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Italian Style Stuffed Peppers

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Mushrooms may reduce risk of prostate cancer (NC) - Emerging research suggests that mushrooms and mushroom extracts may have potent anticancer activity.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in Canadian men. The Canadian Cancer Society estimate that 20,700 men were diagnosed with the disease in 2006, and 4200 died from it. One in 7 men will develop prostate cancer during his lifetime, mostly after age 60, and 1 in 26 will die of it.

Mushrooms offer nutrients such as beta-glucans and conjugated linoleic acid, compounds that are currently being studied for their chemopreventive potential. Here is what we know so far:

• The Netherlands Cohort Study looked at the vegetable intake and prostate cancer risk of 58,279 men ages 55-69 years and found an association between eating mushrooms and reduced risk of prostate cancer.

• A study published in 2000 in the journal Molecular Urology, found that beta-glucans (polysaccharides) extracted from Maitake mushrooms destroyed human prostatic cancer cells in a laboratory setting.

• Selenium is also of scientific interest in prostate cancer risk research. A 100 gram serving of sliced uncooked mushrooms is a source of selenium, providing 13% of the Daily Value.

• In 2003, researchers from The Netherlands Cohort Study found that men with the highest selenium intake had a 31% lower risk of developing prostate cancer than men with the lowest selenium. Further study is needed to confirm these findings.

• Recent results from the Physicians' Health Study conducted at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, noted that higher levels of selenium may slow prostate cancer tumor progression. As well, those who had the highest levels of selenium in their blood were almost 50% less likely to develop prostate cancer during the 13 years of follow-up.

Serving Size: Makes 4 Servings