How plant-based diets are lowering the risk of aggressive prostate cancer

“I believe that at every stage, it's very important that we focus on healthful lifestyle behaviors because we can improve [urologic patients’] overall survival and their cardiovascular health,” says Stacy Loeb, MD, PhD, MSc.

In this video, Stacy Loeb, MD, PhD, MSc, discusses the background, findings, and takeaways of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition study, “Association of plant-based diet index with prostate cancer risk.” Loeb is a professor in the departments of urology and population health at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York City, New York.