Prostate Health

Prosta Health — Nutritionally Supports the Prostate With the Most Advanced Ingredients

A large percentage of men over the age of 40 suffer from an enlarging prostate gland. This can make urination difficult or increase its frequency. While initially benign in nature, an enlarged prostate can affect comfort and quality of life. This comprehensive men’s health-focused formulation helps maintain a healthy prostate gland and promotes normal urinary function.

Designed to be the most effective prostate health product on the market, our prostate Health product contains an optimum amount of several botanicals and nutrients that have been shown in numerous studies to be effective at supporting the health of the prostate gland.

The ingredients in Prosta Health:

Saw Palmetto Extract:

Saw Palmetto has been used historically both for food and for treatment of urinary and reproductive complaints, and for removing mucous. It is the most often used botanical extract regarding prostate health because it combats DHT, which is considered the biggest causative factor in Prostate problems.

• Beginning at about the age of 40, the prostate undergoes a hormone-mediated growth spurt, due to an increase in the testosterone metabolite, dihydrotestosterone (DHT). The enzyme responsible for the production of DHT is found primarily in the cells of the prostate, scrotal skin, testicles, and scalp. DHT causes prostatic enlargement as well as male pattern baldness. Saw Palmetto blocks the formation of DHT, inhibits the binding of DHT to prostate cells, and blocks the update of DHT into the cell nucleus.

Extracts of saw palmetto berry are being used extensively throughout the world for the relief of BPH. Both the French and German governments approve lipophilic extracts of saw palmetto berries for this purpose.

• Saw palmetto reduces prostate hypertrophy by blocking the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) by inhibiting 5-alpha reductase

• and by preventing the binding of DHT to androgen receptor cell sites.

• These actions increase the breakdown and excretion of DHT.

• Saw palmetto also interferes with the actions of inflammatory substances that contribute to prostate inflammation and reduces the Pro-hypertrophic effects of estrogen and progesterone on the prostate.

Positive results with saw palmetto have been confirmed in numerous open as well as double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials.

• All of these studies demonstrated statistically significant improvements in the symptoms of BPH, which included increased volume and rate of urine flow, alleviation of pain and nighttime urination, and reduced number of voidings per day.

• Overall, these studies showed a consistent benefit of saw palmetto extract, with virtually no side effects of any consequence.

• A striking characteristic of these studies is that most subjects experienced relief within days of beginning the therapy, with benefits continuing to improve over time in many cases, as much as one year of continuous improvement!

• Most studies, however, were terminated after 30, 60, or 90 days. A striking characteristic of these studies is that most subjects experienced relief within days of beginning the therapy, with benefits continuing to improve over time, in many cases, as much as one year of continuous improvement!

• Most recently, University of Chicago researchers studied the effects of saw palmetto extract versus placebo on 85 men, 45 years of age or older. The researchers evaluated the subjects based upon three measurements: the International Prostate Symptom Score, a sexual function questionnaire, and the urinary flow rate. At the end of the study, the subjects treated with saw palmetto experienced significant improvement and reduction of symptoms such as frequent urination both during the night and day and interruptions in urination. The researchers stated that their study provides the most conclusive evidence to date that saw palmetto can benefit men with prostate problems.

• Of particular interest was a study that compared Proscar with saw palmetto extract that found that saw palmetto had fewer side effects, provided an equivalent or greater benefit, and was a more affordable form of treatment. The minimum effective dose of saw palmetto is most clinical studies was 320 mg per day.

Phytosterol Extract:

Phytosterol Extract (Beta-Sitosterol) is a pine tree trunk extract containing beta sitosterols has been shown to have numerous benefits, which include reduction of hair loss (in combination with saw palmetto), reduction of blood cholesterol, reduction of prostate size, and improved skin health. Diets a hundred years ago were rich in plant sterols, but today, most people get very little. So, the inclusion of this ingredient is likely beneficial for virtually all modern individuals.

Research into beta-sitosterol has shown beneficial effects against a wide variety of human ailments, including BPH. Beta-sitosterol is the key ingredient in a prescription formulation in Europe, Azuprostat-beta-sitosterol, which has been demonstrated to improve prostate symptom scores and quality of life and reduce urine volume and residual urine levels. The research team reported that “beta-sitosterol itself is an effective option in the treatment of BPH.” Beta-sitosterol was also found to reduce the growth of human prostate cancer cells.

Stinging Nettle:

Stinging Nettle is widely used to help alleviate symptoms of reduced urinary flow, incomplete emptying of the bladder, as well as relief of symptoms of arthritis, hay fever, and elevated blood sugar. Stinging nettle has also been used since ancient times for nutrition, wound healing, and detoxification.

Extracts of stinging nettle are used routinely in Europe to treat BPH. Stinging nettle shares several mechanisms with Pygeum and saw palmetto, but has several actions that are unique. The known mechanisms of stinging nettle on the prostate include its ability to:

1. Inhibit aromatase;

2. Reduce the binding activity of SHBG

3. Inhibit prostate membrane Na+, K+-ATPase activity;

4. Block epidermal growth factor receptors;

5. Block 5-alpha reductase

Pumpkin Seed:

In addition to a large amount of nutrition, pumpkin seed has been shown to reduce inflammatory processes and to interrupt the DHT conversion process that leads to prostate enlargement. Pumpkin seeds are also high in nutrients, especially minerals, omega oils, and antioxidants.

Uva Ursi (bearberry):

Uva Ursi is widely used for bladder and kidney complaints, Uva Ursi is known to increase urine flow and improve bladder health.

Bee Flower Pollen (graminex):

Bee Flower Pollen is widely used for increased virility and prostate health.

If You're Over The Age of Forty-Five, You Need to Take Action Now to Avoid BPH.

Pay Attention Now... or Else

Few men ever consider the walnut-sized fibrous gland called the prostate located just below the bladder until it starts to give them trouble. After the age of 50, the prostate begins to hypertrophy or increase in size. This is known as benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). The urethra (the tube that carries urine from the bladder) runs through the middle of the prostate. Consequently, when the prostate enlarges the urethra is compressed. (Fig. 1) This causes difficulty in urinating and requires many men to get up three or four times during the night to urinate. Other symptoms of BPH include hesitancy, dribbling, the reduced force of the urinary stream, and occasional bleeding or infection. This condition may even proceed to the point of complete urinary obstruction.

75 Percent of 60 Year Olds Have BPH

• Fifty to sixty percent of men between 40-60 years of age suffer from BPH.

• This escalates to 75 percent of men by age 60 (Fig. 2).1 The projected annual cost of hospital care and surgical treatment for BPH in the United States is over $1 billion.

• In fact, this condition is so common that physicians routinely ask their over-50 male patients, not “whether”, but, “How many times do you have to get up at night to go to the bathroom?”

• Prostate problems are scary... and eventually, reach the point that one cannot urinate at all.

Causes of Prostatic Enlargement

Prostate hypertrophy and inflammation are believed to be due to the consequences of a number of age-related changes in the metabolism and levels of male steroid hormones.

After the age of fifty, the level of free testosterone decreases, while levels of prolactin, estradiol, and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) increase. Concentrations of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) the active metabolite of testosterone in the prostate increase, and the binding of DHT to prostate tissue increases. DHT stimulates the prostate cells to enlarge, resulting in a swollen gland.

5-alpha reductase is the enzyme that converts testosterone into DHT. Consequently, one approach to preventing BPH has been to use substances that inhibit this enzyme, thereby blocking the formation of DHT, and its prostate-enlarging effect. Estrogen also seems to play a role in BPH by inhibiting the breakdown and removal of testosterone and DHT. The increased ratio of plasma estrogen/testosterone is due to the increased formation of estrogens formed by the conversion of androstenedione to estrone and estradiol by the enzyme, aromatase. Another approach to preventing or treating BPH is, therefore, to use aromatase inhibitors to prevent this estrogenic conversion.

Therapeutic Options for BPH

• Until recently, outside of “watchful waiting”, surgery was about the only solution for this troublesome condition.

• There are prescription drugs that inhibit 5-alpha reductase. These drugs have recently been introduced into the physician’s toolset for the treatment of BPH. The use of Proscar, for instance, results in a 20 percent decrease in prostate size in 50 percent of the men who are treated. Unfortunately, Proscar is fairly expensive and has a significant side effect of sexual dysfunction.

• Fortunately, less invasive and more physiological approaches to prevent and treat BPH are now available, based on our increased understanding of its causes. Clearly, a rational approach should include:

  1. normalization of prostate nutrient levels

  2. restoration of steroid hormones to normal levels

  3. inhibition of the excessive conversion of testosterone to DHT (dihydrotestosterone)

  4. reduction of DHT receptor binding

  5. reduction of prostatic inflammatory promoters such as prolactin

Prosta Health Capsules - Frequently Asked Questions

What's the Big Deal About Prosta Health?

Answer: It has the nutrients that best support Prostate Health... all of them, not just some ingredients, and we have the high quality of each ingredient. Our product is the Bugatti of Prostate supplements, at a Volkswagen cost.

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