in this video i'll uncover how to take control of your prostate health naturally
without the use of either drugs or surgery
hey wellness warrior i'm dr zyrowski and everyone knows that as a man when you age your prostate
health can take a dive now this video not only pertains to men but also women simply because
men do not take care of themselves yes i work clinically and i see so many men who have their
significant others drag them into the clinic and say he's got a problem and we need help with it
but the man will just of course let their health completely crash so let's go ahead and dive in
and talk about how you can improve your prostate health naturally now the prostate's a gland
in the male reproductive system and is located just below the bladder now because the prostate
wraps around part of the urethra where the urine passes through an enlarged prostate can cause a
lot of issues with urination now this is one of the significant things that shows up if you have
a prostate issue and when the prostate grows due to a multiplication in the prostate cells
it may push against the bladder and the urethra making you feel like you need to urinate even
though the bladder isn't full and it prevents urine from flowing naturally now the changes
that occur with male sex hormones as part of the aging process plays a huge role in the enlargement
of the prostate because you're probably wondering why does this happen right well males have a 50
chance of having what's known as bph it stands for benign prostatic hypertrophy by the age of
60 years of age and a 90 chance by the age of 85 years old so it's highly likely it's
going to happen to you for all the men out there now androgens like testosterone affect prostate
growth and the prostate converts testosterone into something known as dht which is another powerful
androgen and dhc stimulates cell growth in the tissue that lines the prostate gland and prevents
prostatic cell death now the estrogen present in men may also play a role in prostate enlargement
and as men age testosterone levels drop the proportion of estrogen increases and it can
trigger prostate growth and this is where the problem lies now risk factors that can increase
the risk of an enlarged prostate include these okay so this is something you have to watch out
for and if you're suffering from these you have to of course do the opposite of what causes that okay
so the first risk factor is going to be diabetes and anything that's spiking insulin okay so if
this is you of course you want to follow a sugar-free diet a low-carb diet and work on
keeping your blood sugar and your insulin levels low obesity is another huge factor the more fat
cells you have on your body the more likelihood that you're going to have decreased testosterone
and increased estrogen and another huge risk factor is of course a family history of this
sort of thing so we want to make sure that we're watching out for all of those now let's
take a look at the symptoms of having an enlarged prostate because this is going to be some of the
key factors that helps you understand if this is an issue for you now one is going to be incomplete
bladder emptying okay so if you're going to the bathroom feels like you never empty your bladder
all the way then this could definitely be an enlarged prostate but also combined with many
of these other symptoms like nectaria meaning that you're waking up two to three times per night and
going to the bathroom incontinence is a big factor straining when trying to urinate a weak urinary
stream a sudden urge to urinate and also a slowed or delayed urinary stream and then lastly painful
urination okay so the question is what do you do about this do you run to your doctor do you get
on a bunch of medications like what do you have to do about this well the reality is
there's a lot of things that you can do naturally right in your home and we're going to look at some
of the things you can do from changing your diet to using supplementation to changing
your lifestyle a bit okay now first thing we want to do is make sure that we're avoiding anything
that can boost up estrogen okay so what may boost estrogen in your body so first of all soy products
can boost up estrogen so if you're using a soy protein or eating soy-based foods we're going
to remove soy from your diet now the other thing that we want to do is make sure that we're not
eating foods that are sprayed with chemicals they can also mimic estrogen and then eating
from plastic containers can also boost estrogen so plastic cups plastic containers you want to
get rid of all of that because increasing your estrogen levels remember can enlarge your prostate
now we also want to focus on using a certain type of food a food that is high in what's called
lycopenes now lycopenes are naturally occurring pigments that are present in many fruits and
vegetables for example a tomato is a very very rich source of lycopenes and they will help fight
against an enlarged prostate now some other fruits and vegetables that you can use that are going to
be high in lycopenes are going to be foods like papaya grapefruit watermelon carrots red bell
peppers and apricots and then also red cabbage remember it's those fruits that have a really
bright pigment so red cabbage is also one of them of course red cabbage is a great food for those
who are insulin resistance trying to lose weight very filling very good healthy low carb food now
we also can look to supplements as i mentioned and here's a key here okay and i really want to
push this because this is where a lot of people get lost in the weeds on this type of subject is
that if you have this type of thing going on like in large prostate you think to yourself well i'll
just get on a few supplements sure the supplements are helpful but you have to change your diet okay
we have to follow a diet that's decreasing your blood sugar decreasing inflammation helping
you lose weight we have to do all the things a supplement shouldn't be used like a medication
okay and when i say that essentially what i mean is like you shouldn't just avoid an entire
the entire poor lifestyle and then just take supplementation you should focus on improving your
lifestyle and then adding supplementation as the cherry on top so to speak so the top supplements
that we can use in order to fight against this problem of having an enlarged prostate is going
to be green tea and this is because studies have shown that green tea is widely anti-inflammatory
and it can reduce pressure on the urethra and therefore improve many of the symptoms that
come with an enlarged prostate so green tea can be taken in the form of supplementation but also you
can drink green tea okay that's also a great thing to do next is going to be zinc okay now this one's
actually kind of interesting because estrogen inhibits the uptake of zinc in the intestines
and as a person ages estrogen levels increase and then also your zinc is going to decrease now
taking zinc supplements or increasing the dietary intake of zinc can lower a person's risk of having
a zinc deficiency of course but also it's going to decrease the production of dht and inhibit
this androgen from binding to the receptors and that's going to reduce the symptoms of an enlarged
prostate so zinc supplementation is powerful here okay let's go to some other really powerful ones
i'm going to focus on like the heavy hitters okay and i'll put resources in the description below to
leave some prostate support supplements that kind of thing if you're looking for further support now
saw palmetto is another really good supplement you can use a systemic review of 18 randomized
controlled trials involving over 3 000 men and another analysis that had 21 clinical trials
involving 3 000 men support and found that saw palmetto works very well and supports the role
for saw pimento and improving your prostate health now there's evidence that supplemental inhibits
five alpha reductase and this is the enzyme that reduces testosterone to the more potent androgen
dht which we talked about which actually enlarges your prostate now other effects have been also
proposed when it comes to supplemental basically they found that salt palmetto prevents dht
from binding to androgen and receptors inhibiting the growth factors in the prostate and also helps
maintain healthy fluid balance in the prostate tissue so salt palmetto is a huge supplement that
can be used for this now cranberry fruit is also something that's highly beneficial believe it or
not and not necessarily going and eating a whole bunch of cranberries but using it in supplement
form okay cranberry fruit has a history of use among native americans for kidney urinary health
now modern research actually proves that it works and it supports its traditional use
now the cranberry fruit is recognized as a rich source of oligosaccharides and phytochemicals
including proanthocyanidin and flavonols and triterpenoids in a clinical study supplementation
with 250 or 500 milligrams of full spectrum cranberry fruit powder resulted in clinically
relevant dose-dependent improvements in the prostate in men older than 45 years of age okay
so i want to point this out too because this is something that kind of gets lost in translation
when we see something like the cranberry fruit works right and we see it in research we have
to understand that somebody just wasn't eating a whole bunch of cranberries what they were using
is a cranberry fruit powder and they were using a full spectrum powder of about 500 milligrams
per day okay so you can't just eat cranberries and get these results you actually have to use
a powder and that's why like the supplementation is going to be what will work versus just going
to the store buying cranberries and thinking that your is going to shrink okay so the next thing we
can look to now is an epsom salt bath basically if you're not familiar with using an epson salt bath
you should get familiar with it because it can not only help you feel better help you sleep better
make you feel more comfortable stop your joints and muscles from inking it also can improve your
prostate health basically what you're going to do is add a cup of epsom salt into a bath of
warm water soak for about 15 to 20 minutes and it's been found to really be helpful at lowering
the symptoms of the benign prostatic hypertrophy and then i also want to talk about lifestyle and
the way of exercise okay when you exercise you decrease inflammation in the body and it also is
going to help you lose that fat which is producing estrogen in your body which is causing you to have
an enlarged prostate now being overweight is a risk factor for developing bph but research
shows at the university of harvard that just walking every day can reduce the risk of bph by 25
so it was also concluded in the same study that more physically active men were less likely to
experience any type of problems associated with an enlarged prostate so exercise is always going to
improve your health and so whenever we look like i said at solving these issues we can't just look
to the supplement to the lifestyle piece we have to do all of it together and we layer on these
different therapies these different natural supplements in all the sudden
week after week after implementing them month after month we start to get results i want
to make that very clear too you can't just go exercise once you can't just take the supplements
for two days you actually have to do this for a period of time if you want to get results
i see it very often where somebody will say hey you know there's a supplement that helps with this
i'll take it for a week oh it didn't work or even 30 days didn't work okay well you got to give it
some time and you also have to make sure that you're implementing all the other factors too
don't just do supplements and continue on with your garbage diet and don't you know
clean up your diet but not do supplements either you should do both of them if you
want to get results and get them fast and this is how you naturally solve an enlarged prostate
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