TOMATO PROSTATETHE PROSTATE GLANDTomato prostate (particularly cooked tomatoes some research suggests) is about preventing prostate cancer and infection, and management of an enlarged prostate.
The prostate gland is usually described as being the size and shape of a walnut. It surrounds the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the exterior. Its function is to produce the white fluid that carries the sperm cells.
Three main problems can occur in the prostate gland:
An enlarged prostate gland, bulging into the bladder and blocking the urethra, the tube that carries urine via the penis to the exterior. PROSTATE CANCERProstate cancer is the most common serious cancer in men – more than a quarter of all cancers. Usually it is serious, and because it often metastasises to the bones of the pelvis and spine it can be extremely painful way to the end of a man's life. Surgery often leaves the poor victim impotent, that very emotion laden word that we men avoid thinking about. No one gets prostate trouble, right? Wrong!Instead, shall we focus today on prevention and tomato prostate? If the family ostrich is blithely convinced that HE will never get prostate cancer, the most common CA affecting men, then perhaps you the good wife should be doing the thinking instead. If you don't want an impotent husband, that is! The first sign of prostate cancer is usually problems passing urine — urinating more frequently because of not being able to empty the bladder properly, and difficulty maintaining a full strong stream. But that sign also goes commonly with a benign condition called Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia. Prostate tissue is particularly vulnerable to free radical damage which is what makes it prone to malignant tumours. This where our tomato comes in. BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA (enlarged non-malignant prostate)BPH is a common affliction in older men. The prostate swells, shutting off the tube that carries urine from the bladder. The first sign of trouble is having to get up more frequently at night to urinate, dribbling, "air-locks", and a weak stream.Controversial, but we think that an occasional prostate massage has all the benefits, with none of the horrible side effects of radical prostate surgery. Prostatic massage is not painful, though obviously awkward as it is done rectally. Ask your doctor. Some chiropractors too have been trained to perform this very useful technique. A good time to have it done is at your annual prostate check-up when you have to drop your britches in any case! And more frequently, as needed. Personally, I would choose the indignity of a monthly prostate massage over surgery any day. The actual procedure takes no more than two minutes. PREVENTION.To screen for prostate cancer, or not to screen, is the perennial medical question. There is no simple answer, and the debate rages on, for it seems that early detection of prostate cancer may not actually be saving men's lives.What is agreed is that men should learn all they can about early detection and treatment for prostate cancer, so that they can make their own informed decisions. That is basically what the website www.chiropractic-help.com is about anyway. Helping you make informed decisions. And firmly placing the chiropractic emphasis on prevention where it belongs. An ounce of prevention, is worth a pound of cure. We think it wise that after age 45, every man should have
Not very pleasant, though far more sensible than being faced with a common, extremely painful disease that leaves men impotent. EVERY YEAR. If your doctor doesn't insist on it, then you should. Your second ounce of prevention is tomato prostate.
It was originally noticed that Italian men had far less prostate cancer than other men. Scientists agree that it is the humble tomato which acts to help fight prostate cancer. One bit of bad news. If you've had a vasectomy, you are at slightly higher risk. "The remedy oft in thyself doth lie." - William Shakespeare.
Researchers at the University of Illinois found that it comes from both lycopene, the substance that makes tomatoes red, and other unknown substances in the tomato. Says researcher Prof. Erdman: "This study suggests that taking lycopene as a dietary supplement is not as effective in preventing tomato prostate cancer as eating whole tomatoes." Other research done at the University of Illinois studied a group of 32 prostate cancer patients who consumed a tomato sauce-based dish daily found that their PSA levels dropped by 17.5% within three weeks. Lycopene is a carotenoid, that group of substances that make tomatoes red and carrots orange. They are anti-oxidants, a powerful group of substances in coloured foods that improve health by curtailing free radicals. While there is much research showing the value of eating raw food, there is some research now that shows that cooking tomatoes actually triggers the effect of lycopene. For more about Free Radicals we recommend you go to Antioxidants-4-Life. IN CONCLUSIONEat raw tomatoes, eat cooked tomatoes, eat more tomatoes, by whatever means use tomato prostate. Also note that whilst this research has been done on the prostate gland, it make good sense that the cancer resistant properties of tomato probably applies to all cancers, in men and women and not only tomato prostate.If one tomato a day reduces prostate cancer by 50%, perhaps two tomatoes ... there is alas so much that we still know so little about. For a delicious dish, tomato recipes go very nicely with a vegetable protein dish called
Tofu.
PROSTATISChronic infection and inflammation of the prostate gland is a miserable, and currently untreatable condition. Since it has a very negative impact on a man's sex life (pain during and after ejaculation), it cuts to the very heart of man's being. Say Johns Hopkins University medical authorities:"Quality of life surveys indicate that the impact of chronic prostatitis on a man’s life is often equivalent to that of a heart attack or diabetes. The discomfort may be so severe that many men have to leave their jobs and go on extended disability leave. On the other hand, the ailment is not life threatening -- it doesn’t kill anybody. Unfortunately, since there are no known cures for prostatitis, the disorder tends to be ignored or minimized by doctors, who may give a man with chronic prostatitis a prescription for an antibiotic just to get him out of the office. Sad to say, that’s how this disease is “managed” by many doctors in this country." The best and only advice with prostatis is prevention. In short, condomise if you (or, you suspect your spouse) have several partners.
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