The Condition"...Another theory focuses on dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a substance derived from testosterone in the prostate, which more actively stimulates prostate growth..." Recommendation Zinc"...Zinc has been found to inhibit the activity of 5-alpha reductase, the enzyme that irreversibly converts testosterone to dihydrotestosterone, a form which binds more avidly to the prostrate and stimulates greater growth..." Recommendation Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens)"...This enzyme converts the hormone testosterone to DHT..."
Recommendation Pumpkin Seeds"...The efficacy of pumpkin seeds is thought to be due to their high content of essential fatty acids, zinc and plant sterols..." Recommendation Zinc" Zinc supplementation has a clearly documented usefulness in shrinking an enlarged prostate..."
Recommendation Essential Fatty Acids"The administration of an essential fatty acid (EFA) complex containing linoleic, linolenic and arachidonic acids has resulted in significant improvement for many patients..." Recommendation Pumpkin Seeds"...The efficacy of pumpkin seeds is thought to be due to their high content of essential fatty acids, zinc and plant sterols..." Recommendation Zinc"...Research has shown that zinc and essential fatty acids are important to help prevent prostate problems that affect men as they grow older..."
Recommendation Zinc"...It also decreases prolactin secretion by the pituitary gland, thus decreasing its binding to the prostate, both of which prevent prostatic enlargement..."
Common name for benign prostatic hyperplasia
Recommendation Essential Fatty Acids"...These effects appear to be due to the correction of an underlying EFA deficiency, since these patients' prostatic and seminal lipid levels and ratios are often abnormal..."
The Condition"By the age of fifty, about 30% of men will start to experience difficulties with urination related to enlargement of the prostate gland, also known as benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH)..." Recommendation Natural Progesterone"...Progesterone inhibits 5-alpha reductase more effectively than Proscar and saw palmetto which are the more standard agents employed in traditional and natural treatments for BPH..."
The Condition"...Throughout their lives, men produce both testosterone (an important male hormone) and small amounts of estrogen - a female hormone..." Recommendation Zinc"...Zinc has been found to inhibit the activity of 5-alpha reductase, the enzyme that irreversibly converts testosterone to dihydrotestosterone, a form which binds more avidly to the prostrate and stimulates greater growth..." Recommendation Natural Progesterone"...Progesterone prevents the body from converting testosterone to di-hydro testosterone..." Recommendation Saw Palmetto"...This enzyme converts the hormone testosterone to DHT..."
Recommendation Natural Progesterone"...Men do NOT need to cycle like premenopausal women and can safely take the progesterone daily..."
Recommendation Essential Fatty Acids"... Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), which is derived from evening primrose oil and borage oil, appears to be a powerful 5-alpha reductase inhibitor..."
The Condition"...5-alpha reductase is the enzyme which converts testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) which, besides stimulating prostate growth is the hormone that triggers androgenetic alopecia in individuals who are genetically susceptible..."