“Prostate cancer is an epidemic in African-American men,” said Dr. Kevin McVary, an urologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. African American men have highest prostate cancer diagnosis rate and death rate in world.

Seventy-two times a day an African American man is diagnosed with prostate cancer and sixteen times a day an African American man dies from prostate cancer. "Prostate cancer, particularly among African Americans, is a disgraceful tragedy that needs immediate and drastic action," says John R. Kelly, of American Cancer Society.

Prostate cancer is leading cancer in men in U.S. It affects more than 220,000 men each year and at least 29,000 of them will die from disease. African American men are diagnosed with prostate cancer at a rate of sixty percent greater than Caucasian men and their death rate is more than double of any other racial group.

Why are African American men so susceptible to prostate cancer? Researchers theorize that diet and lifestyle choices play a significant role in who will develop prostate cancer. According to National Heart Association, over sixty percent of African American men are overweight and twenty-eight percent of are obese. Diets high in saturated fats, red meats, and lack of exercise all contribute to high risk for developing prostate cancer. Disparity in health care may also be a contributing factor in high death rate from prostate cancer for African American Men.

A healthy diet containing at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables a day is very important to maintain optimal health, but due to a decrease in levels of nutrients we aren't getting same benefit as 100 years ago.

Crops are being grown in soils that have less goodness left in them. Also many fruits and vegetables that are imported from other countries are picked before the're ripe and then flown long distances before being stacked on supermarket shelves.

As a result many vitamins and minerals are lost before we even get them home. Many people tend to do a weekly shop due to busy lifestyles instead of buying fresh produce each day. Vegetables and fruits are often stored in fridges and vegetable racks at home for days before being cooked and eaten. This means even more nutrients are lost.

A study has found that spinach contains 60% less iron than 50 years ago,and runner beans that used to contain large amounts of sodium hardly have a trace of it today.

Chemicals are also added to our food. Fertilizers and pesticides are used in farming, and fruit is often sprayed with chemicals to help ripening after they have been picked.

If you are a meat eater most meat now contains anti-biotics and growth hormones.

At turn of last century in about 1900 incidence of cancer was about 1 in 80 now it's 1 in 3