You Too Can Have a Healthy Prostate

Eat cauliflower and broccoli!! Think about it, you can prevent and control an enlarged prostate and other related ailments with food!! Easier than tha...?

Below the list of goodies:

Veggies:
Cauliflower
Broccoli
Asparagus
Beets
Cabbage
Lettuce
Onions
Parsnip
Radishes
Spinach
Tomatoes

Fruits:
Pomegranate Juice
Bananas
Coconuts
Cranberries
Dates
Figs
Kiwi
Strawberries
Prunes
Gooseberries

Grains & Nuts:
Barley
Flax seeds
Oats
Pumpkin seeds
Sunflower seeds
Wheat bran
Wheat germ
Whole grain cereals

Mineral Supplements:
Zinc Pilollinate
Calcium
Copper
Iron
Magnesium
Potassium
Selenium
Silicon
Sulphur

Other:
Saw Palmetto
Alfalfa
Bee Pollen
Golden Seal
Pigeum Africanum
Nettle Rood
Rue grass [p;;em extracts
Fish oil (with caution)

Enlarged prostate is also called Beningn Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH) or Hyperplasia. There are not known causes, except that it happens.

Let's start at the beginning; the prostate is a male reproductive gland, whose only apparent funcion (and get this, according to some sources scientists don't really know! - You should have seen the reaction of my men when I mentioned this...) seems to be to stimulate the movement of sperm after ejaculation.

But don't ever believe that this is simple or non important because thanks to the fluid it secretes in order to perform its function, the vaginal canal becomes less acidic; in other words, its job is to nourish and transport the sperm - so, there, that is its function, loud and clear!! My men feel better now...

There are several descriptions of the prostate; they all seem to be good and they all have diagrams to prove it. The prostate is a group of small glands that surround the urethra (tube that serves as conduit of urine out of the body) exactly at the point where it leaves the bladder. The bladder's starts as a pea and it attains its full size when the individual reaches the age of 25, that of a walnut.

Nobody really knows why the prostate gets bigger; it is believed that age has a lot to do as well as the testicles. It has been found that men who have had their testicles removed at an early age do not suffer of BPH and also that if the testicles are removed after they have developed this condition, the prostate gets smaller.

If you have experienced any or all of the following symptoms:

1. Need to urinte frequently
2. Difficulty starting to urinate
3. Bladder does not emp;ty completely
4. Urine dribbles/drips after you are done
5. Strem of urine is weak and may go on a start/stop cycle
6. Wake up to urinate two or more times in the middle of the night
7. Sudden and strong urge to urinate
8. Urinary issues become a big "issue" in your daily life

Your doctor probably will order one or all of the following exams:

1. Digital rectal exam
2. Blood test
3. X-rays or a sonogram
4. Urine flow study
5. Cystoscopy (a thin tube with lenses inserted through the urethra)

The paths to follow are:

1. If your symptoms don't bother you much, wait and watch while you consume products from the lists above; have regular checkups and if down the road you decide for another alternative, you can do it.
2. Medication, to either shrink or relax the prostate.
3. Non-surgical procedures that will allow doctors to remove parts of the prostate. The prostrate is reached through the urethra with thin tubes.
4. Surgery, in cases when the prostate is particularly large.

Please remember, BPH does not mean you have cancer. Some cancer patients suffer BPH but a BPH patient does not necessarily suffer cancer. BPH by itself is not a serious condition unless the symptoms bother you too much, however, you have to keep watch as you could develop urinary tract infections.

If you can't urinate at all, call your doctor immediately or go to the emergency room. This could happen after you take over-the-counter cold medicine.