Keep your prostates healthy naturally
By Raphael M.
Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world and among most feared killer diseases. The number of men who succumb to this feared disease increases yearly and given that it takes time before it is discovered, it is normally discovered when it’s too late. The prostates are among the most essential parts in the human body, not only for the human sexual health but also for general body health. It is however prone to various diseases and if not well taken care of can lead to a lot of complications. Some of the most common conditions affecting the prostates apart from prostate cancer include prostatitis and BPH. It is therefore very important to take care of your prostates for good health.
The most common natural way of preserving the health of the prostates is by the use of saw palmetto. This plant has been used for ages and it never disappoints. The plant extracts are used to suppress the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone. The conversion of testosterone is linked to BPH, which is a condition in which the prostates get abnormally enlarged, and with it comes many other kinds of complications.
Garlic has also over time become one of the most commonly used vegetables because of its many medicinal benefits to the human body. It contains allium that has been proven to have the ability to decrease the risk of prostate cancer. Allium is contained in a number of vegetables including onions, and leeks but of these, garlic contains the highest amount and as such eating garlic is the surest way of protecting your prostates.
Pygeum is a little known plant, it is more commonly known as African plum. The extracts are used to make natural supplements that have been proven to improve the overall health of the prostates and to specifically reduce the risk of BPH.
Another naturally occurring plant that has been proven to be a miracle worker in ensuring the health of the prostates is oregano. So strong and powerful is this plant that it is believed to totally eliminate cancer of the prostates. The plant contains carvacrol that is lethal to the cancerous cells as it causes apoptosis, a process in which the cancerous cells kill themselves.
Over time man has tried to devise various ways to protect their prostates from the many diseases that may affect it, this eventually led to the discovery of zinc. It has been proven to be the overall number one way of protecting your prostates and for keeping the optimal testosterone levels in the body to ensure good general body health. It also causes the death of cells causing BPH therefore keeping the prostates healthy. Zinc is found naturally existing in a number of foods such as dark chocolate, oysters, and liver. These foods should therefore be incorporated in the diet to ensure that one gets the benefits of zinc to the body.
We must all agree that above all thing a person’s health is of great importance, therefore to see an improvement in the health of your prostates and as such the general body health, try incorporating all these natural substances in your diet.
