The Plant-based Prescription: How Dietary Change Can Improve Both Urological and Planetary Health

Alexander P Cole; Natasha Gupta; Stacy Loeb

doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2023.06.020

The Plant-based Prescription: How Dietary Change Can Improve Both Urological and Planetary Health

Eur Urol. 2023 Oct;84(4):357-358. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2023.06.020. Epub 2023 Jul 12.

Authors

Alexander P Cole¹, Natasha Gupta², Stacy Loeb²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Urological Surgery and Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: alexander.p.cole@gmail.com.
² Department of Urology and Population Health, New York University Langone Health and Manhattan Veterans Affairs, New York, NY, USA.

PMID: 37451898
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2023.06.020

Abstract

In this editorial, we discuss the relationship between meat consumption and many major urological conditions (eg, prostate cancer, kidney stones, urinary tract infections) and how dietary choices could simultaneously benefit genitourinary health and the environment, which in turn will have downstream impacts on public health.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Diet
Humans
Male
Prostatic Neoplasms*
Urinary Tract Infections*

Grants and funding

KL2 TR001446/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States