What is the prostate? The prostate is a gland about the size of a walnut. It is present only in men and has the task of producing and storing seminal fluid.
Prostatic hypertrophy
L’hypertrophy benign prostatic disease is still underestimated, despite having evident symptoms. For example, having to get up several times during the night to urinate. Urgency to empty the bladder frequently even during the day, and with the feeling of not emptying. Many people go to the urologist only when the symptoms have been there for a long time, and many abandon the treatment after a few months.
This is why abdominal fat increases the risk of prostate cancer
Abdominal fat is the most dangerous to health, more so than being overweight. Abdominal fat increases the risk of prostate cancer and makes it more aggressive.
Researchers at the University of Oxford collected data from more than 200,000 men between the ages of 40 and 69. At the start of the analysis, they were all healthy. They have been followed for about ten years. The researchers evaluated the changes in body mass, the total percentage of lean mass, the measurements of the waist / belly circumference, and the circumference of the hips. They assessed each person’s medical history, socioeconomic conditions and lifestyle. Throughout the research period, 571 cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed.
An increased risk of death was noted in the group of men who had a larger waist circumference. There is no known reason why all of this is “created”, but it is believed that deep-seated abdominal fat, which is more difficult to eliminate, is capable of developing adipokines. These are molecules that promote inflammation, estrogen and fatty acids.
These are capable of promoting the development of tumors.
The larger the abdominal circumference, the greater are the risks of an aggressive prostate cancer, which unfortunately affects more than seven thousand Italians every year.
The research shows no relationship between obesity and prostate cancer. This means that a man whose fat is deposited on his arms or legs has no more chance of developing tumors, unlike those with a higher concentration of fat in the waistline. The fat located here is more dangerous because it is located around vital organs and is associated with metabolic dysfunction, which could play a role in the progression of prostate cancer.
As abdominal fat increases the risk of prostate cancer, and the diagnosis of this cancer has more than doubled over the past twenty years, outpacing breast cancer, doctors recommend having a balanced weight, with small changes in the way you sleep. eat and drink. It is also recommended that you commit to regular physical activity. They are healthy habits of life to carry out and to maintain in the long time, in order to reach a state of physical well-being, where health will benefit greatly.
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