Eat more Brazil nuts

One nutrient that seems to have the capacity to protect against cancer the prostate is the trace mineral selenium.  A 1966 study found that men taking 200 micrograms of selenium each day for several years had a substantially reduced risk of developing prostate cancer compared to those taking placebo.  Recently this study was reanalysed and published in The British Journal of Urology International.  Its findings are of relevance to many men because the intake of selenium tends to be low in the UK and has fallen considerably in the past few decades.  This is, in part, due to the fact that selenium reaches us through the bread we eat, the wheat for which is now grown in selenium poor soil.

Men seeking to boost their selenium intake may do this via supplements, or may prefer to munch on a few Brazil nuts on a daily basis.  Just three or four of these relatively large nuts contain about 200 micrograms of this precious nutrient.