What's Hot Wednesday's: November is Pink Movember Month

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Pink Movember: Women Supporting Men with Breast Cancer

   

Fabulous PR Launched Pink Movember today to show support and send a message that women care too about their men's disease. Women around the world who want to show their support can either join the Facebook group Women Supporting Prostate Cancer and/or take a picture of themselves wearing a pink mustache and post it on Facebook to promote awareness. Pink Movmber is similar to the men's campaign Movember, a campaign raising awareness of prostate cancer, generating’s health messages and raising funds for the charity.

 

What you can do to prevent or delay Prostate Cancer?

According to Prostate Cancer Foundation, preventative measures include and are not limited to:

1. Eat fewer calories or exercise more so that you maintain a healthy weight.
2. Try to keep the amount of fat you get from red meat and dairy products to a minimum.
3. Watch your calcium intake. Do not take supplemental doses far above the recommended daily allowance. Some calcium is OK, but avoid taking more than 1,500 mg of calcium a day.
4. Eat more fish – evidence from several studies suggest that fish can help protect against prostate cancer because they have "good fat" particularly omega-3 fatty acids. Avoid trans fatty acids (found to margarine).
5. Try to incorporate cooked tomatoes that are cooked with olive oil, which has also been shown to be beneficial, and cruciferous vegetables (like broccoli and cauliflower) into many of your weekly meals. Soy and green tea are also potential dietary components that may be helpful.
6. Avoid smoking for many reasons. Alcohol in moderation, if at all.
7. Seek medical treatment for stress, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and depression. Treating these conditions may save your life and will improve your survivorship with prostate cancer
8. What about supplements? Avoid over-supplementation with megavitamins. Too many vitamins, especially folate, may “fuel the cancer”, and while a multivitamin is not likely to be harmful, if you follow a healthy diet with lots of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fish, and healthy oils you likely do not even need a multivitamin.
9. Relax and enjoy life. Reducing stress in the workplace and home will improve your survivorship and lead to a longer, happier life.
10. Finally, eating all the broccoli in the world, though it may make a difference in the long run, does not take away your risk of having prostate cancer right now. If you are age 50 or over, if you are age 40 or over and African-American or have a family history of prostate cancer, you need more than a good diet can guarantee. You should consider a yearly rectal examination and PSA test.

For more information on prostate cancer or on the Prosate Cancer Foundation visit www.pcf.org.
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Tanya Goncalves
Social Media Manager
Fabulous PR

http://www.fabulouspr.ca/