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Tinned Tomatoes and My Diet

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Posted 21 Mar 2021 at 10:44
Food tins are lined with plastic resin which contains BPA (Bisphenol A) as does most plastics. BPA is a known carcinogen. The acidity of the tomatos causes the BPA to leach out more than most foods.

I use tomato puree or passata in glass bottles or jars.

Cheers

Bill

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Posted 28 Mar 2021 at 22:36

I see Bill's comments on BPA are echoed by the Mayo Clinic, which advises cutting down on food in cans in favour of glass, porcelain and stainless steel containers. I suppose pure tin is too expensive these days.

One point of interest to our community is the connection they mention to the brains and prostates of fetuses, infants and children. I was born and brought up in Johannesburg, which at 6000 feet high and surrounded by mildly radioactive mine dumps is correlated with our crab; but one wonders if BPA has made a more general contribution.

Edited by member 28 Mar 2021 at 22:38  | Reason: Mistyping

User
Posted 31 Mar 2021 at 18:39
What about the benefits of beautiful chocolate .it’s almost Easter and I’m looking forward to the three Easter eggs that have my name on.
User
Posted 31 Mar 2021 at 18:45
Lindt chocolate tastes so nice it just has to be good for you ;)
User
Posted 31 Mar 2021 at 18:55

Yes, dark chocolate, about 70% cocoa and a big glass of red wine. Bight one then slurp the other, and just repeat the process till there is none left. Then open another bar of chocolate and another bottle of wine. The cure for everything. 

Dave

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Posted 03 Apr 2021 at 17:02
Chocolate OK, but I'm on Enzalutimide which I gather goes for the liver, just like alcohol.

I opened a bottle of M&S Pinotage last weekend. One glass was not enough and this Sunday it will have turned to vinegar.

Yet another cross for cancerous alkies to bear.

User
Posted 23 Sep 2021 at 17:44

M & S do a nice 100% cacao chocolate @£2 / 100g bar

A square a day and it lasts for 10 days :)

User
Posted 23 Sep 2021 at 17:57

10 squares a day lasts a day; that is the way I eat lovely chocolate.

Dave

User
Posted 24 Sep 2021 at 01:35
Fried or grilled tomatoes produce more Lycopene than uncooked and avoids contact with lining in tinned tomatoes.
Barry
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Posted 24 Sep 2021 at 16:51

Lycopene is insoluble, so if you just eat a fresh tomato, most of the lycopene passes straight through you as fibre.

In order to absorb lycopene, it has to be dissolved in oil, and to do this, the tomatoes have to be cooked in oil (preferably with skins where the lycopene is most concentrated) and the oil consumed.

I don't know if tinned tomatoes have any oil in them, and they're often peeled too, so that's maybe not a good source.

The best sources tend to be tomato soup, tomato ketchup, and tomato puree. If you just want it as a supplement, quite likely a teaspoon of concentrated tomato puree (sold in tubes) is a good source, providing it contains oil.

User
Posted 27 Sep 2021 at 22:00

Hi Guys and girls,

I have not altered  my food or wine consumption since diagnoses in 2016 am i wrong. I could say that my white wine consumption has helped in my treatment for my prostate cancer and also my mental health, or was it was just picked up early and i was lucky.I do understand that my wine input  is to high and i have know idea what food is better for my prostate and have never looked into  it at all.

 This is a honest question please tell me what is the best diet but only if you know the answers ,none of my doctors have ever questioned this angle.

Ps don't say reduce the wine as i am hoping the liver may make it to mid 80,as that is my presumed maximum prostate cancer survival time.

John.

User
Posted 28 Sep 2021 at 00:29

I wouldn't worry about it John, a popular past member here used to remind us regularly that life is for living. Diet isn't going to make any difference to you because most of your prostate was fried many years ago and your PSA is low and stable. 

The strongest research around diet and prostate cancer is that if boys ate less dairy & red meat and more garlic, tomatoes, etc before they hit puberty, they would be less likely to get prostate cancer in later life. Once you have hit puberty, it makes no difference. There is also some research to suggest that in men with advanced PCa, a prostate healthy diet may slow progression but those men are also going to be having active treatment so who knows how much of it is due to diet and how much to their hormone treatment or chemo? 

Edited by member 28 Sep 2021 at 00:35  | Reason: Not specified

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." Soren Kierkegaard

User
Posted 28 Sep 2021 at 11:00

Hi Lynn,

Thanks for that i was expecting a rash of negative comments but still time for them.It has been a difficult few years even with out the prostate cancer but it does make you estimate the end date at times.

I well expect a few more problems before then.We are slowly getting back to traveling again and at the moment sitting on a campsite in Leek after a great weekend at a car & aeroplane show.

Hope you and yours are doing well and thanks for all your support you give us all and a few laughs in-between

John.

 

 

 

User
Posted 16 Dec 2021 at 12:01
Low carb is looking promising
 
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