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A Mans Prostate Health Care

Learn health care for a mans prostate. What special diets and life style support a healthy prostate. Over half of all men over 50 have an enlarged prostate.

Prostate problems all too often and effect a mans activities and all ages can be effected. Men often know a lot more about a womens cycle than they do about their own sexual health. However, problems with a mans prostate as just as common that with womens period cycle issues.

Some of the symptoms with men with prostate problems are difficulty in urination with increased frequency of urination. Painful urination and having to get up at night to urinate are other symptoms. Pain in the lower back is another sign of possible prostate issues.

When a man ages, it is usual for the prostate gland to become bigger. This condition of enlarged prostate "benign prostatic hyperplasia" or BPH. For some men this causes no problems but for some the prostate enlarges and this causing the prostate gland to press inward against the urethra narrowing the space for urine to flow. The bladder wall can become thicker and irritable causing more frequent urination. Eventually some urine remains in the bladder A doctor can diagnose an enlarged prostate during a finger prostate exam.

About 400,000 men in the USA have prostate surgery each year costing over $2 Billion a year.

Experts in diet strongly recommend that a good diet and exercise routine help in preventive and treatment of prostate problems. THe general recommendations are to reduce red meat and saturated fat in the diet and eat more fruit and vegetables. Drinking more water rather that coke and a good exercise program are essential both for prostate care and leading a better, healthier and happier life.

The three nos are cigarettes, booze and high fat foods. Research has shown that aerobic exercise such as jogging, dancing or swimming can improve the state your your prostate.

Men who walked for two to three hours per week were 25 percent less likely to develop prostate problems than those who did little walking. Just 20 minutes walking a day is a little time to put aside for increased health benefits and more energy and as a side benefit better sexual function.

The good news is that lovemaking a few times a week helps your prostate due to the action of the semen and prostate function.

It is important to see your doctor regularly for a prostate check up. They can test for some hormones that rise as a result of prostate cancer.

There are good pharmaceutical medicines are available from your doctor to improve the symptoms of prostate enlargement. The good news is that there are also effective natural therapies, which include the use of time-tested herbs.

Traditionally, several herbs have been used in prostate support. These include Saw Palmetto,and Nettle. Some plant extracts that have also been studied and have indicated in studies to be effective and they include beta sitosterol, genistein, daidzein and lycopene. A good naturopath can recommend several good supplements for prostate care.

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About the Author

Maurice is a qualified sexologist trained at the Advanced Institute of Sexology. For more on the prostate see man prostate and health

The Benefits of Prostate Nutrition

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Good nutrition is always a part of a healthy lifestyle and with it we lower our risk for almost all diseases, particularly cancers. Not only is the right diet an important preventive component, it also plays an even more important role even in the presence of a disease, since the right diet can compliment medical therapy and increase its chances for success.
Prostate Nutrition To Reduce Cancer Risk
There are currently many studies being conducted to determine if prostate nutrition can reduce the risk for prostate cancer. Experts believe that good prostate nutrition is the key to reducing the risk for prostate cancer since the gland is largely affected by the body’s hormone production, particularly of testosterone, which is in turn largely affected by the type of food in the diet.
Components Of Prostate Nutrition
Nutrition strategies to reduce the risk for prostate cancer are now being advocated by many health care practitioners. The first step in prostate nutrition typically involves switching to a low-fat, high-fiber vegetarian diet. This means getting rid of saturated fats and oils, processed meats and sugars, as wells as lowering one’s caloric intake if overweight. Lowering meat intake or getting rid of meats from the diet may also be recommended for individuals with a high prostate risk. Strong evidence suggest that a high-fat, meat-based diet can increase the production of testosterone, the androgen believed to stimulate the growth of prostate cancer cells. Doctors also recommended the consumption of vegetables rich in lycopene like tomatoes and watermelons because lycopene is a powerful antioxidant.
Prostate nutrition also involves the supplementation of essential vitamins and minerals which may be found in inadequate amounts in food sources, like selenium or Vit. E. Other supplements may also be incorporated into prostate nutrition to reduce the risk of prostate enlargement. Good examples are saw palmetto, flaxseed oil, Vitamin E at 400IU per day, and Vit. B6 at 100 mg per day. Saw palmetto has been shown to be effective in reducing prostate symptoms in clinical tests because it destroys cancerous cells. However, new research has shown that it might cause damage to healthier prostate cells, which is why it is advised that saw palmetto only be consumed by patients with prostate cancer and not by patients with benign prostatic growths. Vitamin B and E are powerful antioxidants. Animal studies have shown that flax seed consumption led to a slower progression of the disease and an even lower risk of metastasis. This is because lignans, which are phytoestrogens, bind to testroterone, reducing the number of circulating active testosterone in the body.
Changes in the diet can even have positive effects in cases of advance prostate cancer. According to one study which was composed of men who were previously operated on for prostate cancer but experienced a recurrence in the disease, a macrobiotic diet composed of whole grains, vegetables, and legumes with restricted intake of meat and dairy products increased the average survival rate to 228 months compared to the survival rate of 72 in men who were not in any kind of special prostate nutrition plan.

Drinking Milk and Sunshine Exposure Can Limit the Prostate Cancer

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The spread of prostate cancer is caused by the over normal activity of two specific enzymes, proteases called cathepsin and matrix metalloproteinase.

A recent study concluded that Vitamin D can reduce the activity of these enzymes, mainly by increasing the level of counterpart enzymes that inhibit matrix metalloproteinase and cathepsin. This process has two consequences on prostate cancer. On one hand, it creates a limitation in power of prostate cancer cells to invade healthy cells and, on the other hand, it has a positive effect on plasminogen activators, which also are important in uncontrolled prostate cancer spreading mechanism.

For a moment it is unclear whether there are other vitamins and medicines that could increase the anti cancerous effects of Vitamin D. The scientists are now investigating if Vitamin E could be a positive support without increasing the toxic level.

Patients must know that a high dose of Vitamin D has a strong side effect causing kidney problems due of increasing blood calcium levels. For this reason,
it should not be taken without medical prescription and a special monitoring of side effects by a professional health care.

Excepting vitamin pills, the best ways to get Vitamin D into the body are to drink milk and to expose the body to the modest sun (sunshine preferable).