Prostate Health Dietitian and Nutritionist

The prostate is a small gland in the lower abdomen that’s involved in reproduction in men. It commonly becomes inflamed (prostatitis) or enlarged (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, or BPH). As well, prostate cancer is the most common cancer among Canadian men.

If you have concerns about your prostate health, a registered dietitian can help with:

 

• A dietitian can first assess your current diet and outline areas of opportunity or improvement, with prostate health in mind.
• Provide basic education around the connection of diet (or nutrition) and prostate health, if desired.
• Discuss The Mediterranean Diet: the best evidence we have for fighting inflammation with food.
• Work with a dietitian and nutritionist to lose weight, if needed.
• Help adjust fluid intake (including caffeine), to help manage symptoms of BPH.
• Help swap out red meat for poultry, fish, and plant-based protein foods.
• Provide strategies to manage food cravings and eat less added sugar.
• Help with goal setting to gradually and safely increase your physical activity.
• Work with a sports nutritionist to align your nutrition plan with physical activity.
• Provide recipes and resources for meal prep and the Mediterranean Diet.
• Receive assistance in getting creative with tomato products, a food known to improve prostate health.
• Provide tips to help eat more vegetables, which can lower risk of prostate cancer.
• Help maximize selenium and zinc in the diet, nutrients that may help lower your risk of dying from prostate cancer.
• Receive advice from a dietitian on which supplements are safe, and which ones to avoid.
• And more.