| I was about 50 years old when my flow of urine | | | | and was in the process of changing a lot of old habits |
| slowed to a trickle. I never seemed to be able to get | | | | and was modifying the above list. I looked in Linda |
| my bladder empty. Several times each night I would | | | | Page's Healthy Healing Book and tried her nutritional |
| have to get up for a bathroom call. I was one of the | | | | therapy plan for prostate the next three weeks as |
| 50% of all men whose prostate had enlarged. Medical | | | | follows: |
| terminology defines it as Benign Prostatic | | | | · Lemon juice and distilled water |
| Hypertrophy where the prostate gland becomes | | | | · Fresh foods, low fat, high fiber |
| swollen and inflamed and the flow of urine is impeded. | | | | · I avoided caffeine, sugar and diet pop, no |
| Untreated it can cause considerable discomfort and | | | | beer |
| pain. It is commonly treated by the medical doctors | | | | · I took a Saw Palmetto supplement |
| with these drugs: | | | | Before the end of the first week the flow had |
| · Proscar | | | | increased. By the end of the three weeks I was |
| · Pros-gard | | | | back to normal. A few times over the next year the |
| Their potential side effects of decreased potency, | | | | problem would reoccur. I simply took my Saw |
| libido, or impotency quickly canceled them for me. I | | | | Palmetto supplement for two or three days. For the |
| didn't really consider them anyway as this was after I | | | | past fifteen years I rarely encounter a prostate issue. |
| made my vow to eliminate drugs from my life. | | | | Apparently it is cured. |
| Why did I fit into this 50%? It could have been any | | | | I am not sure the Saw Palmetto was what cured the |
| of the following: | | | | problem. I have consumed many homeopathic |
| · I ate a high fat diet | | | | remedies as the years passed. Sometimes I take a |
| · Drank some beer | | | | homeopathic remedy for one thing and find that |
| · Never ate fiber | | | | another issue in my life disappears. I believe that men |
| · Drank a lot of coffee | | | | can cure themselves of prostate issues with a few |
| · I had a vasectomy at 30 | | | | changes in their diet and lifestyle and drugs are never |
| · Took occasional antihistamines | | | | necessary. |
| I was then involved in the study of alternative health | | | | |