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Certain treatments for prostate cancer such as radical prostatectomy, brachytherapy, and external-beam radiation carry the risk of long-term side effects. Some patients complain that they suffer from sexual, bowel, and urinary dysfunction . Usually after treatment, you should discuss with your dietician to plan a healthy and balanced diet to minimize the side effects. Eating right is important for you so that you don't aggravate the side effects. Your dietician can help you to ensure that you take sufficient nutrition for better health and higher level of energy.

In planning your diet, you can follow the guidelines as listed below.

Drink lots of water. You need at least eight glasses of water a day to keep you hydrated. If you don't like water, then you can replace it with other healthy beverages such as fruit or vegetable juice, and soup. Stay away from coffee and tea as they contain caffeine. If you are suffering from diarrhea or vomiting, then you need to drink more water or other fluids.

Testosterone can encourage prostate cell growth. The food you eat can determine your testosterone levels. Therefore, reduce the consumption of high-fat foods that can stimulate testosterone. At the same time, eat plenty of soy products as they contain isoflavones, which may reduce your testosterone levels.

Increase the intake of protein that help to rebuild tissues that are damaged before and after the prostate cancer treatment. You need about 0.5 to 0.6 grams of protein for every pound of your body weight. Protein rich foods include meat, eggs, dairy products, and legumes.

Eat plenty of carrots, broccoli, tomatoes, peaches, and apricots. These foods contain high levels of antioxidants which can prevent cell damage and improve your immune system.

Make sure that you maintain a standard requirement of calorie. After the treatment, you should need about 15 calories for every pound of your body weight provided that your weight does not fluctuate.

If your food doesn't supply enough nutrients for your body's needs, then consider taking a vitamin supplement. Choose a multivitamin supplement that supplies a minimum 100% of the recommended daily allowances for most vitamins and minerals. However, be careful with those that exceed the recommended dose. Recent studies that if you take more than seven multivitamins in a week, the risk of developing advanced cancer increases by 30 percent. Even though the treatment is successful in removing the cancerous cells, you may develop recurring prostate cancer in the course of overuse of multivitamins.

For now, no treatment for prostate cancer can totally avoid the risk of serious side effects. However, all these treatments enable you to enjoy the remaining of your life without worrying about prostate cancer. By eating right, you can improve the quality of life after prostate cancer treatment . The next time you plan your meal, make sure you include plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, and soy products.

Okay so maybe that's a slight exaggeration. After all there are hundreds of foods that are good for you and millions that are bad !! There are top twenty lists for muscle building,for putting on weight, for endurance, for speed, for losing weight, for every contingency. These are the top twenty foods, in my view ,which can contribute to general health, a healthy diet, keeping illness at bay and in some cases helping you live longer. Although there's 20 they're not in any particular order. In this article I'll be looking at my top ten. Look for the follow up which continues with numbers 11-20.

So let's start off with:

1.Chocolate: Sorry ,only joking !! Chocolate's not healthy but the raw cacao bean certainly is. Whilst chocolate is really not a good contributor to a healthy diet this bean is fantastic ! It contains anti-oxidants that protect the cardio-vascular system, tryptophan which makes you feel great, magnesium and potassium as well as dopamine a neurotransmitter which can help you get motivated. Use the raw bean in yogurt, fruit salad, desserts, smoothies and just about anything else you fancy.

2.The number 2 ingredient towards maintaining a healthy lifestyle is one of the cheapest foods on the planet— watercress. This little baby contains Vitamin C in abundance, iron, folic acid and calcium. It will even help protect you from cancer as it also contains phenylethyl isothiocyanate , a cancer fighting ingredient.

3.Broccoli weighs in at number 3. One of the most under rated superfoods and possibly the least popular as many people think it tastes bland, this vegetable can also help you live longer. Like water cress it can help prevent cancer as it contains Indole-3-Carbinol. Also like water cress it has lots of calcium,and iron as well as sulphur. Why buy detoxifying remedies-this food will do it all for you !

4.Alfalfa Sprouts: at number 4 the humble alfalfa sprout is great for having a healthy lifestyle. This contains so much stuff that's good for you that you'll be bouncing with energy and vitality. Included are : Vitamin K, B vitamins, magnesium, zinc, calcium, as well as amino acids and iron. I'll ask you again: why buy expensive vitamin supplements when you can buy these ?

5.Beetroots- love 'em or hate 'em these come in at number five. The green leafy tops are great for a healthy diet- they contain calcium, iron and beta-carotene. They're also a great source of vitamin A , potassium and manganese. To finish off with beetroot is also meant to improve your circulation, purify the blood and detoxify your system. Wow !

6.Nettles: Not a romantic food I know but nettles can help you achieve a healthy diet. They can give you energy, and reduce water retention and high blood pressure. A fantastic food. It contains vitamin C, potassium and iron as well as cleaning the urinary tract, the blood and the bowels.

7.Ginger: ginger has been used for hundreds of years to help treat sickness and nausea. But did you know that it can also treat indigestion and bad circulation. It can boost the immune system and if you grate it into honey and lemon it will help you fight off colds and get rid of mucus.

8.Hemp seeds; coming in at number 8 the hemp seed will help you with a healthy lifestyle. These have Vitamin E as well as essential fats Omega 3 and Omega 6. Eat them with salad, on their own or sprinkled liberally with sweet potato, soup or just about anything else you fancy.

9.Flax seeds: Sprinkle these on salads and yoghurts. They contain Omega 3 fats and a gel that lubricates the bowel. Not pretty but effective! They can also help lower blood pressure and help balance female hormones as they contain lignans.

10.Artichokes: Fantastic for keeping to a healthy diet. These have been used to stimulate liver cell regeneration and to help stop fatty plaques building up inside the walls of the arteries, which causes high blood pressure.

So what do you think? Are these superfoods or not ? Cancer curing, aids to help you keep a healthy lifestyle. And cheap and easy to buy. What more could you possibly want? Look out for numbers 11-20 in my follow up article. Coming soon.

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