Most men have a good idea of the importance of having lower PSA levels as you get older. From our twenties we are all prepped by our doctors of our looming prostate exams which will start once we enter our forties and we are constantly reminded of the prevalence of prostate cancer in middle aged and older men. Aside from the routine prostate check men who fit the qualifications typically have their PSA levels tested too. Neither an enlarged prostate or elevated PSA levels are necessarily indicative of prostate cancer but being on the right side of normal is usually preferred.
So how do young men and even middle aged men influence their PSA levels? Is it even possible? The answers to these questions are important because it is presumed that maintaining low PSA levels and normal sized prostates keep your risks for developing prostate cancer low. Science of course has been working on the answers to these questions for years now and we are starting to see some light being shed on the situation.
According to a number of studies in the last decade routine prostate cancer screenings have shown that a lower PSA reading is typically found on average in men who take a low dose aspirin. In particular aspirin has shown to be more noticeably effective in men who have been found to have enlarged prostates already.
Another way you might go about lowering PSA levels is to maintain a diet rich in foods which have been shown to help in lowering PSA levels in medical food science research. Foods such as broccoli and tomatoes when included regularly in a healthy diet have shown promise as a preventative measure but even more significantly scientists have discovered that when the two vegetables are consumed at the same time their positive affects on the prostate and one’s PSA levels are dramatically improved many times over.
Other foods such as cauliflower, pomegranates, Brussels sprouts have been shown in another group of studies to help minimize the affects of prostate cancer when it does crop up. No matter what you do there is going to be some bad luck involved. If you find your PSA levels rising and your doctor diagnoses you with prostate cancer these studies suggest that these foods will help improve your chances that the cancer will not spread throughout your body as it does in many aggressive cases.
Researchers are slowly putting the pieces together and coming to a better understanding of PSA levels, enlarged prostate, and cancer every day. What is clear is that we cannot stop this condition from happening but our diet can help us improve our chances of getting cancer and help us in fighting it should we get it. As men we have to remain vigilant in monitoring our PSA levels and take the steps we can with our diets to stay healthy.