by Barbara Minton
(The Best Years in Life) In the Western world it’s almost a given that men over the age of 45 develop symptoms of prostate problems. These problems fall into three categories:
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) – non-cancerous prostate enlargement
Prostatitis – inflammation of the prostate
Prostate cancer
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An alarming number of men progress through all three of these problem states.
The prostate is a walnut sized gland located just below a man’s bladder. Its role is to produce an optimal portion of the seminal fluid that carries sperm. The prostate initially becomes active during puberty, and usually remains healthy until midlife when prostate enlargement signals the end of carefree days.
Why is prostate enlargement a problems? An enlarged prostate slowly develops a strangle hold on the urethra, and difficulties with urination and sexual dysfunction follow, including:
frequent urination, particularly at night
difficulty urinating
inability to fully empty the bladder
feeling of urgency to urinate
burning sensation when urinating
uncontrolled dribbling after urination
painful ejaculation
pain behind the scrotum
Drugs to stop prostate enlargement have devastating side effects
As men enter midlife their hormone status begins to change, just as it does in women but the change is more subtle. The high level of testosterone that has kept them fit, virile, reproductive, and free of degenerative disease since their teens starts to drop, and some of what is left begins to be converted into other hormones, in this case dihydrotestosterone (DHT). It is DHT that powers prostate enlargement, and blocking the conversion of testosterone to DHT is the goal of drugs that treat prostate enlargement.
Drugs such as finasteride and dutasteride have proven useful in reducing symptoms of prostate enlargement in patients with BPH, but that improvement comes at high cost, with such side effects as:
loss of libido
erectile dysfunction
inability to achieve orgasm
increased high grade prostate cancer incidence
heart failure
other cardiovascular events
depression
lowered quality of life
Nature knows best
The good news is that prostate health can be restored with natural substances, some of which are probably in your kitchen right now.