Nutritional Support for Man’s Most Pressing Health Concerns
Chris D. Meletis, ND (with permission from cpmedical.net, access pin: 587556)
There are 2.8 million cases of prostate disease reported annually in the United States.1 Unfortunately in 2004 alone there were approximately 230,110 new cases of prostate cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths of men in the United States, after lung cancer, and the sixth leading cause of death of men overall over the age of 65.
The reality is that few men ever consider the walnut-sized fibrous gland located just below the bladder, until it starts to give them trouble. A survey reported in the London Times found that 89 percent of the men surveyed did not know where the prostate was located. Whether or not the anatomical position may escape the vast majority of men, the sobering fact is that after the age of 50, the prostate begins to hypertrophy, or increase in size. This enlargement of the prostate is known as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Often one of the initial annoyances of BPH arises from the fact that the urethra (the tube that carries urine from the bladder) runs through the middle of the prostate.
