One more way your prostate betrays you

Your prostate is a complex organ composed of glandular and muscular tissue … both of which are susceptible to inflammation (prostatitis). And if you have an inflamed prostate, you may be experiencing exactly the same symptoms as if you had BPH.

If symptoms of BPH hit you suddenly or over a relatively short period of time, you should suspect prostatitis.

Chronic non-bacterial prostatitis (also called chronic pelvic pain syndrome) is a common but poorly understood form of prostatitis. It can be found in men of any age. Symptoms go away and then return without warning.

Theories behind the disease suggest an autoimmune response (similar to that in arthritis) or neurogenic (caused by nerve action) inflammation. In the latter, the local nervous system causes problems due to past traumatic experiences, leading to inflammation.

So an ideal relief-bringing remedy for prostatitis should be a strong—but safe and side effect-free—anti-inflammatory agent. And that describes how beta-sitosterol brings fast, life-long relief.

Beta-sitosterol … fighting for your prostate health

The fact that prostate problems have several different possible causes makes it seem difficult to treat the symptoms with one drug or one approach. And physicians have found this to be true when they try to bring you relief with prescription drugs.

That’s why prescription drugs are largely ineffective. But there is a natural solution … a diet high in the natural plant fat beta-sitosterol can provide you with a symptom-free life … for the rest of your life.

Beta-sitosterol’s powerful prostate relief and protective properties first got noticed when an important epidemiological fact was discovered. Men living in Asia and the Mediterranean have significantly lower incidence of prostate problems (including prostate cancer, BPH, and prostatitis and their symptoms) than men in North America.

And this lower incidence is not genetic. When men from these regions move here and adopt our diet, their incidence of prostate problems shoots right up there next to ours.

So, men living in Asia and the Mediterranean enjoy protection from prostate problems and symptoms because of something other than genetics. After a careful examination of other factors, diet emerged as the number one protective factor for these men. A diet high in phytonutrients … particularly beta-sitosterol.

In addition to being a natural part of these men’s diets, beta-sitosterol is also an active component of many of the natural remedies for prostate problems used throughout the centuries. It’s not surprising that soy beans, African pygeum, stinging nettle, pumpkin seeds, rye pollen, and star grass are all high in beta-sitosterol.

Reduce … eliminate … protect beta-sitosterol’s role in maintaining a symptom-free prostate

Beta-sitosterol works numerous ways to reduce or eliminate embarrassing symptoms of a problem prostate. It’s also been demonstrated to protect your prostate from the conditions that can lead directly to the symptoms in the first place.

Here’s how beta-sitosterol brings you relief almost overnight:

• It inhibits the action of 5-alpha-reductase so that testosterone does not get converted to DHT. By interrupting the prolactin to prostate symptom pathway, beta-sitosterol reduces the growth of your prostate and the accompanying symptoms.
• It displays anti-estrogenic activity in prostate tissue. As you age, your prostate begins producing larger amounts of the female hormone, estrogen. Beta-sitosterol restricts this production, allowing you to avoid the feminization that is so common in men over 40.
• It lowers blood cholesterol. Many researchers believe high cholesterol is an important factor stimulating prostate growth.
• It appears to inhibit the growth of human prostate cancer cells by replacing some of the cell membrane's cholesterol. This changes the membrane lipid composition in such a way that it enhances an intracellular signaling system that tells cells not to divide.
• It demonstrates a strong anti-inflammatory effect, reducing or eliminating prostate symptoms due to prostatitis.

Admittedly, there are several prescription and over-the-counter drugs that have some of these abilities. Proscar works (about 50% of the time) by inhibiting 5-alpha-reductase. And nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can reduce some of the inflammation due to prostatitis.

But prescription and OTC drugs invariably come with side effects, and none seem to have the overwhelming, overall effectiveness and speed of action of beta-sitosterol. And beta-sitosterol comes with no side effects. At all!

Beta-sitosterol’s “side effects”: a healthy prostate … a healthy life … and almost overnight relief

Beta-sitosterol is a plant fat found in some of the world’s most common and healthful foods. It is completely side-effect free as proven by numerous clinical studies and tens of thousands of years of safe use3 … unlike any of the synthetic drugs used to treat BPH and prostatitis.
Beta-sitosterol is similar in structure to cholesterol … but different enough from cholesterol’s structure to deliver a whole host of health benefits. (See Figure 3)

Other types of prostatitis

There are really three forms of prostatitis, asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis, acute/chronic bacterial prostatitis, and chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. If you have either asymptomatic or bacterial prostatitis, it is crucial that you get under the care of a physician. However, even while doing so, you should also add the protection and relief-bringing power of beta-sitosterol.

Asymptomatic inflammatory prostatitis

In this type of prostatitis there is no pain or discomfort but there are white blood cells in the semen. Doctors usually find this form of prostatitis when looking for causes of infertility or testing for prostate cancer.

Since there are no symptoms of this type of prostatitis, it’s difficult to know if you have it without having had a test and treatment is best left to a physician. But it can, with time, become symptomatic and the symptoms can be treated naturally as described below.

Acute/chronic bacterial prostatitis

Acute prostatitis is relatively easy to diagnose since its symptoms suggest infection. If you have acute prostatitis, you often have chills, fever, pain in the lower back and genital area, urinary frequency and urgency often at night, burning or painful urination, and body aches. In other words, you have the symptoms of BPH, but also feel crummy all over.

You will also have a demonstrable infection of the urinary tract, as evidenced by white blood cells and bacteria in the urine. Acute prostatitis is treated with appropriate antibiotics. If you suspect acute bacterial prostatitis, you should see a doctor immediately. Otherwise, you run the risk of having it become a chronic condition that is more difficult to treat.

Since antibiotics do not readily penetrate the prostate, acute prostatitis can become chronic. The pain symptoms come to the foreground, although episodes of painful urination can still be present. If there is a cyst or abscess causing the infection, surgery may be necessary.

Other benefits of beta-sitosterol

High levels of beta-sitosterol are found in rice bran, wheat germ, corn oils, legumes (including peanuts), nuts, nut oils, olives, unrefined (extra virgin) olive oil, and soybeans.

In addition to its ability to reduce and eliminate prostate symptoms … and its ability to prevent many of the symptoms in the first place … beta-sitosterol also plays a significant role in lowering cholesterol, boosting immunity, reducing inflammation, and normalizing your blood sugar.

Beta-sitosterol and cholesterol reduction⁴

When consumed with cholesterol, beta-sitosterol effectively blocks cholesterol’s absorption, resulting in lower serum cholesterol levels. Beta-sitosterol has also been shown to improve lipoprotein (HDL/LDL) profiles.

Beta-sitosterol and anti-cancer effects⁵

Diets high in vegetables and fruits are believed to prevent cancer because they contain powerful anti-cancer phytonutrients including beta-sitosterol. Beta-sitosterol is one of the key compounds that suppress carcinogenesis. Beta-sitosterol has been found to reduce the growth of human prostate and colon cancer cells. It also acts against lymphocytic leukemia.

Beta-sitosterol and immunity⁶

Beta-sitosterol not only bolsters an under-active immune system, but it also turns off an overactive one. Phytosterols help balance the cells of the immune system so they can function optimally.

Plant fats (phytosterols) have been found to be effective in balancing immune response and useful in the treatment of autoimmune diseases like lupus and multiple sclerosis, as well as infectious diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis, and hepatitis C.

Beta-sitosterol normalizes blood sugar⁷

Clinical studies have demonstrated that beta-sitosterol normalizes blood sugar and insulin levels in type II (adult onset) diabetes. Reducing blood glucose levels by down-regulation of glucose-6-phosphatase helps delay the onset of diabetes as you get older.

Beta-sitosterol and anti-inflammatory effects⁸

Beta-sitosterol has the ability to relieve inflammation. It also has anti-viral, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal agents.

Beta-sitosterol may also give you a boost if you’re a highly competitive athletic person. When you engage in intense training periods and competitions, your immune system can become suppressed. Your inflammatory response can also be suppressed at these times. Beta-sitosterol helps you out by boosting both your immune system and your body’s natural anti-inflammatory abilities.

Not a cure-all … not a miracle but damn fine prostate support

It’s really easy to get caught up in enthusiasm about a natural substance like beta-sitosterol that can accomplish as much as it can. It’s easy to look at all the natural health benefits it brings and think that it can take care of just about any health problem.

Yes, it would be easy to do this. But the reality is that for all its wide-ranging effects on your physical well being, beta-sitosterol is not a miracle cure or panacea.

But following a diet high in beta-sitosterol is a remarkably safe and fast way to relieve the symptoms of prostate problems. It can reduce or eliminate the nagging need to urinate more when the flow has stopped but you know there’s more to go.

A diet rich in beta-sitosterol can reduce the pain and discomfort of non-bacterial prostatitis and BPH.

It can reduce frequent trips to the toilet during the night … when what you crave is a good night’s sleep.

When you faithfully follow the Mediterranean diet—a diet of whole grains, soy, and beta-sitosterol rich nuts and oils—you can put the worry about embarrassing spotting and strangulated urinary flow behind you quickly and safely. BUT …

Your busy life and our depleted foods conspire to keep your prostate sick and you suffering

You no longer live in a world where you can walk down to the market in the town square and buy fresh fruits and vegetables: fruits and vegetables that have been grown organically from start to finish. Foods that have not been sprayed with pesticides … or that have not been stored too cold or too hot … or that have not had all their nutrients processed out of them.

It’s almost impossible—no make that entirely impossible unless you grow your own food—to get the wholesome, truly beneficial foods that comprise the type of diet that can help you rid yourself of the life-depleting symptoms of prostate problems.

That does not mean you must give-up on beta-sitosterol’s powerful, natural benefits

Even though you live in an age of nutritionally empty foods, it’s still possible to get powerful, fast, long-lasting relief from prostate symptoms that beta-sitosterol can bring into your life.

Certainly, you should try to eat well … a diet with a wide range of phytonutrients like beta-sitosterol … a diet rich in soy, nuts, whole grains, peanuts, nut oils and extra virgin olive oil.

You should try to eat this diet whenever you’re able to. But you should also enhance that diet with a full-spectrum beta-sitosterol nutritional supplement derived from a natural source like yellow soy.

Men who have started on a pathway of supplementation with beta-sitosterol have been amazed at the relief they get … almost overnight.

Nothing … including Proscar and the other side-effect laden prescription drugs … works as fast. Or is as safe.

So for fast relief from agonizing prostate symptoms, start on an effective diet and supplementation plan today. You have absolutely nothing to lose … except the embarrassing, painful symptoms of an out of control prostate. 

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