You will probably get a response or two that none of this is proven, and
those responses will be correct.  But I'm probably like you in reasoning
that they *may* be helping to ward off a recurrence, and if not,  they are
not hurting, and these changes are not onerous.  I also remind myself of
something I read early about prostate cancer, and that is that a
"prostate-healthy diet" is also a "heart-healthy diet".  So by following
dietary changes that cardiologists recommend, I *may* be helping ward off a
PCa recurrence.  I have not adopted anything that makes me feel deprived
once I get used to it.

So what am I doing?  For years I have not eaten much red meat.  But that's
no problem--- I prefer chicken anyway.  I'm trying to eat more fish for the
Omega 3's.  I switched to whole wheat bread with Omega 3's added.  I try to
get a "little" bit of peanut butter.  I drink a glass of V8 any day I don't
have a tomato based meal coming up.  I try to drink 3 cups of green tea a
day (I've got to get my liquid from somewhere, and they have some nice
flavors of green tea now, along with bottles of flavored, sugar-free iced
green tea.).  I try to eat at least five different fruits and vegetables a
day.  I watch, as I have been for many years, my intake of saturated fats.
We only use olive oil in our home---no butter or margarine.  (You can bake
with light olive oil and there is no problem with taste.).  We use non-fat
sour cream and low fat other foods.  The one thing I insist on, however, is
my weekly pizza.  Pizza is my absolute favorite food, and I will not give it
up.  For me that's a quality of life issue.  Every morning I take the
following supplements: Vitamin D, selenium, Vitamin C, B complex, ocuvite,
Glucosamine,and a baby aspirin.  I no longer take Chondroitin with my
Glucosamine because a little bit of research several years ago indicated its
presence with metastatic PCa tumors.  I also have cut out soy milk, because
someone in this forum who seems very knowlegeable about the biochem of PCa
(I believe it was Ed Friedman) said there was some linkage between chemicals
in soy and the most aggressive of PCa cells.  I also walk briskly for a hour
a day, seven days a week.  I am a healthy 69 (almost) year old.

So that's what I do.  I'm convinced that much of the above makes me
healthier.  Some of it *may* be helping me ward off PCa recurrence.  I don't
believe any of it is harmful.  If it is proven to me that it might be, I
will stop (I don't take a Vitamin E supplement anymore outside of what's in
the ocuvite.).  And none of it makes me feel deprived.

Claude, a Cubs fan living in Western New York <And the Bills are improving
and the Sabres are awesome.>

  OK here it comes..... PCa-wise, it doesn't matter one iota what or how
you eat. Either eat what you like, what makes you happy, what you THINK is
good for you, or whatever will trick you into thinking you're doing
something good for yourself. Life is way too short, especially for most of
us that are in our 50-70's. With what time I have left, I'm eating steak,
lobster, butter, and whipped cream if I want. If it turns out that I could
have lived another few months eating tree bark.... well that's a trade off I
can live with.  Get out there and have a blast everyday you can. Happy
holidays, and be well to all!