As men get older the vast majority of them will experience a disorder of the prostate known as benign prostate hyperplasia. BPH, while distressing, is a non-malignant enlargement of the prostate gland. This gland is very small at birth and doesn’t really begin to grow until the onset of puberty. It reaches full size at around twenty years of age.As the male reaches forty to forty-five years benign hyperplasia, which is an increase in the number of cells, will begin to occur and will continue slowly for the rest of their life. Symptoms normally won’t appear until around the age [...]
Prostate Health Part 9 – Activities That Help to Maintain a Healthy Prostate
by adminAs we mentioned in the previous articles, we know that starting at age 40, the levels of the by-product prolactin of testosterone of men increases, stimulating the production of the enzyme 5-alpha reductase that causes the conversion of testosterone to gihydro-testosterones DHT triggering prostate enlargement and other problems. In this article, we will discuss activities promoting a healthy prostate.1. Moderate exercise (like walking) We know that one half to three-quarters of men older than 75 will have some cancerous changes in their prostate glands. People doing moderate exercise like walking for 2 to 3 hours per week had a 25 [...]
Good Prostate Health
by adminI wanted to talk to you about good prostate health. There are a lot of men out there that really don’t know how to take care of their prostate and there is a lot of risk in that. Having problems like prostate cancer is actually quite common and I’m surprised that we haven’t seen more men get worried about this problem. If you don’t keep it healthy, you run the risk of getting an infection and/or cancer. It isn’t that difficult to keep yourself healthy and do the right thing. I thought it was important for me to tell you [...]
