Men who replaced animal fat in their diets with plant-based fat after a prostate cancer diagnosis had a lower risk of dying from any cause over the following decade, according to an analysis of nearly 5,000 patients published in JAMA Network Open. Substituting 10 percent of daily calories from animal fat with plant fat was associated with 16 percent lower all-cause mortality.
The most important detail is one that headlines tend to lose. The researchers found no link to prostate cancer mortality for any type of dietary fat. The survival difference came from fewer deaths due to cardiovascular disease and cancers other than prostate.
