recommend that people change their coffee-drinking habits based on this study," said Kathryn M. Wilson, a research fellow in epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, and lead author of one report. "But if you like coffee, there is no compelling reason to cut back at this point."
Wilson also wanted to uncover the rationale behind this effect. She stated that is was not due to the caffeine in coffee but suspected something else. Wilson believes coffee's benefits lie in it's effect on glucose and insulin metabolism.
In a related study on Prostate cancer and outcome, it was found that exercise also had an effect on improving the prognosis for cancer patients. This study found that the mortality rate was 56% lower in men who exercised vigorously (at least 5 hours/week) compared to men who did not exercise at all.
This is just another reason to continue exercise and a healthy lifestyle as you get older.
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