(117) Should Men Eat More Plants? A Systematic Review of the Literature on the Effect of Plant-Based Diets on Men’s Health in Urology

Abstract Introduction There is considerable evidence describing the benefits of a plant-based diet and cardiovascular metabolic disease. Emerging studies have evaluated association between diets urologic conditions affecting men’s health. Objective We performed systematic review literature on potential role may play in following health topics: prostate cancer (PCa), erectile dysfunction (ED), benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Methods The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews Meta-Analyses system (PRISMA) criteria were followed to search PubMed Medline databases terms: “Diet [Mesh]” OR Therapy AND “Prostatic Hyperplasia Neoplasm “Erectile Dysfunction [Mesh]”. Articles English published from 1989 2022 using human participants analyzed. Data summarized bias assessment performed. Results Initial yielded 345 articles. excluded 121 articles based title abstracts not being pertinent study. remaining 224 screened relevance resulting 23 that met inclusion criteria. Ultimately, 12 PCa articles, 4 BPH 5 ED 2 related both reviewed. Conclusions Several support protective nature PCa, ED, patients. use had greatest amount supporting positive benefits, with reasonable data large registry trials effects incident cancer. Strength condition variable, no reported non-association or harmful diets. Most are limited observational cohort which rely patient-reported evaluations diet, limiting generalizability most findings. Currently, there lack guide urologists men definitively toward prevention and/or treatment BPH, thus further be helpful evaluate this relationship, particularly setting rising public consumer interest these Disclosure No