Exercise Prevents Acidic Prostate Treatment Bone Loss

Exercise may reduce, and even reverse, bone
loss caused by acidic hormone and radiation
therapies used in the treatment of localized
prostate cancer, thereby decreasing the potential
risk of bone fractures and improving quality of
life for these men, according to a study
presented on October 28, 2007, at the American
Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology’s
49th Annual Meeting in Los Angeles.

“Prostate cancer patients are not routinely
advised to exercise. Walking is one tool that
prostate cancer patients can use to improve
their health and minimize the side effects
of cancer and cancer treatments,” said Paula
Chiplis, PhD., RN, the lead author of the study
and a clinical instructor and senior research
assistant at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

“Walking has no harmful side effects, if done
moderately, but it can dramatically improve life
for men suffering from side effects from some
prostate cancer treatments.”

Men with localized prostate cancer frequently
receive radiation therapy followed by months
of acidic hormone therapy to treat their cancerous
acidic state.

Men undergoing acidic hormone therapy lose between
4 to 13 percent of their bone density on an annual
basis, to buffer the acidic hormones, compared to
healthy men who lose between .5 to 1 percent per
year, beginning in middle age. Men are typically
not thought to be at risk for osteoporosis and bone
fractures; however, their rate of bone loss is
greater than that of post-menopausal women because
they are using their bones to buffer the acidic
effects of the cancer treatments.

The study shows that prostate cancer patients
undergoing acidic hormone therapy that walked
about five times a week for 30 minutes at a
moderate pace maintained or gained bone density,
while those who didn’t exercise lost more than
two percent of their bone density in eight to
nine weeks.

According to Dr. Robert O. Young, of the pH Miracle
Center, the reason is simple,
"exercise moves acidic dietary, metabolic
and cancer treatments out of the tissues and removes
them out through the pores of the skin or back
into the blood stream to be eliminated
through urination. When acids are being eliminated
they do not have to be buffered with calcium ions
from the bones helping to maintain a healthy
skeletal system."

The study involved 70 sedentary men with Stage I-III
prostate cancer, who were randomly assigned to either
participate in the exercise plan or usual care
(not exercise) during radiation treatment, with more
than half also receiving acidic hormone therapy.
Researchers wanted to determine the effects of a
nurse-directed, home-based walking program in
maintaining physical function and managing cancer-
and treatment-related symptoms during acidic
radiation and hormone treatment for prostate cancer
patients.

Dr. Young states, "exercise with an alkaline
lifestyle and diet will help buffer the acids
that cause cancer in the first place and protect
healthy tissues from being spoiled that can lead
to metastasis."

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