Enlarged Prostate (BPH): A Common Part of Aging
Information courtesy of Physician's Choice
Enlarged Prostate (BPH): A Common Part of Aging
Up until around the age of 40, a man's prostate tends to remain completely normal - about the size of a walnut.
Zinc is probably the single most important nutrient for a healthy prostate. The normal prostate gland contains more Zinc than any other organ. Zinc deficiency has been shown to cause enlargement of the prostate.
Beta Sitosterol has been found to be the most powerful nutritional supplement for prostate health.
As his urethra is compressed more and more, it causes various urinary problems: increased urinary urgency and frequency (getting up 3, 4 even 5 times during the night to urinate), a decrease in the urine stream, often feeling that his bladder is not completely empty at the end of the urination and hesitancy in urinating.
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