The majority of American men will develop a pathologically enlarged prostate gland (also known as benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH). The good news, though, is that like many other epidemics of chronic disease plaguing the Western world, it can be prevented and treated with a plant-based diet.
Enlarged
prostate? Night-time peeing? CURED!
The prostate gland surrounds the urethra as it exits the
bladder. If the gland gets too big it can constrict the normal flow of urine.
Men can be left with a hesitant, weak urine stream, dribbling, irritation, and inadequate
emptying of the bladder requiring multiple nightly trips to the bathroom. In
the United States, it affects about 50% of men in their 50′s and 80% of men in
their 80′s, but as I note in my 3-min. video Some
Prostates Are Larger than Others it’s extremely rare
in certain populations and diet may be to blame for our BPH epidemic. What if
you already have it though?
According
to a recent review I profile in my 3-min. video, Prostate Versus Plants,
the most notable development in the epidemic of prostate enlargement and lower
urinary tract symptoms is the recognition that modifiable lifestyle factors
such as diet can substantially influence the progression of the disease. All
men should consider eating a prostate-healthy diet that includes legumes
(beans, peas, lentils, soy); certain vegetables (like garlic and onions); and
certain seeds (flax seeds); and avoids refined grains, eggs, and poultry.
If individual plant foods reduce the risk of prostate
enlargement, what about an entire diet composed of plant foods? In my last blog
post, Cancer-Proofing
Your Body, I showed how a healthy diet can slow down
the abnormal growth of prostate cancer cells, but what about the abnormal
growth of normal prostate
cells?
Enlarged
prostate? Night-time peeing? CURED!
In
a similar series of experiments researchers took a bunch of men and put them on
a plant-based diet for 2 weeks. Then they dripped the mens’ blood on prostate
cells growing in a petri dish and saw, as with the cancer, a significant drop
in growth. As I detail in my video Prostate Versus a Plant-Based Diet not
only do prostate cell growth rates drop almost immediately upon adopting a
healthier diet, but follow-up studies on men eating plant-based diets for up to
28 years straight show that as long as one continues to eat healthy, prostate
cell growth rates go down and they stay down.
For
more on the health benefits of garlic and onions see:
More on flax in:
And
more on the concerns about poultry:
- EPIC Findings on Lymphoma
- Chicken Dioxins, Viruses, or Antibiotics?
- Poultry and Penis Cancer
- Poultry Exposure and Neurological Disease
Enlarged
prostate? Night-time peeing? CURED!
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