Did you know that about one in every six men will get prostate cancer sometime during his life? While that number sounds alarming there is better news. Only one in every 34 men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer will die from this disease. There are also other risk factors for prostate cancer besides that fact of being male. These risk factors include things like race, age and diet.

Race

White American men are 60% less likely than African American men to be diagnosed with prostate cancer. However African and Japanese men who reside in their native countries have a very low chance of developing prostate cancer. The rates for men in these groups will highly increases when they immigrate into the United States. The theory behind this some experts say is due to the high-fat diets, smoking, infectious agents and less sun exposure.

Age

Age is the number one risk factor for developing prostate cancer. In white men the risk for prostate cancer will greatly increase after he reaches 50. For men who have a close family relative who has had prostate cancer or for black men this increase happens when he reaches 40. prostate cancer is diagnosed in men who are over the age of 65 about two-thirds of the time.

Diet

High dietary fat could also be a factor that contributes to prostate cancer research suggests. This is based on the facts that prostate cancer is more common within the countries where dairy and meat products have become dietary staples unlike the countries whose diets are based on soybean products, vegetables and rice. Ensuring that your diet consist of high amounts of antioxidant lycopene which can be found in a variety of vegetables and fruits such as the pink grapefruit, tomatoes and also watermelon may help lower the risk of prostate cancer.

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